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Contribution: Tag

Mandatory Repeatable Edit Type Data Type Source Level Available Public Element
No Yes Read Only Variable Character Length (100) Catalog Community Member;
NARA Staff Member;
NARA Partner;
RG
Collection
Series
File Unit
Item
Item AV
Digital Object
Person Name
Organization Name
Yes

 

Definition:

Tags are keywords, terms, and labels used to identify or characterize content, context, or physical aspects of a description or digital object, shared by a contributor.

 

 

Purpose: To allow contributors to supply additional context to descriptions and make digitized and born digital records more discoverable.

 

Relationship: Tags have an attribution type modifier and may have a related contributor name.

 

Guidance:

Name Tags are added to catalog descriptions and digital objects voluntarily by contributors including Citizen Archivists, staff, and NARA partners following the guidance provided on the Resources page and the Citizen Contributions Policy on Archives.gov. Tags may be suggested or generated by AI / Machine tools.

 

Examples:

 

Description - Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8949, Stephen Howard, Md. (https://catalog.archives.gov/id/54937968)
Tag - Stephen Howard
 
Description - Queen Elizabeth’s Letter to President Dwight D. Eisenhower (https://catalog.archives.gov/id/5721366)
Tags - Dwight D. Eisenhower, handwriting, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth, Buckingham Palace, rcp-nac1, TDJanuary 2020
 
Description - KSC - Simulated Altitude Run with Astronauts Grissom, White, and Chaffee (https://catalog.archives.gov/id/81441772)
Tags - 6610-12-2525, Apollo 1, Ed White, Gus Grissom, Kennedy Space Center, nwfh20, PL-66-55712, Roger Chaffee
 

 



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