7. ADAPTING THE EVENTS STANDARD FORMATS 7.3 SHORT FORMATS As mentioned above, certain organisations may opt to use only a few of the formats, and may even decide to collapse two or more of them together. Below is a configuration using only two formats (Event and Person [Victim]), as suggested by some members of the network. These have come to be known as Short Formats, and were recommended mainly for communicating cases of human rights violations EVENT FORMAT (with fields from the Event, Act, Involvement, Information and Intervention Formats) 101 Event Record Number 111 Geographical Term 112 Local Geographical Area 2109 Type of Act 2111 Initial Date 2153 Type of Location 2112 Exact Location 2121 Final Date 115 Event Description 2450 Remarks on the Perpetrator 2152 Victim Characteristics 2550 Remarks on the Source 2650 Remarks on Intervention 150 Remarks on the Event 2102 Victim Name 161 Date of Entry PERSON [VICTIM] FORMAT (field numbers are taken from the Victim Format, and are mainly intended for manual applications - for an explanation of this format and the codes, see section 7.4 below) 201 Victim Record Number 203 Name 211 Date of Birth 215 Sex 219 Dependants 222 Occupation (ILO Categories) 2323 Affiliation 2123 Status at End of Act 250 Remarks 102 Event Title 261 Date of Entry The use of the above short formats implies that only one act is selected for communication, such as a disappearance or an extra-judicial execution. 78