Introduction to controlled vocabularies : terminology for art, architecture, and other cultural works

Summary: This primer on the characteristics, scope, uses, and methods for building and maintaining controlled vocabularies for art and cultural materials explains how vocabularies should be integrated in cataloging systems; utilized for indexing and retrieval; and structured to group synonyms and arrange concepts into categories. The updated edition reflects recent developments in the field, including new national and international standards, current trends such as Linked Open Data, and revisions to the Getty vocabularies. The glossary and bibliography have also been updated.

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ISBN: 9781606061503 (paperback)
ISBN: 160606150X (paperback)
Physical Description: print
xii, 247 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Edition: Updated edition.
Publisher: Los Angeles, California : Published by the Getty Research Institute, 2013.
Copyright: ©2013

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Includes bibliographical references.

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Controlled vocabularies in context : What are cultural works? ; Creators of art information ; Standards for art information -- What are controlled vocabularies? : Purpose of controlled vocabularies ; Display information and controlled information ; Types of controlled vocabularies -- Relationships in controlled vocabularies : Equivalence relationships ; Hierarchical relationships ; Associative relationships -- Vocabularies for cultural objects : Types of vocabulary terms ; The Getty vocabularies ; Chenhall's Nomenclature for museum cataloging ; Library of Congress authorities ; Thesaurus for graphic materials (TGM) ; Iconclass -- Using multiple vocabularies : Interoperability of vocabularies ; Maintenance of mappings ; Methods of achieving interoperability ; Interoperability across languages ; Satellite and extension vocabularies -- Local authorities : Which fields should be controlled? ; Structure of the authority ; Unique IDs in the authority ; Person/corporate body authority ; Place/location authority ; Generic concept authority ; Subject authority ; Source authority -- Constructing a vocabulary or authority : General criteria for the vocabulary ; Data model and rules ; Imprecise information ; Rules for constructing a vocabulary ; Displaying a controlled vocabulary -- Indexing with controlled vocabularies : Technical issues of indexing ; Methodologies for indexing -- Retrieval using controlled vocabularies : Identifying the focus of retrieval ; User intervention or behind the scenes; Processing vocabulary data for retrieval ; Other data used in retrieval ; Results list -- Appendix : Selected vocabularies and other sources for terminology -- Glossary.