6. COMPLETING AND USING THE EVENTS STANDARD FORMATS Event Record Number: 001 Event Title: Desacula et al Arrest Involvement Record No.: 001 Type of Involvement: Direct commission of the act Act Record No.: 001 Perpetrator Name: Pasay Police Force Involvement Record No.: 002 Type of Involvement: Direct commission of the act Act Record No.: 002 Perpetrator Name: Pasay Police Force Involvement Record No.: 003 Type of Involvement: Direct commission of the act Act Record No.: 003 Perpetrator Name: Pasay City Police Force Involvement Record No.: 004 Type of Involvement: Direct commission of the act Act Record No.: 004 Perpetrator Name: I.S.O.G. Act Record No.: 001 Type of Act: Arrest Event Title: Desacula et al Arrest Victim Name: Desacula, Edgar Act Record No.: 002 Type of Act: Detention Event Title: Desacula et al Arrest Victim Name: Desacula, Edgar Act Record No.: 003 Type of Act: Arrest Event Title: Desacula et al Arrest Victim Name: Aguilar, Ramon Act Record No.: 004 Type of Act: Torture Event Title: Desacula et al Arrest Victim Name: Desacula, Edgar Person Record No.: 001 Name: Desacula, Edgar Person Record No.: 003 Name: Pasay Police Force Person Record 004 Name: I.S.O.G. No.: Person Record No.: 002 Name: Aguilar, Ramon Figure 6.1 Linking various records It can be seen that all individuals and groups, whether they were perpetrators or victims, belong to the Person type of records. In a computerised system, this would be just one file, and it is the link records that show what role a Person has in relation to a specific Event. If Desacula (Person Record 001 in the above example) were to be victimised again, there would be no need to re-enter information about him as a person. To allow otherwise can lead to mistakes and confusing duplication in the database. This would still be the case even if his next role is no longer as a victim but as something else (e.g. as a source of information or as a perpetrator in another setting). 54