Creation/Creator terms for non-biological collections

[krgomez]

We would like to discuss changing “manufacture” events to “creation” events and changing the agent role “maker” to “creator”.

Goal
To enhance Arctos for use by non-biological collections. See #2478.

Context
We have long dreamed of the ability to use “artist” instead of “maker” for the art collection and up until recently have been considering proposing the term “artist/maker” as a replacement. But in our research on best practices we have found that Dublin Core and Getty CDWA both use “creator” and “creation” terminology rather than “artist”, “maker”, or “manufacture”. Because “creation” and “creator” are so broad and would cover everything from a painting, to a typewriter, to a book or piece of music, these terms seem like the broad and interdisciplinary vocabulary that we are looking for for non-biological collections.

Table
Code Tables are http://arctos.database.museum/info/ctDocumentation.cfm
Would be both COLLECTOR_ROLE and SPECIMEN_EVENT_TYPE

Value
maker → creator
manufacture → creation

Definition
maker - Agent responsible for manufacturing an object. → creator - Agent responsible for the creation of an object or work.
AND
manufacture - Event at which an item was manufactured. Generally refers to human manufacture of cultural items, casts, molds, etc., but could be extended to e.g., nests. → creation - Event at which an item was created, manufactured, or otherwise made. Generally refers to human creation of art, cultural items, casts, molds, etc., but could be extended to e.g., nests.

[AJLinn]

Sounds good to me! Thanks for your ongoing work with these standards.

[Jegelewicz]

I'm fine with it.

[dustymc]

Certainly no objections regarding the terminology from me.

The path to migration will be:

• add the new terms to the CT
• let me know
• I'll update existing data and delete the old

That can happen at any time, but I think there may be some hard-coded usage of the terms (in specimendetail) which might display a little funky until PG. (I had to rebuild that for PG anyway, so I built it dynamically.)

[campmlc]

I support this.

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On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 9:58 AM dustymc ***@***.***> wrote: * UNM-IT Warning:* This message was sent from outside of the LoboMail system. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you are sure the content is safe. (2.3) Certainly no objections regarding the terminology from me. The path to migration will be: - add the new terms to the CT - let me know - I'll update existing data and delete the old That can happen at any time, but I think there may be some hard-coded usage of the terms (in specimendetail) which might display a little funky until PG. (I had to rebuild that for PG anyway, so I built it dynamically.) — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#2578 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ADQ7JBEYNEYDJD67VLAWNPLRLH32LANCNFSM4L4MEPWQ> .

[marecaguthrie]

We would love to revisit this proposal of changing “manufacture” events to “creation” events and changing the agent role “maker” to “creator”. If everyone is still supportive of this, let us know if there is anything we can do to help. On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 10:34 AM Mariel Campbell <[email protected]> wrote:

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I support this. On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 9:58 AM dustymc ***@***.***> wrote: > * UNM-IT Warning:* This message was sent from outside of the LoboMail > system. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you are sure the > content is safe. (2.3) > > Certainly no objections regarding the terminology from me. > > The path to migration will be: > > - add the new terms to the CT > - let me know > - I'll update existing data and delete the old > > That can happen at any time, but I think there may be some hard-coded > usage of the terms (in specimendetail) which might display a little funky > until PG. (I had to rebuild that for PG anyway, so I built it dynamically.) > > — > You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > <#2578 (comment)>, > or unsubscribe > < https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ADQ7JBEYNEYDJD67VLAWNPLRLH32LANCNFSM4L4MEPWQ > > . > — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#2578 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AJKSRR2ZRFX3MKFZQPS6XULRLIODLANCNFSM4L4MEPWQ> .

-- Mareca Guthrie (she/her/hers) Curator of Fine Arts & Associate Professor of Art University of Alaska Museum of the North 1962 Yukon Drive P.O. Box 756960 Fairbanks, AK 99775-6960 [email protected] University of Alaska Museum of the North: www.uaf.edu/museum UAF Art Department: https://www.uaf.edu/art/ <https://www.uaf.edu/art/> *At UAF, we acknowledge the Alaska Native nations upon whose ancestral and unceded **lands our six campuses reside. Here in Fairbanks, **our Troth Yeddha' Campus is located on the lands of **the** Dene Athabascan people of the Tanana River.*

[AJLinn]

Again, I'm fine with this.

[Jegelewicz]

@dustymc I say we do this

[dustymc]

#2578 (comment)

[Jegelewicz]

Terms are in the code table.

[dustymc]

update collector set collector_role='creator' where collector_role='maker';
UPDATE 21682

delete from ctcollector_role where collector_role='maker';
DELETE 1

update specimen_event set specimen_event_type='creation' where specimen_event_type='manufacture';
UPDATE 20894

delete from ctspecimen_event_type where specimen_event_type='manufacture';
DELETE 1

[marecaguthrie]

Fantastic! Thank you! 🎉

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-- Mareca Guthrie (she/her/hers) Curator of Fine Arts & Associate Professor of Art University of Alaska Museum of the North 1962 Yukon Drive P.O. Box 756960 Fairbanks, AK 99775-6960 [email protected] University of Alaska Museum of the North: www.uaf.edu/museum UAF Art Department: https://www.uaf.edu/art/ <https://www.uaf.edu/art/> *At UAF, we acknowledge the Alaska Native nations upon whose ancestral and unceded **lands our six campuses reside. Here in Fairbanks, **our Troth Yeddha' Campus is located on the lands of **the** Dene Athabascan people of the Tanana River.*

[krgomez]

Since maker was changed to creator, I no longer see this agent in search results in the maker data field column. Could maker be updated to creator in the search results customization options?

[Jegelewicz]

Since maker was changed to creator, I no longer see this agent in search results in the maker data field column. Could maker be updated to creator in the search results customization options?

@krgomez has this been fixed?