Introduction to controlled vocabularies : terminology for art, architecture, and other cultural works / Patricia Harpring.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harpring, Patricia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Subject headings--Cultural property.

Subject headings.

Subject headings--Art.

Subject headings--Architecture.

Information retrieval.

Physical Description:

xii, 245 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles, Calif. : Getty Research Institute, [2010]

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Harpring, Patricia. Introduction to controlled vocabularies.

ISBN:

9781606060186

160606018X

OCLC:

456174098