MIRL Provenance
an object file for dispersal and restitution
Material / Image Research Lab
University of California, Santa Barbara
Fol. I
Docket
Fol. II
Object file
Fol. III
Chronology
Fol. IV
Statistics
Fol. V
Atlas
Fol. VI
Index
New object
Project ▾
Save project (.json)
your full working file; restricted evidence stays in it
Open project (.json)
Keep the file on disk
save continuously to a .json you choose, alongside the browser autosave
Lock this file
a passphrase encrypts the file at rest; exports stay plain
Sources
the people the file rests on; aliases publish, identities never do
Labels and protocols
define a community's own TK / BC labels, beyond the standard set
Import objects (.csv)
an old inventory becomes draft object files, held back until published
Merge a project (.json)
a colleague's file, reconciled object by object
Check evidence files
verify files against their recorded sha-256 fingerprints
New file
start empty
Open the sample file
a fictional dispersed object, for trying things
Export ▾
Restitution dossier (print)
a cover leaf, one object file per page, the docket and index as appendices
Claim letter (print)
a draft request for return of the open object, with its legal bases
Sought notice (print)
the open object as a one-page appeal: held by, claimed by, whom to tell
Public file (.html)
one self-contained page: docket, object files, chronology, atlas
Object ID records (.json)
the Getty / ICOM standard, for police, customs, INTERPOL
Linked data (CIDOC-CRM / JSON-LD)
for an Arches instance or another CRM consumer to ingest
Docket as spreadsheet (.csv)
Public data (.json)
Evidence hash manifest (.sha256)
filename and sha-256 of each published file, to verify fixity
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