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Hyku Cookbook: Place Original

Recipes for metadata entry for UofL Digital Collections

Place original

This field is mandatory if available. If the location is not known and cannot be estimated, leave it blank.

sample of elements that show on each field page
Repeatable

Yes. Enter each place name in the same field, separated by a semicolon and a space.
Hyku term place_original
Mapping http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/originPlace
Search Yes
Hide No
Vocabulary Yes
Definition Place from which the creation of the Work originated.
Usage

Use the correct form of the place name when available in Library of Congress Authorities and/or Getty Union List of Artist Names (ULAN).

Refer to the list of locations already used.

Do not use "Unknown"—just leave the field blank.
Examples

Yunnan Sheng (China)