- docs/VISION.md: product vision + feature catalogue (MVP / post-MVP / later) - docs/specs/2026-06-02-mvp-architecture.md: MVP architecture + 16-entry decision log - reference/: Spectrum 5.0 cataloguing + Riksantikvarieämbetet source material (build-time reference) - CLAUDE.md: project guidance for Claude Code Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Reference material
Build-time reference material — prior art, definitions, and domain guidance we read
while designing this collection management system (samlingsförvaltningssystem). These
are durable, greppable source artifacts, not documentation of this project's own
code. Each file carries a source: header with the original URL and retrieval date.
Riksantikvarieämbetet — "God praxis att välja samlingsförvaltningssystem"
The Swedish National Heritage Board's (Riksantikvarieämbetet) guidance on choosing and introducing a collection management system. Fetched 2026-06-01 from https://www.raa.se/museer/digital-omstallning-pa-museiomradet/om-digitalisering/god-praxis-att-valja-samlingsforvaltningssystem/. Backed by the report "God samlingsförvaltning: praxis för val och användning av samlingsförvaltningssystem" (urn:nbn:se:raa:diva-6213). Content is in Swedish, kept verbatim.
| File | Page |
|---|---|
| raa-01-vad-och-varfor.md | 1. Samlingsförvaltningssystem, vad och varför? |
| raa-02-vad-ar-inte.md | 2. Vad är ett samlingsförvaltningssystem inte? |
| raa-03-overvaganden.md | 3. Överväganden vid val av samlingsförvaltningssystem |
| raa-04-vagkarta.md | 4. Vägkarta för val av samlingsförvaltningssystem |
| raa-05-spectrum-processerna.md | 5. Spectrum-processerna och samlingsförvaltningssystem |
| raa-06-grundlaggande-tekniska-funktioner.md | 6. Grundläggande tekniska funktioner |
| raa-07-datastandarder.md | 7. Datastandarder |
| raa-08-referenser-och-lankar.md | 8. Referenser och länkar (systems, vendors, literature) |
| raa-09-kravspecifikationstabell.md | 9. Kravspecifikationstabell (CHIN CMSCC) |
| raa-10-fallstudie-jonkoping.md | Fallstudie: Jönköpings läns museum (Primus) |
| raa-11-fallstudie-thielska.md | Fallstudie: Thielska Galleriet (MuseumPlus) |
Collections Trust — Spectrum 5.0 (primary source)
The actual standard, not just guidance about it. Transcribed from the official PDF.
| File | Page |
|---|---|
| spectrum-5.0-cataloguing.md | Cataloguing procedure — definition, scope, the Spectrum standard (policy questions + minimum requirements), suggested procedure, and the full unit-of-information / field list (the closest thing to a canonical object data model). License: Spectrum licence. |
| spectrum-5.0-cataloguing-units-of-information.md | Data dictionary for the above — every field with its constraint (term source / form of name / format / free text) and a link to its canonical Collections Trust definition page. The field-level reference for schema design. |
Key external standards referenced
- Spectrum 5.0 (Collections Trust) — the de-facto collection management standard; 21 procedures, 9 primary. https://collectionstrust.org.uk/spectrum/
- CIDOC CRM (ISO 21127) — ontology for cultural heritage data structure. https://www.cidoc-crm.org/
- LIDO — CIDOC-CRM-based exchange format.
- CHIN CMSCC — Collections Management System Criteria Checklist (requirements list).
- Vocabularies: Getty AAT/TGN/ULAN, KulturNav (Nordic), Wikidata, Iconclass.
- Aggregators: K-samsök / Kringla, Europeana, Sveriges dataportal.