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  • 🏠Census Database User Handbook (EN)
  • ⏩Quick Start
    • Step 1: Locate the Search Mask
    • Step 2: Choose a Data Set to Search
    • Step 3: Choose How to View Results
    • Step 4: If Desired, Limit Search Results
    • Step 5: Customise the Results View
    • Step 6: Customize the Sort Menu
    • Step 7: Carry out a Search
    • Step 8: Explore Records in the Detail View
    • Step 9: Save Records in a User Account
  • 📖The Census Database: Overview
    • What is the Census Database?
    • Contents of the Census Database
    • History of the Census Database
    • Partner Projects of the Census Database
    • The Census Data Model
    • The Hierarchical Structure of the Census Data
    • CensusIDs
    • Authority Data
  • Navigating and Searching
    • 👉Examples of Typical Searches
      • Find a Specific Antique Monument or Postclassical Work
      • Find Records Related to a Specific Antique Monument
      • Find Records Related to a Specific Postclassical Work
      • Find a Record if You Know the CensusID
      • Find the Top Hit (the Main Entry or Parent Entry)
      • Search for a Bibliographic Reference and all Associated Census Records
      • Search for a Person and all Associated Census Records
      • Find all Census Records Added by a Partner Project
      • Search Without a Specific Object in Mind
      • Find All Images Available for Download
      • 🔎Search Functions
        • The Search Bar
          • Combining Keywords in the Search Bar
          • Using Operators in the Search Bar
        • Advanced Search
          • Select Object Types in Advanced Search
          • Search Linked Object Types in Advanced Search
          • Use Advanced Search to Exclude Records from a Search
          • Use Multiple Parameters in Advanced Search
          • Examples of Advanced Search
            • Find a Specific Antique Monument or Postclassical Work
            • Find a Specific Text Associated with a Census Record
    • 🗄️Data Sets and Sources
      • The Sources Menu: Primary Object Types
      • The Side Bar: Secondary Object Types
    • 🚰Filter Function
      • Filter by Alias
      • Filter by Medium
      • Filter by Location
    • 🖼️Options for Displaying Search Results
    • 📂Sort Function
    • 🔝Set Hierarchy preferences
    • 👓Detail View
      • Detail View Menu Bar
      • Image Preview and Full-Screen Image View
      • Downloading Images
      • Change History
      • Printing PDFs
      • Viewing Metadata in Detail View
  • Using Census Data
    • 💾Data in the Census Records
      • Antique Monument Records
        • Overview
        • Description
        • History
        • Provenance
        • Relationships
        • References
        • Comments
          • Image Records
        • Images
      • Postclassical Work Records
        • Overview
        • Description
        • Texts / Transcriptions
        • Relationships
        • References
        • Comments
        • Images
      • Period Records
      • Location Records
      • Style Records
      • Person Records
      • Bibliography Records
    • ©️Image Copyrights
    • ©️Data and Metadata Copyright
    • 🪧How to Reference Records in the Census Database
    • 🧑User Accounts and Personal Collections
      • Registering for a User Account
      • The Quick Access Column
      • Setting up Collections
      • Saving Records in a Collection
      • Deleting, Moving, and Comparing Records in Collections
      • Creating a Presentation
    • 🔗LOD: Other Methods of Accessing Census Data
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  1. The Census Database: Overview

The Hierarchical Structure of the Census Data

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Many objects in the Census Database can be subdivided into multiple levels, such as entire buildings, volumes of drawings, books, or location records. The records of the Object Types , , and are therefore organized according to a hierarchical structure.

For example, individual columns of the Pantheon are structurally subordinate to the building and are further subdivided into their individual sections:

Similarly, in the case of a Postclassical Work, the pages of a sketchbook are subordinate to the volume as a whole, and pages are further subdivided into sections.

As is shown below, to ensure that the hierarchical structure of a record is visible, it is important that the 'Show hierarchy' button at the top left of the Detail view is activated:

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Antique Monuments,
Postclassical Works
Bibliography
Location