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Metadata Element Profiles

Correspondent Organization

Attribute

Attribute Description

Identifying Attributes

Name

correspondentOrganization

Label

Correspondent Organization, Organization

Definitional Attributes

Definition

Identification of the organization where the originator of the correspondence is based.

Purpose

To indicate the organization that sent the correspondence.

Constraint

Applies to correspondents.

Datatype Name

Organizations 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: Canadian Labour Congress, Canadian Federation of Independent Business, Public Service Alliance of Canada, Canadian Association of Broadcasters

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

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