Attribute

Attribute Description

Identifying Attributes

Name

correspondentAssociated

Label

Associated Correspondent

Definitional Attributes

Definition

Identification of a correspondent related to a given piece of correspondence.

Purpose

To indicate a relationship between two or more pieces of correspondence via an association between the correspondents.

Constraint

Applies to correspondents.

Datatype Name

Associated correspondent consists of 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

Optional

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