A caption is a grouping mechanism for elements. You may create captions in template mode only; however, any caption that you create in template mode is added to your options and will always be available later in the same context (ie. a caption for a Work record will be available in other Work records, but not in Manifestation records, etc.)
Either: Choose from a list of already assigned local captions appropriate for the entity (if there are any)
Or: Enter a local caption name
A caption is a grouping mechanism for elements (or vocabulary terms) that can also help to explain the purpose of the elements that come under it, e.g., Title of the Work, Form of the Work, Date of the Work are all attributes for identifying a Work, and so are logically grouped under the “Attributes for identifying the work” caption shown below:
To add a local caption of your own to a template:
Either: Choose from a list of already assigned local captions appropriate for the entity (if there are any)—(this works for templates and records)
Or: Enter a local caption name—(this only works for templates)
You will be able to change these element settings later using Edit Elements
In a template: if you would like an added element to always appear for a particular type of record, then add that element in a template; the added element will always appear whenever that template is accessed.
In a record: do not add an element to a record; if you do, then that new element will show up as 'undefined' the next time you open the record. Only add new elements to templates, so that the software knows what to do with the data for that element, the next time you access a record that contains that element data.