Objects and Metadata Types

For more details about what each of these entities cover, please refer to the Concepts page, the various workflow documents provided in this HelpSet, or the Edition Page manual for the relevant object/entity.

Regarding the "prefix" listed in the last column of each table below, this is the letter that you should place in front of the object/entity ID when using the "quick jump" feature (see Navigation Tips) or that will identify the object/entity type on the Basic and Timeline Search Page result page. You will also need to use them when creating see-also or obsoleted by records, or when quoting objects or entities in comment fields that offer that feature.

The obj_type and doc_type values are only used internally by the application.

Primary object types

These are the so-called "fully-fledged" objects. They support the widest choice of metadata.

    Object             Obj_type   Prefix
    ------------------------------------
    Slides             DIA        D
    Sources            SRC        S
    Persons            IND        I
    Families           FAM        F
    Events             EVT        E
    Tiddlers           TID        Z

Lesser object types

Lesser objects only feature bibrefs, srcrefs and attachments in terms of metadata.

    Object             Obj_type   Prefix
    ------------------------------------
    Titles             TIT        T
    Alternate names    NAM        N
    Sequences          SEQ        C
    Projects           PRJ        J

Non-object entities

Non-object entities typically don't have any kind of metadata, but may themselves play the role of metadata for higher-level objects.

    Entity             Doc_type   Prefix
    ------------------------------------
    Books              BWK        B
    Articles           ART        P
    Web Links          WWW        W
    Attachments        /          A
    References         /          R
    Source References  /          Q
    EXIF data          /          X*
    INXtree node       /          K*

(*) no support in ./redirect.php (i.e. for "quick jump").