Description
Choose a supplied oral-history passage or replacement text for display.
Archival records use source-specific expediente, foja, tomo, series and imprint-role wording. A recorded copy status or date transcription differs from authentication or calendar interpretation. Preserve original spellings, numbering and permission context before matching records or publishing a passage.
Choose a supplied oral-history passage or replacement text for display.
When to use this tool
Use Latin American Oral History Redaction Choice when you already have suppliedPassage, replacementText, redact and need to choose a supplied oral-history passage or replacement text for display.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter suppliedPassage, replacementText, redact. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read displayText, redactionApplied. Inspect redactionApplied before interpreting the associated values.
Require replacementText nonempty; select replacement when redact=true and return redactionApplied.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| suppliedPassage | Supplied Passage | Required. Text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192. |
| replacementText | Replacement Text | Required. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192. |
| redact | Redact | Required. Boolean. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| displayText | Display Text | Required. Text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192. |
| redactionApplied | Redaction Applied | Required. Boolean. |
{
"input": {
"suppliedPassage": "Passage A",
"replacementText": "[withheld]",
"redact": true
},
"output": {
"displayText": "[withheld]",
"redactionApplied": true
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- This does not delete, anonymize or secure underlying text, or establish consent or publication rights.
- 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 archive, edition or interview and its local descriptive conventions. Apply appropriate documentary or calendar analysis for substantive interpretation; display redaction and locator keys do not establish provenance or publication rights.
References
Similar or alternative tools
- Latin American Testimonio Copy Status
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- Latin American Bibliography Volume Tomo Label
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