This page is part of the International Guidelines for Museum Object Information: The CIDOC Information Categories: a description of the Information Categories that can be used when developing records about the objects in museum collections. For an outline of the Information Groups and Categories in the Guidelines, turn to the introductory list.
Purpose:
Object production information supports Security, Accountability, Access, and an Historic archive. It can be applied to collections management areas as well as object history and description areas. It supports the documentation of the production of man made objects. As such it is required for all types of collection disciplines.
Information categories:
Production place
Production date
Production group/person name
Production role
Examples:
Production place: Leeds
Production
date: 1932-03-01
Production group/person name: Grindley
Production
group/person role: designer, manufacturer
Notes:
Alternate names:
Creation place
Place of manufacture
Definition:
The name of a place associated with the production of the object.
Examples:
Karystos/Evia/Greece/Europe
Spurn Point/North Humberside/England/Europe
Notes:
Move to beginning of Object production
Definition:
The date or date range associated with the production of the object.
Examples:
c.1883
1956-01-21
1200-1400
600BC
10BCE
Notes:
Move to beginning of Object production
Alternate names:
Artist
Designer
Maker
Manufacturer
Definition:
The person, group, or organization associated with the production of the object.
Examples:
Iroquois
Heals Ltd
Jones, I
Notes:
Move to beginning of Object production
Definition:
The way in which the person/group, date, or place is associated with the origins of the object, including the creation, manufacture, use, excavation, or collection of an object or specimen.
Examples:
designer
manufacturer
painter
Notes:
Move to beginning of Object production
Move to outline of the Information Groups and Categories or the next section of the Guidelines, Object title
file: guidepro.htm; author: CIDOC; updated June 1995