This page is part of the International Guidelines for Museum Object Information: The CIDOC Information Categories. Developed by the International Committee for Documentation (CIDOC) of the International Council of Museums (ICOM), this is a description of the Information Categories that can be used when developing records about the objects in museum collections. For more information about the Guidelines, turn to the initial page
Below is an alphabetical list of the 22 Information Groups, each containing one or more Information Category.
Acquisition method
Acquisition date
Acquisition source
Condition
Condition
summary
Condition date
Deaccession and Disposal Information
Deaccession date
Disposal
date
Disposal method
Disposal recipient
Physical description
Specimen
status
Image type
Image reference number
Institution name
Institution
sub body name
Institution address
Institution country
Current
location
Current location date
Current location type
Normal location
Mark and Inscription Information
Mark/inscription text
Mark/inscription
type
Mark/inscription description
Mark/inscription technique
Mark/inscription
position
Mark/inscription language
Mark/inscription translation
Material and Technique Information
Material
Technique
Part or component description
Dimension
Measurement
Measurement unit
Measured part
Object Association Information
Associated place
Associated
date
Associated group/person name
Association type
Original function
Collection place
Collection date
Collector
Collection method
Current owner
Depositor
Entry date
Entry number
Entry reason
Object
name
Object name type
Object name authority
Object number
Object number type
Object number date
Production place
Production date
Production group/person name
Production role
Title
Title type
Title translation
Part and Component Information
Number of parts or
components
Description of parts and components
Recorder
Record date
Authority
Reference
Reference type
Reproduction Rights Information
Reproduction rights note
Reproduction rights owner
Subject depicted
Subject depicted description
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file: guidecat.htm; author: CIDOC; updated June 1995