Entity Details - Work

ID

Field: ID

Field Type: Unique Key

Cardinality: Exactly 1 and unique

Semantics of this field: This is a unique key which uniquely identifies the Work within HuNI. Note that matching Work entities is part of the HuNI matching process, so two identifiers may possibly point to the same Work (see Same As) property).

Other Notes: Generated by HuNI

Name

Field: Source and source identifier

Field Type: String

Cardinality: 0..1

Semantics of this field: Identifier used for this work by the original source, and the source code.

Title

Field: Title

Cardinality: 0..n

Semantics of this field: May have multiple names associated with the work: subelements of each name

Language

Field: Title

Subield: Language

Cardinality: 0..1

Semantics of this field: Language the title of the work is in.

Title

Field: Title

Subield: Title

Field Type: String

Cardinality: 0..1

Semantics of this field: Title of the Work

Primary

Field: Title

Subield: Primary

Field Type: Binary

Cardinality: Y / N

Semantics of this field: Flag to indicate this is the primary title. (Other names are to be considered Alternate Titles).

SubTitle

Field: Title

Subield: SubTitle

Field Type: String

Cardinality: 0..1

Semantics of this field: Subtitle if there is one

Type

Field: Title

Subield: Type

Field Type: String

Cardinality: 0..n

Semantics of this field: Type of title eg AustLit, transliterated, first line of poem, etc.

Type

Field: Type

Field Type: List

Cardinality: 0..n

Semantics of this field: Type of works like film, literature, etc. See list below

Creation Date

Field: Creation Date

Field Type: Date

Cardinality: 0..1

Semantics of this field: Date the work was created

Release Date

Field: Release Date

Field Type: Date

Cardinality: 0..1

Semantics of this field: Date the work was made broadly available, usually to the public eg release date for a movie, publication date for a book, etc. For some works it may be when they were released to significant external parties rather than to the public as a whole eg a painting shown for the first time at the launch of an exhibition, where the event attendees are invited guests. In this case the date of the launch can still be considered the release date.

Description

Field: Description

Field Type: String

Cardinality: 0..n

Semantics of this field: Description of the work

Language

Field: Language

Field Type: List

Cardinality: 0..n

Semantics of this field: For written works, the language(s) written in eg English

External Identifier

Field: External Identifier

Cardinality: 0..n

Semantics of this field: For book

Type

Field: External Identifier

Subield: Type

Field Type: List

Cardinality: 0..1

Semantics of this field: Which scheme the identifier is from eg ISSN, ISBN, ISMN, etc

Identifier

Field: External Identifier

Subield: Identifier

Field Type: String

Cardinality: 0..1

Semantics of this field: The actual identifier from that scheme

Journal Title

Field: Journal Title

Field Type: String

Cardinality: 0..1

Semantics of this field: For work published in a Journal, the title of the Journal it was published

Journal Issue Number

Field: Journal Issue Number

Field Type: String

Cardinality: 0..1

Semantics of this field: For work published in a Journal, the issue of the Journal it was published in

Relations to other Entities

Work <– createdBy –> Person

Work <– performedBy -> Person

Work <- publishedBy -> Organisation

Work <– corpAuthoredBy -> Organisation

Work <- placeOf –> Place

Types of Work

NOTES:

• HuNI will support any existing type of work provided by input data sources

• It will not attempt to recategorise these in the first version.

• Audio-visual

• Feature Film
• Recording of a Performance
• Television
• Television Series
• Book
• ISSN/ISBN
• Article
• Journal Article
• Newspaper Article
• Monograph
• Film Script
• Music
• Film Soundtrack
• Poster
• Image
• Photograph
• Painting
• Circus Act

Note these types from AFI: