Main entry:

Harpring, Patricia.

Title & Author:

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

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Los Angeles, Calif. : Getty Research Institute, ©2010.

Description:

xii, 245 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
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.

Summary:

This authoritative and detailed volume presents readers with a 'how-to' guide to building controlled vocabulary tools, cataloguing and indexing cultural materials with terms and names from controlled vocabularies, and how to use vocabularies in search engines and databases to enhance discovery and retrieval online.

Resources:
Getty Publications Virtual Library
Getty Research Institute: HTML
Getty Research Institute: PDF

ISBN:

9781606060186 (pbk.)
160606018X (pbk.)

Subject:

Subject headings Cultural property.
Subject headings Art.
Subject headings Architecture.
Information retrieval.
Information Storage and Retrieval
Recherche de l'information.
information retrieval.
20.03 methods and techniques of the art sciences.
Libraries and Museums.
Subject headings
Terminologie
Thesaurus
Kunst
Architektur
Arts.
Material culture.
Thesauri.
Ämnesord konst.
Ämneskatalogisering manualer.
Tesaurer konst.

Form/genre:

Art
Textbooks (form)

Holdings:

Location: Library cataloguing office 270592
Call No.: BIB 203394
Status: Available