Introduction to Controlled Vocabularies: Terminology for Art, Architecture, and Other Cultural Works
About this ebook
to building controlled vocabulary tools, cataloging and indexing cultural
materials with terms and names from controlled vocabularies, and using
vocabularies in search engines and databases to enhance discovery and retrieval
online.
Also covered are the following: What are controlled vocabularies and why are
they useful? Which vocabularies exist for cataloging art and cultural
objects? How should they be integrated
in a cataloging system? How should they
be used for indexing and for retrieval?
How should an institution construct a local authority file? The links in a controlled vocabulary ensure
that relationships are defined and maintained for both cataloging and
retrieval, clarifying whether a rose
window and a Catherine wheel are
the same thing, or how pot-metal glass
is related to the more general term stained
glass. The book provides organizations and individuals with a practical
tool for creating and implementing vocabularies as reference tools, sources of
documentation, and powerful enhancements for online searching.
