Re: [Crm-sig] Recording absence

2019-11-05 Thread Martin Doerr
Dear Martijn, All, As you state, an empty collection does not really work, because nothing is curated or created. This would be "Relational Database" thinking, where you fill in slots. The interesting thing is, to be clear about WHAT is negated. What is a "no archaeological finds at all" ?

[Crm-sig] Recording absence

2019-11-05 Thread Athanasios Velios
Dear all, Following the Linked Conservation Data workshop and the last SIG in Crete I am summarising the problem of documenting non-existence. An example of non-existence is: a book cover (a particular) without tooled decoration (a type). Options for encoding: 1) As discussed here: