Description
Label an archival budget title with supplied account-year wording and reference.
Historical economic records depend on archival wording, accounting signs, local units, assigned values, denominations and date precision. A wage-day ratio is a comparison of supplied amounts rather than actual labor time. Preserving an account-year label or unit factor does not authenticate a historical price, practice or legal obligation.
Label an archival budget title with supplied account-year wording and reference.
When to use this tool
Use Archival Budget Account Year Label when you already have archiveReference, accountTitle, yearText and need to label an archival budget title with supplied account-year wording and reference.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter archiveReference, accountTitle, yearText. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read label. Use the output convention below.
Require archiveReference, accountTitle and yearText nonempty; append year text and archive reference.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| archiveReference | Archive Reference | Required. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192. |
| accountTitle | Account Title | Required. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192. |
| yearText | Year Text | Required. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| label | Label | Required. Text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192. |
{
"input": {
"archiveReference": "AR17",
"accountTitle": "Town account",
"yearText": "1750/51"
},
"output": {
"label": "Town account [1750/51; AR17]"
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- Year text is not parsed or converted. No fiscal calendar, provenance, budget amount or historical account identity is verified.
- 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 the original ledger, archive and historical unit or monetary definitions when reconstructing an account. Reconcile period, commodity quality, currency and source corrections before comparing values; local labels and supplied conversions preserve only their declared assumptions.
References
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