Event

CIDOC documentation: E7 Activity, E8 Acquisition, E11 Modification, E9 Move, E12 Production

  • Activity (E7 Activity) - The most common form of event, such as a battle, a meeting, or a wedding

  • Acquisition (E8 Acquisition) - Maps a change of property from one owner to another

  • Modification (E11 Event) - Used to track the modification of artifacts, e.g. a conservation treatment or a change of parts

  • Move (E9 Move) - Movement of artifacts or a person

  • Production (E12 Production) - The creation of artifacts

At the index page already entered entities are listed in a Table.

  • Click on the + button to enter a new one

  • Click on the name of an entry in the list to access the detail view

  • To edit or delete an entry, click on the Edit button in the detail view.

Form fields

  • Name

  • Type

  • Date

  • Description

  • Location - The Place where an event happened

  • Sub event of - As Events can be part of another event (e.g. a battle as a sub event of a war), they can be linked here

  • Preceding event - Events can follow up other events, useful for e.g. entering a journey, link them here

Can be linked via tabs to

  • Source - Use this way to link to a source if an event is referred to in it

  • Actor - Add participants or recipient and donor in case of an acquisition

  • Reference - Add a citation

  • File

For a step by step instructions have a look at our Examples.

Acquisition

  • Donor

  • Receiver

  • Given place - Select which places changed ownership

  • Given artifact - Select which artifacts changed ownership

Modification

  • Modified object - Select artifacts that were modified

  • Modified place - Select places that were modified

The actors who modified an artifact can be added as performer via tabs.

Move

  • Place from - Place - as a starting point

  • Place to - Place - as a destination point

  • Moved Artifact - Select the artifact(s) moved in an event

  • Moved Person - Select the people moved in an event

Unfortunately CIDOC CRM doesn’t allow for a moved by relation for groups. It is still possible to “move” groups via the actor tab, which in the background creates a more general participated at relation between the group and the move event. For more information please take a look at Journey or Move events tutorial.

Production

  • Artifact - Select artifact(s) that was/were produced during the production event

The creators of an artifact can be added as performer via tabs.