# People Module

The table below lists the **default fields available in the People module** of eMuseum. These fields can be **configured** throughout your eMuseum site to:

* Be displayed in different views (detail, results list, search, API, etc.)
* Be included in search functionality
* Be relabeled with custom display names
* Be reordered to suit your workflows
* Be assigned select permissions for access control

> ℹ️ **Note:** Your institution’s implementation of eMuseum may include **customizations** that add to, modify, or replace these default fields to better meet your specific requirements.

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#### Default Fields

| Field               | Internal Name     | Description                                                                                             |
| ------------------- | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Alternative Numbers | altNums           | Alternate numbers for the selected constituent record                                                   |
| Birth Date          | beginDate         | <p>Constituent birth date.<br>> ℹ️ Used in advanced search and stored but not displayed by default.</p> |
| Bibliography        | bibliography      | Constituent bibliographical information                                                                 |
| Biography           | biography         | Constituent biography text field                                                                        |
| Caption             | caption           | Caption text                                                                                            |
| Date                | date              | Combination of the constituent’s begin and end dates. Sometimes includes display date.                  |
| Name                | displayName       | People Display Name text field                                                                          |
| Death Date          | endDate           | <p>Constituent death date.<br>> ℹ️ Used in advanced search and stored but not displayed by default.</p> |
| Events              | events            | Related events                                                                                          |
| Exhibitions         | exhibitions       | Related exhibitions                                                                                     |
| External Vocabulary | extVocabData      | External vocabulary data linked to constituent                                                          |
| First Name          | firstName         | First name of the person                                                                                |
| Flex Fields         | flexFields        | Customizable flex fields                                                                                |
| Geography           | geography         | Constituent geography                                                                                   |
| Id                  | id                | Constituent ID (used internally)                                                                        |
| Last Name           | lastName          | Last name of the person                                                                                 |
| Letter              | letter            | Letter (alphabetic index for sorting/grouping)                                                          |
| Loans               | loans             | Related loans                                                                                           |
| Media               | media             | Related media files (images, audio, video, etc.)                                                        |
| Middle Name         | middleName        | Middle name of the person                                                                               |
| Title               | nameTitle         | Title associated with the person (e.g., Dr., Sir)                                                       |
| Names               | names             | Alternative names of the person                                                                         |
| Nationality         | nationality       | <p>Nationality text field.<br>> ℹ️ This label is included with constituent display date.</p>            |
| Node                | node              | Node association                                                                                        |
| Object Medium       | objectMedium      | Medium data carried over from related objects                                                           |
| Objects             | objects           | Related objects from the Objects module                                                                 |
| People-Objects Link | peopleObjectsLink | Used for displaying links to related objects                                                            |
| Person Type         | personType        | Type of constituent (e.g., artist, maker, donor)                                                        |
| Primary Media       | primaryMedia      | Medium selected for primary display                                                                     |
| Last Updated        | recordLastUpdated | > ℹ️ Date the constituent record was last updated                                                       |
| Relations           | rels              | Related records via links/associations                                                                  |
| Remarks             | remarks           | Field for free-form remarks about the constituent                                                       |
| School              | school            | School field text. Usually the school or style with which a constituent is associated                   |
| Sites               | sites             | Related sites                                                                                           |
| Source ID           | sourceId          | Source record identifier                                                                                |
| Text Entries        | textEntries       | All text entries for the record                                                                         |
| Terms               | thesaurusXrefs    | All thesaurus attributes/terms for the record                                                           |


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