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Historical Periods

when · when/historical-periods

Historical Periods is a chronological classification node in Kayffa's museum taxonomy, grouped under when. It applies when the asset, entity, collection, or region has clear evidence for this lens through visible content, captions, provenance, OCR, linked entities, or editorial review. Use it to connect archival material across records without turning a named person, place, work, organization, publication, or event into a category; named records should remain Entities and be linked to this reusable classification when appropriate.

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When

when · when

When is a chronological classification node in Kayffa's museum taxonomy, grouped under When. It applies when the asset, entity, collection, or region has clear evidence for this lens through visible content, captions, provenance, OCR, linked entities, or editorial review. Use it to connect archival material across records without turning a named person, place, work, organization, publication, or event into a category; named records should remain Entities and be linked to this reusable classification when appropriate.

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License Plate

artifacts · what/visual-subjects-and-objects/transport-and-street-objects/license-plate

License Plate is a reusable content-form, object, material, text, or condition classification under Transport and Street Objects. Use it when the carrier, visible object, production technique, textual feature, or digital derivative state helps interpret or process a record. Named works, publications, brands, and individual owned objects should remain Entities or asset records rather than categories.

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Audio Cassette

artifacts · what/content-forms/audiovisual-and-digital-forms/audio-cassette

Audio Cassette is a reusable content-form, object, material, text, or condition classification under Audiovisual and Digital Forms. Use it when the carrier, visible object, production technique, textual feature, or digital derivative state helps interpret or process a record. Named works, publications, brands, and individual owned objects should remain Entities or asset records rather than categories.

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Recording Session

events · events/cultural-and-media-events/expanded-cultural-and-media-events/recording-session

Recording Session is a reusable event-type classification under Expanded Cultural and Media Events. Use it when an item documents, advertises, stages, or belongs to this kind of social, cultural, political, work, movement, ritual, or media event. Named one-time events and dated historical incidents should be modeled as Entities and linked to this category as context.

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Memorial March

events · events/public-and-political-events/expanded-public-and-civic-events/memorial-march

Memorial March is a reusable event-type classification under Expanded Public and Civic Events. Use it when an item documents, advertises, stages, or belongs to this kind of social, cultural, political, work, movement, ritual, or media event. Named one-time events and dated historical incidents should be modeled as Entities and linked to this category as context.

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Opening Ceremony

events · events/public-and-political-events/expanded-public-and-civic-events/opening-ceremony

Opening Ceremony is a reusable event-type classification under Expanded Public and Civic Events. Use it when an item documents, advertises, stages, or belongs to this kind of social, cultural, political, work, movement, ritual, or media event. Named one-time events and dated historical incidents should be modeled as Entities and linked to this category as context.

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Public Speech

events · events/public-and-political-events/expanded-public-and-civic-events/public-speech

Public Speech is a reusable event-type classification under Expanded Public and Civic Events. Use it when an item documents, advertises, stages, or belongs to this kind of social, cultural, political, work, movement, ritual, or media event. Named one-time events and dated historical incidents should be modeled as Entities and linked to this category as context.

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Music Performance

events · events/cultural-and-media-events/music-performance

Music Performance is a event type classification node in Kayffa's museum taxonomy, grouped under cultural and media events. It applies when the asset, entity, collection, or region has clear evidence for this lens through visible content, captions, provenance, OCR, linked entities, or editorial review. Use it to connect archival material across records without turning a named person, place, work, organization, publication, or event into a category; named records should remain Entities and be linked to this reusable classification when appropriate.

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Birth Ritual

events · events/social-and-family-events/birth-ritual

Birth Ritual describes archival material connected to childbirth, newborn celebration, naming practices, sebou, first visits, family gatherings around infancy, ritual sounds, gifts, sweets, candles, decorated objects, domestic celebration, and the social recognition of a new child. It should be used when the ritual or newborn celebration is visible, captioned, sourced, or clearly documented. A normal child portrait is not automatically a birth ritual.

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Classroom

locations · where/place-types/education-and-knowledge-places/classroom

Classroom is a reusable place-type or spatial-context classification under Education and Knowledge Places. Use it when the setting is visible, captioned, sourced, or editorially important for browsing across assets and entities. It describes a generic kind of place or broad spatial context, not a named venue, street, city, building, or institution.

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Bank Branch

locations · where/place-types/commercial-and-retail-places/bank-branch

Bank Branch is a reusable place-type or spatial-context classification under Commercial and Retail Places. Use it when the setting is visible, captioned, sourced, or editorially important for browsing across assets and entities. It describes a generic kind of place or broad spatial context, not a named venue, street, city, building, or institution.

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Islamic Cairo

locations · where/geographic-contexts/islamic-cairo

Islamic Cairo is a spatial classification node in Kayffa's museum taxonomy, grouped under geographic contexts. It applies when the asset, entity, collection, or region has clear evidence for this lens through visible content, captions, provenance, OCR, linked entities, or editorial review. Use it to connect archival material across records without turning a named person, place, work, organization, publication, or event into a category; named records should remain Entities and be linked to this reusable classification when appropriate.

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Fatimid Egypt

when · when/historical-periods/fatimid-egypt

Fatimid Egypt is a chronological classification node in Kayffa's museum taxonomy, grouped under historical periods. It applies when the asset, entity, collection, or region has clear evidence for this lens through visible content, captions, provenance, OCR, linked entities, or editorial review. Use it to connect archival material across records without turning a named person, place, work, organization, publication, or event into a category; named records should remain Entities and be linked to this reusable classification when appropriate.

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Where

locations · where

Where is a spatial classification node in Kayffa's museum taxonomy, grouped under Where. It applies when the asset, entity, collection, or region has clear evidence for this lens through visible content, captions, provenance, OCR, linked entities, or editorial review. Use it to connect archival material across records without turning a named person, place, work, organization, publication, or event into a category; named records should remain Entities and be linked to this reusable classification when appropriate.

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Costume Designer

people · who/creator-and-maker-roles/performance-and-media-production-roles/costume-designer

Costume Designer is a generic people-role classification under Performance and Media Production Roles. Use it when a visible, credited, depicted, or connected person appears in this role and the role matters to interpretation or discovery. Named people, families, studios, companies, and groups should remain Entities linked to this reusable role when appropriate.

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Photographic Colorist

people · who/creator-and-maker-roles/photographic-and-image-work-roles/photographic-colorist

Photographic Colorist is a generic people-role classification under Photographic and Image Work Roles. Use it when a visible, credited, depicted, or connected person appears in this role and the role matters to interpretation or discovery. Named people, families, studios, companies, and groups should remain Entities linked to this reusable role when appropriate.

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French Expedition 1798-1801

when · when/historical-periods/french-expedition-1798-1801

French Expedition 1798-1801 is a chronological classification node in Kayffa's museum taxonomy, grouped under historical periods. It applies when the asset, entity, collection, or region has clear evidence for this lens through visible content, captions, provenance, OCR, linked entities, or editorial review. Use it to connect archival material across records without turning a named person, place, work, organization, publication, or event into a category; named records should remain Entities and be linked to this reusable classification when appropriate.

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Children and Toys

themes · themes/gender-body-and-family/children-and-toys

Children and Toys is a interpretive classification node in Kayffa's museum taxonomy, grouped under gender body and family. It applies when the asset, entity, collection, or region has clear evidence for this lens through visible content, captions, provenance, OCR, linked entities, or editorial review. Use it to connect archival material across records without turning a named person, place, work, organization, publication, or event into a category; named records should remain Entities and be linked to this reusable classification when appropriate.

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Orientalist Visual Framing

themes · themes/photography-and-visual-culture/orientalist-visual-framing

Orientalist Visual Framing is a critical lens for images that stage Egypt or the wider region through exoticizing, typological, colonial, or foreign-market visual conventions. It should be supported by production context, captioning, circulation, or visual convention, and should not be used as a blanket label for every old or foreign-made image.

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Mubarak Era 1981-2011

when · when/historical-periods/mubarak-era-1981-2011

Mubarak Era 1981-2011 is a chronological classification node in Kayffa's museum taxonomy, grouped under historical periods. It applies when the asset, entity, collection, or region has clear evidence for this lens through visible content, captions, provenance, OCR, linked entities, or editorial review. Use it to connect archival material across records without turning a named person, place, work, organization, publication, or event into a category; named records should remain Entities and be linked to this reusable classification when appropriate.

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Kingdom of Egypt 1922-1953

when · when/historical-periods/kingdom-of-egypt-1922-1953

Kingdom of Egypt 1922-1953 is a chronological classification node in Kayffa's museum taxonomy, grouped under historical periods. It applies when the asset, entity, collection, or region has clear evidence for this lens through visible content, captions, provenance, OCR, linked entities, or editorial review. Use it to connect archival material across records without turning a named person, place, work, organization, publication, or event into a category; named records should remain Entities and be linked to this reusable classification when appropriate.

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January 25 Revolution and Aftermath

when · when/historical-periods/january-25-revolution-and-aftermath

January 25 Revolution and Aftermath is a chronological classification node in Kayffa's museum taxonomy, grouped under historical periods. It applies when the asset, entity, collection, or region has clear evidence for this lens through visible content, captions, provenance, OCR, linked entities, or editorial review. Use it to connect archival material across records without turning a named person, place, work, organization, publication, or event into a category; named records should remain Entities and be linked to this reusable classification when appropriate.

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Nasser Era 1954-1970

when · when/historical-periods/nasser-era-1954-1970

Nasser Era 1954-1970 is a chronological classification node in Kayffa's museum taxonomy, grouped under historical periods. It applies when the asset, entity, collection, or region has clear evidence for this lens through visible content, captions, provenance, OCR, linked entities, or editorial review. Use it to connect archival material across records without turning a named person, place, work, organization, publication, or event into a category; named records should remain Entities and be linked to this reusable classification when appropriate.

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