econservation: Topic 8: Parent/Child catalogue records: which to use and when?

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DISCUSSION POINTS: What to do for parent/child catalogue records?

• When the subbed-out Catalogue record versus parent Catalogue record be attached to a Conservation record?
• Conservation dept needs/wants to keep & use “Sub Number” field on Objects tab (affects workflow &/or reports)
• BUT attaching the parent record wouldn’t tie back to a child record’s ExObj record

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DECISION(S):

• Geology, Zoology, Library and Botany. If conservation records are created for a “part” of specimen or lot, an “uncataloged” catalogue record will be created to link to the conservation record.
• Anthropology: Link Conservation record to the Single and Parent Catalogue records since not all records are fully split out into their component sub parts as child records. For example, if a single record represents components that are marked subs .1-3 that needs to be split out into child/sub records so the components can be tracked separately, then this Single record becomes the Parent preserving any links to the Conservation module. Child records are then created as dittos of the former single record.

DATA CHANGES:
Data Changes Doc
Pre new development: None
Post development