2.3 People¶

Summary

This tutorial is an introduction to the concept of People in Sanduq. Here, we learn about what a "People object" or simply, a Person, is comprised of. Moreover, we introduce the Create a Person form and provide a detailed reference to every metadata attribute of a Person.

What is People?¶

People is a concept in Sanduq that represents any and all individuals that are relevant to any and all Assets. We may use the singular term Person to refer to a singular People Object. A Person in Sanduq is a combination of a Profile Image & the Metadata (explained in Glossary).

graph TD
    Person --> ProfileImage["Profile Image"]
    Person --> Metadata

Note

The Profile Image is optional. It is, however, recommended to upload.

Create a Person Form¶

The metadata attributes of a Person correspond to the fields in the Create a Person Form. This is the form that allows a cataloguer to create a Person in Sanduq.

Create a Person Page

Metadata Attributes¶

The following table consists of the metadata attributes of a Person.

Attribute Name	Description	Type	Examples
Original Name	The name of the Person in the native language/script of them	Text	{}
Transliterated Name	The transliterated latin text of the original name (auto-generated)	Text	{}
Birth Date	The date the Person was born (Month and day are optional)	Date	2006/05/09
Life Status	A general status of the Person's life	Single-select	Living, Deceased, Imprisoned, Missing, Disappeared, or Unknown
Alias	Other names this person is known by (pen names/alternate spellings)	Multi‑value Text	{}
Community Role	What the occupation (or role) of the Person is in their community	Multi-select	Baxshi, Dastanchi, etc.
Biography	A description of the Person's life	Text	{}