| Argus Field Name | Note about Argus Field | DC Element | DC Qualifier | Mandatory | Description |
| Date | Date of digital object not currently recorded in Argus. | Date(.digital) | Created | A date associated with an event in the life cycle of the resource. Can repeat, DC field is date | |
| Date | Date of original object recorded in date table. | Date(.original) | Created | A date associated with an event in the life cycle of the resource. Can repeat, DC field is date | |
| Description | Description field from Argus will need to be rewritten as prose using the trade catalogue as a guide. Currently it exists as lexicon terms on Argus. | Description | Description | Y | An account of the content of the resource. Can repeat, can define. |
| Dimensions | Can map to DC. Wayne State will do an internal map for us to dimensions. Dimensions are included in Herman Miller trade catalogue. | Description | Dimensions | Y | An account of the content of the resource. |
| Institution ID | Accession number for each institution. This is the name field from the party table. This field will be used to link the HMC record to the Institution record. Useful to display for other museums who maybe do not store the HMC number. Check with WSU that we can have two identifier fields. | Identifier | Institution | Y | A reference to a related resource. |
| Made | CW to create batch update and add designer to made.web field. As with object record should role follow the name with a semi colon? | Creator (considered contributor for this field) | Name e.g. Eames, Charles | Y | An entity primarily responsible for making contributions to the content of the resource. Can repeat use thesaurus. |
| Creator (considered contributor for this field) | Role e.g. designer | ||||
| Made | Herman Miller not recorded in HMC record. CW to create batch update and add Herman Miller to made.web field. As with object record should role follow the name with a semi colon? | Creator | Name e.g. Herman Miller | Y | An entity primarily responsible for making contributions to the content of the resource. Can repeat use thesaurus. |
| Creator | Role e.g. manufacturerer | ||||
| Name (Institution) | Institution name recorded in the party table. | Source | A reference to a resource from which the present resource is derived. | ||
| New | File name could be multiple file names if views of one object. | Relation | Image | A reference to a related resource. | |
| New | Copyright Field, just use museum name as appears in name field in party table or a right statement. | Rights | Y | Information about rights held in and over the resource. | |
| New | AAT or LCTGM could be used as the controlled subject thesaurus | Subject | Controlled | The topic of the content of the resource. Can repeat, can define | |
| Object ID | HMC number | Identifier | Object | Y | An unambiguous reference to the resource with a given context. Can repeat, not sure how this works though. |
| Object Name | Which field should be mapped to title and which to subject. | Subject | Local | The topic of the content of the resource. Can repeat, can define | |
| Product Number | Significant Herman Miller number appears in trade catalogues and relates to the product line. | Relation | Is version of | A reference to a related resource. | |
| Series Title | HM classification. Which field should be mapped to title and which to subject. | Subject | Local | The topic of the content of the resource. Can repeat, can define | |
| Trade Name | Is this always the same format? Which field should be mapped to title and which to subject. | Title | Y | A title will be a name by which the resource is formally known. |