Definitions of the roles played by contributors to the statistical database

Table ID:

G_CREDIT_ROLE     (1247805)

Contents:

Definitions of the roles played by contributors to the statistical database

Approx. number of rows:

8

Table type:

Codebook

Documentation Author:

Humphrey Southall

Notes:

1. This table holds a set of three-letter identifiers defining different roles that a contributor may have played in creating a particular set of data values. They follow the Library of Congress's MARC Code List for Relators (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators) with one single addition, 'DIG' for 'Digitisers' who computerised a dataset previously transcribed by someone else.

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Indices:

Index	Type	Column(s) indexed
g_credit_role_pkey	Primary key	g_credit_role

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Constraints:

The table has the following associated constraints:

Constraint	Type	Details
g_credit_role_pkey	Primary Key	See details above for primary key index

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Columns within table:

Column	Type	Contents
g_credit_role	Text string (max.len.=7).	Role identifier; three-letter code generally defined by the Library of Congress.
role_name	Text string (max.len.=104).	Title for role.
role_marc_desc	Text string (max.len.=404).	Definition of the role as provided in the MARC standard.
role_gbh_desc	Text string (max.len.=404).	Modified version of definition reflecting how the role is used in our work.
notes	Long text.	Comments, not intended for public display.