Hi Christie,

I'm not sure what you're trying to accomplish by removing one of your two 
fields. Is it to reduce confusion? In my experience, more database fields 
are generally better, provided that you have clear documentation about 
what information goes where. Lots of examples generally help, too.

The minimum standard (per Spectrum http://www.mda.org.uk/speclic.htm) is 
that an object be given both an Object Name (or a Title, in your example) 
as well as a Brief Physical Description, which could be used to 'name' 
items in addition to the titles provided by their creators. As an example: 


Title: Mona Lisa
Desc: Oil Painting

In addition, we use a Nomenclature field (using the Getty AAT) to make it 
easier for users of our object database to find things by subject or 
category. 

Hope that helps!

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Andrew Schuricht
Springs Preserve, Las Vegas

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