General remarks

Schema: EAC-CPF

Context: Identifiers used as unambiguous references in local systems are needed to identify or to refer to records, agencies, entities, resources, and authority files. There is a difference between identifiers for records and entities.

Description: Different types of non-informational identifiers are used to identify

Or to refer to

  • other records of the same resource or entity as described in the EAS instance within the element <otherRecordId>, cf. Record identifiers
  • the agency, responsible for creation, maintenance or dissemination of the EAS instance within the element <agencyCode>, c.f. Agency Codes
  • the entity, thus the person, family or corporate body, described the present EAC-CPF instance within the element <identityId>, c.f. Entity Identifiers
  • the materials being described in an EAD instance within the element <unitid>, c.f. ID of the Unit (coming soon)