PastPerfect Objects Catalog (Art Screen) to Wisconsin Heritage Online Metadata Elements
REQUIRED
PastPerfect
Field
Title
Subjects
PastPerfect
export code
title
subjects
WHO Element
Sample Data
Notes
Title
Subject (LCTGM) OR
Subject (AAT)
Sketch for the Pabst Mansion
Architectural decoration &
ornaments; Design drawings;
Blueprints; Studies (visual
works)
Object name
objname
Subject (PastPerfect
Classification)
Print
Category
gparent
8: Communication Artifact
Sub-category
parent
Image file name
imagefile
Subject (PastPerfect
Classification)
Subject (PastPerfect
Classification)
Identifier
Catalog date
catdate
Date Digitized
11/04/2009
Legal status
(Legal screen)
legal
Rights
N/A—add to
Excel file after
export
N/A—add to
Excel file after
export
N/A
Type
See
https://wiheritage.pbworks.com/
Copyright for sample rights
statements
Physical Object
Title (assigned by artist or by cataloger)
Recommended: Library of Congress
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
(already loaded in PastPerfect’s
Authority File for the Subjects field);
also searchable online at
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/tgm1 OR
Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus,
http://www.getty.edu/research/conducti
ng_research/vocabularies/aat/
Built into the PastPerfect Lexicon,
which is based on the Revised
Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging
(aka Chenhall’s)
Automatically filled in from the
PastPerfect Lexicon
Automatically filled in from the
PastPerfect Lexicon
Name of digital file (loaded
automatically when image is loaded
into PastPerfect)
Date digital file was created and/or
cataloged. Use format: MM/DD/YYYY
Statement of ownership and copyright
N/A
Format
image/tiff OR image/jpeg
Art
Samp001a.jpg
Type of original material
Format of digital file
N/A—add to
Excel file after
export
N/A
Submitter
Yournamehere Historical Society Name of WHO Content Provider
Required IF KNOWN
PastPerfect Field
PastPerfect
export code
creator
WHO Element
Sample Data
Notes
Creator
Doe, Jane, 1875-1963
Artist2; Artist3
creator2;
creator3
Contributor
Pl of Origin
(History screen)
origin
Coverage (Spatial)
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County,
Wisconsin
Date
date
Date Created
1911
Collection
collection
Relation (Is Part
Of)
Cyril Colnik Archive
Use format: Last Name, First Name,
Birth Date-Death Date
Fabricator, assistant, or other
contributor. Use format: Last Name,
First Name, Birth Date-Death Date
Location where object was created; if
known, use format: Community,
County, State
Date object was created. If known,
use format: MM/DD/YYYY. For
approximate dates, use ca. or a
range, i.e. ca. 1911 OR 1910-1920.
Name of local collection
Artist
OPTIONAL
PastPerfect Field
WHO Element
Sample Data
Description
PastPerfect
export code
descrip
Description
Medium
medium
Format (Medium)
Free text descriptive
summary of resource
Paper; Watercolor
Dimensions (in
inches): Height;
heightin; widthin;
lengthin; depthin;
Format (Extent)
Notes
Materials from which the object is
made. Recommended controlled
vocabulary: Getty Art and
Architecture Thesaurus,
http://www.getty.edu/research/condu
cting_research/vocabularies/aat/
Dimensions of object
Width; Length;
Depth; Diam.;
Circum.
Object ID
diameterin;
circumin
objectid
Identifier
2009.001.0015
Search terms
sterms
Subject (Local)
Orchard Lawn
People
people
Subject (Local)
Gundry, John H.
Related
publications
pubnotes
Relation (Is Referenced
By)
N/A—add to Excel
file after export
N/A
Digitization Information
Dorothy McCarthy,
“Tales of Old Portage,”
Portage Daily Register,
May 15, 1922
Scanned as RGB with
Nikon Coolscan 4000 at
800ppi
Local accession number or other
identifier
Local terms, keywords, or categories
not found in LCTGM, AAT, or
Chenhall’s
People (other than the artist or
creator) associated with the object,
i.e. owner, collector, subject. Use
format: Last Name, First Name
Citations to any publications that are
based on the use, study, or analysis
of the object
Technical and procedural information
about the digital file