Manuscript level: Derivatives

Description: Repositories represent the second level of the DS-Access data model. Repositories fall under Institutions and contain Manuscripts.

Technical Description: The Repositories table (tblRepositories) is an MS Access table stored in the DS-Access data file (dsdata.mdb). It has a many-to-one relationship to the Institutions table (tblInstitutions), and a one-to-may relationship with the Manuscripts table. See the DS-Access schema for more information.

Notes: RepositoryCodes are determined and issued exclusively by the hosting instiution (Columbia University), and cannot be added, modified, or deleted via the application. A single instance of DS-Access can manage the holdings of multiple institutions. If a single institution maintains multiple instances of DS-Access on seperate machines, an RepositoryCode may appear in multiple databases, although their associated Repositories will not overlap.

The Repositories table contains the following fields: