catalog entry
Record in inventory
A catalog entry is an individual record within a catalog—the listing for a single item.
Library catalog entries contain author, title, publication date, and call number.
Museum catalog entries document artifacts.
In commerce, a catalog entry describes one product: The catalog entry showed the dress in three colors.
The term often appears when discussing metadata or database records.
- barcodeEncoded product stripes
- identifierLabel for recognition
- titleFormal honorific or name
- descriptionAccount of characteristics
- library cardDocument for borrowing books
record · index · museum collection · rare books · field · date · due date · metadata · author · item description · keywords · column · call number · provenance · tags · table · category · digital archive
- auctionsauction, bidding, bid, auctioneer, auction house
- catalogsproduct listing, item description, metadata, museum collection, library catalogs
- museum termspaintings, sculptures, exhibits, gallery, artifacts
- reference sectionsglossary, index, bibliography, cross-reference, footnote
- entry types
- art recordsphoto documentation, label, museum guide, gallery guide, provenance
scope/completeness
catalog entrycatalog
Ordered list of items
master list · database · archive · repository