Introduction to Vocabularies: Enhancing Access to Cultural Heritage Information

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Название:Introduction to Managing Digital Assets: Options for Cultural and Educational Organizations

Издательство:J. Paul Getty Museum

Автор:Elisa Lanzi, with contributing editors Howard Besser, Joy Davis, Patricia Harpring, Christine L. Sundt, Helen R. Tibbo, Susanne R. Warren, Eleanor E. Fink, and David Green

Год:1998

Количество страниц:72

Язык:English

Формат:pdf

Размер:27,4 Mb

Digital networking will make our global cultural heritage accessible to a widespread audience. To reach this audience, it is essential to create and employ terminology that brings consistency to the language used in information retrieval contexts.

ntroduction to Vocabularies highlights the crucial role that controlled vocabularies play in the description, cataloging, or documentation of cultural heritage information. The book stresses the importance of standards and the role of authority work in creating and managing vocabularies that would ensure integrated access. The book concludes with descriptions of three vocabulary databases developed by the Getty Information Institute.

The Introduction To series acquaints professionals and students with the complex issues and technologies in the production, management, and dissemination of cultural heritage information resources.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Introduction

A View from the Top: A Special Message for Administrators of Cultural Heritage Collections

David Green, Executive Director, National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage

1. What Is Cultural Heritage and Why Is It Important?

What is Cultural Heritage?

Adding Value to Cultural Heritage: Interpretation, Analysis, and Access

Cultural Heritage Information: Ten Characteristics

2. Documentation: Analyzing and Recording Information

Different Approaches to Documentation

Vocabularies Are the Bridge

Documentation and the Web

3. Standards: What Role Do They Play?

Why Standards?

Standards for Improving Documentation: Data Standards

What Are the Benefits of Standards?

4. What, Why, and How of Vocabularies

Vocabularies as Knowledge Bases

Vocabularies: Types and Formats

The Role of Authority Work

Vocabulary Building

5. The Getty Vocabularies: An Introduction

The Art & Architecture Thesaurus

The Union List of Artist Names

The Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

6. Improving Access Using Vocabularies: Theory into Practice

Vocabularies as Search Assistants

Vocabularies in Image Databases

Vocabularies in Library Catalogs

Vocabularies in Archival Description and Cataloging

Vocabularies in Museum Documentation

Vocabularies in Indexes

Vocabulary Browsers

Multilingual Vocabularies

Resources

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Readings

Tools

About the Authors

Elisa Lanzi is an independent Consultant and former acting director of the Art & Architecture Thesaurus.