Files in Vernon CMS

This guide describes the main files in the Cataloguing and Activities modules of Vernon CMS. All files in the system are called authority files. There are simple, hierarchical, and complex authority files.

Cataloguing files

• Object file

• Person file

• Photo/Audio-Visual file

• Document file

• Event file

• Site file

• Correspondence file

• Diary file

• Packing Unit file

Activity files

• Acquisition Proposal file

• Condition Report file

• Deaccession file

• Entry file

• Exhibition Concept file

• Exhibition Venue file

• Exit file

• Insurance file

• Inward Loan file

• Inward Rights, Reproduction & Use file

• Outward Loan file

• Outward Rights, Reproduction & Use file

• Risk Management file

• Topic file

• Transport/Movement file

• Treatment file

Common windows across files

• Authority Management window

• Correspondence History window

• Diary window

• Document References window

• Photo/Audio-Visual References window

• Objects & Activities window

• Tasks & Their Costs window

• User Defined Fields window

• User Views window

Other special files

• Classification file

• Consumable file

• Invoice file

• Location file

• Measurement Type file

• Place file

• Risk/Hazard Type file

• Valuation Category file