Record validator

Definition: The name of the person responsible for the final draft of the record. (FAITLE)
Obligation: Optional
Type of element: Restricted vocabulary

Entry guidelines

FAILTE records will all be checked by a validator before they can be made accessible to database end users.

It is anticipated that the function of a validator will be important in instances where a record might be created by more than one individual. The record validator will add some cohesion to individual records and might also act as a trouble-shooter for describing characteristics that are awkward to catalogue.

To begin with, only one individual will be able to validate a record before it is included into the database. The initials of the person who does this will automatically be inserted into the record in this field. Currently, Phil Barker (PB) is the record validator.