This is a mandatory field. Every record must include a description.
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Yes, if a qualifier is used. Create a separate field mapped to Description.abstract or Description.tableOfContents if such information is applicable |
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Field Name | Description |
DC Mapping | Description |
Search | Yes |
Hide | No |
Vocabulary | No |
Definition | An account of the content of the resource [providing background and specifics about it, comparable to what would appear on an exhibit label]. |
Usage |
Enter a free-text account of the intellectual content of the resource and any specialized information not included in other elements. Consider the audience, and the terminology they would likely use. Use the full form of words, at least the first time they are referenced, rather than abbreviations such as St. for Street, ca. for circa, Ky. for Kentucky, etc. Consider including:
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Simple bridge over a river with the top of a waterfall below the bridge. The river is lined with trees that hang over the water. Three figures are visible on the bridge. White Mills is on the Nolin River. Published by Hatfield Bros. & Owsley. Publisher's number 62893. Blanche Preston Jones, descendant of Lady Elizabeth Calvert, plays Appalachian dulcimer alongside young boy and young girl in bonnet, who plays concertina. This performance takes place next to log cabin [probably the Traipsin' Woman Cabin near the Mayo Trail, Boyd County, Kentucky]. Their period dress indicates that they are participants in the annual American Folk Song Festival. |
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Nickname | descri |