Introduction to Vocabularies: Enhancing Access to Cultural Heritage Information
About this ebook
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.
Introduction 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.