Attribute

Attribute Description

Identifying Attributes

Name

correspondentPrimaryContact

Label

Correspondent Primary Contact, Primary Contact

Definitional Attributes

Definition

Identification of the main contact on a piece of correspondence if multiple correspondents are identified.

Purpose

To indicate which correspondent to reply to.

Constraint

Applies to correspondents.

Datatype Name

Primary contacts are free form fields or populated from a pick list generated by previously entered values.

Relational Attributes

Value Domain

Derived from an institutional list of past correspondents or entered as a new value. Examples: First name, Middle name or initial, Last name

Conditions of Application

Obligation

Mandatory (if applicable)

When is Element Populated?

When the correspondence folder is created.

How is the Element Populated?

User (often a user in the Correspondence Unit).

Reference

FREC, 3.1 Metadata Requirements, Reference #2.7, #2.14; ECMUCS, 3 Flow of Events, Reference #3.1.8, #3.1.10, #3.1.18, #3.1.25, #3.1.28, #3.1.29, #3.3.2