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American Oral History Release Purpose Field

Record an explicit oral-history release purpose and permission flag without determining consent validity or rights.

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Description

Preserve supplied oral-history release purpose and a permission assertion.

American archival and publication records preserve source editions, numbering, place/date wording and documentary roles. A quarter-quarter locator describes a supplied hierarchy without resolving a parcel, and an oral-history purpose record does not verify release rights. Historical context remains part of the original source.

Preserve supplied oral-history release purpose and a permission assertion.

When to use this tool

Use American Oral History Release Purpose Field when you already have interviewId, suppliedPurpose, permissionRecorded and need to preserve supplied oral-history release purpose and a permission assertion.

How to use the tool and how it works

  1. Enter interviewId, suppliedPurpose, permissionRecorded. Use the units and conventions below.
  2. Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
  3. Read token. Use the output convention below.

Require interviewId and suppliedPurpose nonempty; serialize [interviewId,suppliedPurpose,permissionRecorded].1

Input fieldMeaning and unitsAccepted input
interviewIdInterview IdRequired. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
suppliedPurposeSupplied PurposeRequired. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
permissionRecordedPermission RecordedRequired. Boolean.
Output fieldInterpretationReturned shape
tokenTokenRequired. Text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
json
{
  "input": {
    "interviewId": "INT17",
    "suppliedPurpose": "analysis",
    "permissionRecorded": true
  },
  "output": {
    "token": "[\"INT17\",\"analysis\",true]"
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

  • The recorded flag does not verify release terms, informed consent, privacy, rights or permission for actual reuse.
  • Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.

Alternative or Complementary methods

Consult original archives, surveys, publications and permission records. Verify editions, chronology and source meanings before using local reference tokens for historical, bibliographic or legal interpretation.

References

  1. Calculation and input contract: american-studies/american-oral-history-release-purpose-field — tool.io

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