RootsMagic 8:Citation Quality - Revision history

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 You will see the 3 Quality options when you are editing a citation on the edit person form.  Just click each item and select the appropriate value from the drop list that appears.
-[[File:RM8_EditPerson-Citation-1.jpg|Citation 1]]
+[[File:RM8_EditPerson-Citation-1a.jpg|Citation 1]]
 ===Source===

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 From her discussion, Sources give us information from which we select evidence for analysis. A sound conclusion may be considered Proof.
-To enter your quality ratings
+'''To enter your quality ratings'''
 After careful analysis and evaluation of the associated source, you can enter a quality rating in each of three factors that best describes the results of your analysis.

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 After careful analysis and evaluation of the associated source, you can enter a quality rating in each of three factors that best describes the results of your analysis.
-You will see the 3 Quality options when you are editing a citation on the edit person form.
+You will see the 3 Quality options when you are editing a citation on the edit person form.  Just click each item and select the appropriate value from the drop list that appears.
 [[File:RM8_EditPerson-Citation-1.jpg|Citation 1]]

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 [[File:RM8_EditPerson-Citation-1.jpg|Citation 1]]
-Source
+===Source===
-*'''Original'''
+*'''Original''' - This source is in its first recorded form
-*'''Derivative'''
+*'''Derivative''' - This source is extracted, transcribed or otherwise derived from the original
 *'''Don't know'''
-Information
+===Evidence===
-*'''Primary'''
+*'''Direct''' - This source answers the research question by itself
-*'''Secondary'''
+*'''Indirect''' - This source is relevant, but needs additional information
 *'''Don't know'''
-Evidence
+The quality is at the citation use level, since the same source (or even the same citation) can have a different quality depending on what it is used for.  For example, a birth certificate could have a different quality depending on whether it was used for the person's birth, or used for the father's place of birth.

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-RootsMagic lets you apply a quality rating to each of your sources based on the industry-standard Elizabeth Shown Mills, "Process Map for Evidence Analysis", Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogy Publishing, 2007).
+RootsMagic lets you apply a quality rating to each use of your citations based on the industry-standard Elizabeth Shown Mills, "Process Map for Evidence Analysis", Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogy Publishing, 2007).
 From her discussion, Sources give us information from which we select evidence for analysis. A sound conclusion may be considered Proof.
 To enter your quality ratings
-After careful analysis and evaluation of the associated source, you can enter a quality rating in each of the three factors, as shown in the figure below, that best describes the results of your analysis. Just click the "Quality" tab on the Edit Source screen to enter the quality.
+After careful analysis and evaluation of the associated source, you can enter a quality rating in each of three factors that best describes the results of your analysis.

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−	~~Add Text~~	+	RootsMagic lets you apply a quality rating to each of your sources based on the industry-standard Elizabeth Shown Mills, "Process Map for Evidence Analysis", Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogy Publishing, 2007).
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		+	From her discussion, Sources give us information from which we select evidence for analysis. A sound conclusion may be considered Proof.
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		+	To enter your quality ratings
		+	After careful analysis and evaluation of the associated source, you can enter a quality rating in each of the three factors, as shown in the figure below, that best describes the results of your analysis. Just click the "Quality" tab on the Edit Source screen to enter the quality.