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InfoBank Terminology for Materials

InfoBank Databases for Materials

InfoBank Management of Materials

CONTROLLED VOCABULARY

"Location", "Area", "Container", "Canister", "Item"
"Activity ID"
"Label" = ID-type information physically on the "item"
"Item Bar Code #" = a unique number for each "item"
"Container Bar Code #" = a unique number for each "container". All "items" in a "container" have the same "Container Bar Code #"

A B C D E F G H I

!Item Number !Container Number !Container Area !Container Type !Container Location !Container Column !Container Row !Date Updated !Database

Columns C thru G are managed by the system.
Names of fields for columns J and beyond should not start with a "!".

Use clear, descriptive field names because they will appear on InfoBank pages.

Fields in /infobank/holdings/<database>.txt files

database J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z AA AB AC AD AE AF AG AH AI AJ AK AL AM AN AO AP AQ AR AS AT AU AV AW AX AY AZ BA BB BC

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bins Activity ID Contact Team Clint Comment Disposition Region Labeled Type of Canister What Is It Core Section Interval Description Condition Number of Unsplit

boxes1020 Activity ID Contact Team Accession Number Accession Submitter Box ID Box Count Contents Suley Comments Warehouse Comments

boxes1030 Activity ID Contact Team Accession Number Accession Submitter Box ID Box Count Contents Suley Comments Warehouse Comments

boxes1040 Activity ID Contact Team Accession Number Accession Submitter Box ID Box Count Contents Suley Comments Warehouse Comments

boxescmg Activity ID Contact Team Accession Number NewContainer !Old Container Number Box ID Accession Submitter Contents Suley Comments

cabinets Activity ID Contact Team Contents Comments

drawers Activity ID Contact Team Contents Comments

drawers1133 B169SF "Paul Carlson, Dave McCulloch" CMG Envelope of borehole location maps

jencontainers Activity ID Contact Team Canister # Box ID Comments Item Type Water Depth Tube Top of Mud Top Elevation Tip or Top Time Subsample Source Soil Type Section Sample Sample Type Owner Other ID Marks Marks on Original Box Marks on Container Marks on Box Locality Job Interval Hole Elevation Earth Surface Description Depth Datum Date Core No. Contract Container Company By Bottom Bottom Elevation Boring B# Archive/Work

maps Activity ID Contact Team Contents Comments

media Activity ID Contact Team Contents Comments

racks Activity ID Contact Team Clint Comment Disposition Region Labeled Core and Section Interval Working or Archive Comments

room Activity ID Contact Team Contents Comments

shelves Activity ID Contact Team Contents Comments

stpete Activity ID Contact Team Contents Comments

woodshole Activity ID Contact Team Contents

"We are getting into semantics again. If we use words, there is a very grave danger they will be misinterpreted." -- H. R. Haldeman

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