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Explore resources about collections management systems and practices. You will be able to access comprehensive reviews of collections management software and advice on how to select an ideal software package for your museum. The resources also cover cataloguing procedures, documentation standards and much more.
DOCAM Glossaurus
DOCAM Glossaurus
The DOCAM Glossaurus is a bilingual glossary of terms used in documentation, preservation, technologies, and practices used with new media art. The glossary is arranged as a facetted thesaurus; the five main facets include: Activities, Agents, Art Practices, Components, and Manifestation & Reception. Available in English and French.
Lightweight Information Describing Objects (LIDO) XML Schema
Lightweight Information Describing Objects (LIDO) XML Schema
LIDO (Lightweight Information Describing Objects):
- Is an XML harvesting schema intended to transfer data from museum collections databases to data aggregations (such as Artefacts Canada) and for sharing museum data on the web
- Can represent the full range of descriptive information about museum objects
- Can be used for museum data of many disciplines (e.g. art, cultural, natural science)
- Can be used in multilingual data aggregations
- Is the result of an international collaboration based upon CDWA Lite and museumdat schemas
- Is compliant with CIDOC CRM and aligned with SPECTRUM.
Some collections management software systems are able to export LIDO records, enabling easier interchange. LIDO was announced in late 2010. It is available in English only.
DOCAM Conservation Guide
DOCAM Conservation Guide
The DOCAM Conservation Guide provides some tools and principles for the preservation and conservation of time-based media artworks and technology-based artworks. It was prepared by the Conservation and Preservation Committee of DOCAM.
Provides "observations and approaches based on particular examples", as well as "practical methods of implementing preservation and curatorial measures for these works, whose major weaknesses are related to their risk of obsolescence and the limitations of their use". Based on case studies of specific works at the National Gallery of Canada, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and Canadian Centre for Architecture.
Available in English and French.
Variable Media Network
Variable Media Network
The Variable Media Network has many different institutional and individual contributors that have developed tools, methods, and standards for the preservation of conceptual, minimalist and video art. Major partners include the Guggenheim Museum and the Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science, and Technology. Available in English and French.
DOCAM Technological Timeline
DOCAM Technological Timeline
The DOCAM Technological Timeline "is designed to show, in clear and graphic form, the ways in which art history and the history of technological invention run alongside each other". Although it is not an exhaustive history of technology used to produce artworks, it illustrates the "complex relationship between the history of technology and the development of media-based art forms".
Although the timeline itself is available only in English, presentations about the timeline are available in English (http://www.docam.ca/en/technological-timeline.html) and in French (http://www.docam.ca/fr/timeline-des-technologies.html).
DOCAM Documentation Model
DOCAM Documentation Model
The DOCAM Documentation Model provides a framework for organizing the documentation relating to a media artwork. Documentation throughout the lifecycle of the artwork is supported, including "the work's documents, producers, lifecycle steps, successive iterations, and components", as well as the links among these elements. Available in English and French.
Core Standards for Canadian Museums
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Information on standards commonly used by Canadian museums and recommended by CHIN. Includes Canadian museum standards for metadata, terminology and classification, and cataloguing rules.
CHIN Guide to Museum Standards
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This guide explains why museum documentation standards are important, describes the main types of data standards and how they are used in Canadian museums, and provides access to the standards.
Digital Photography and Digitization of Museum Collections
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Digital Photography Course providing highly detailed information about every stage of digital photography and scanning of cultural artefacts.
Inter-Active Terminology for Europe (IATE)
Inter-Active Terminology for Europe (IATE)
From the Web site: "Eurodicautom is the European Commissions multilingual term bank."
MPEG-7
MPEG-7
MPEG-7 is a standard for describing features of audio and video content "so that users can search, browse, and retrieve that content more efficiently and effectively". It combines content metadata (title, creator, rights, information about people, objects, and events represented in the multimedia file, etc.) as well as technical metadata about the file. MPEG-7 is an ISO standard developed by MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group). Available in English only.
OAICatMuseum
OAICatMuseum
OAICatMuseum is a museum-specific version of the OAICat software originally created by OCLC. It can expose harvestable metadata in Dublin Core format as a lowest common denominator, with CDWA Lite records as a richer format. Access to the harvestable data can be controlled through IP filtering, allowing only trusted partners access to the server. Available in English only.
Thesaurus of Graphic Materials I: Subject Terms (TGM I)
Thesaurus of Graphic Materials I: Subject Terms (TGM I)
TGM I was created by the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division to support both cataloguing and retrieval needs. It is used for subject indexing of graphical materials, including historical photographs, architectural drawings, artwork, etc. Includes a controlled vocabulary for describing "a broad range of subjects depicted in such materials, including activities, objects, types of people, events, and places". Proper names of people, organizations, events, and geographic places are not included. Available in English only.
Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) Processes and Techniques Hierarchy
Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) Processes and Techniques Hierarchy
Created by the J.Paul Getty Trust, the AAT is a thesaurus of terms used in the cataloguing and indexing of art, architecture, artifactual, and archival materials.
The Processes and Techniques of the AAT contains terminology for "actions and methods performed physically on or with materials and objects, and for processes occurring in materials and objects."
CHIN recommends the use of the AAT for museums with broad humanities collections. The terminology found in the AAT Processes and Techniques Hierarchy is appropriate for use in the Technique and Decorative Technique fields of the Artefacts Canada: Humanities database, as well as some Condition fields within museum collections management systems.
CHIN has contributed approximately 2600 French terms to the AAT; these are now visible within the AAT as French language equivalents for the most common terms. This bilingual version of the AAT is used to assist with searches in CHIN's Artefacts Canada:Humanities database and in the Virtual Museum of Canada.
Guidelines for Forming Language Equivalents: A Model Based on the Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Guidelines for Forming Language Equivalents: A Model Based on the Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Written by the International Terminology Working Group and sponsored by the Getty Information Institute, this document was created to assist the International Terminology Working Group in the task of forming equivalents between AAT terms and existing controlled vocabularies in other languages. It is useful for any project that aims to link vocabularies in different languages. Available in English and French.
Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) Physical Attributes Facet
Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) Physical Attributes Facet
Created by the J.Paul Getty Trust, the AAT is a thesaurus of terms used in the cataloguing and indexing of art, architecture, artifactual, and archival materials.
The Physical Attributes Facet of the AAT contains terminology for aspects of artifacts and materials such as "size and shape, chemical properties of materials, qualities of texture and hardness, and features such as surface ornament and color."
CHIN recommends the use of the AAT for museums with broad humanities collections. The terminology found in the AAT Physical Attributes Facet is appropriate for use in fields such as Decorative Motif, Decorative Element, and other physical description fields of the Artefacts Canada: Humanities database. The Physical Attributes Facet includes a hierarchy for Conditions and Effects which would be useful vocabulary control for Condition fields within museum collections management systems.
CHIN has contributed approximately 2600 French terms to the AAT; these are now visible within the AAT as French language equivalents for the most common terms. This bilingual version of the AAT is used to assist with searches in CHIN's Artefacts Canada:Humanities database and in the Virtual Museum of Canada.
CHIN Discipline Authority List proposed for the Humanities (Derived from the Art & Architecture Thesaurus), 2006.
CHIN Discipline Authority List proposed for the Humanities (Derived from the Art & Architecture Thesaurus), 2006.
This paper has been prepared from a research report produced in 1994 by Kerridwen Harvey for CHIN . The present document relates exclusively to the "Discipline" field and proposes a list of terms that should be used for that field in Artefacts Canada. Even though discipline-specific museums (such as fine art museums) may not record the discipline within their institutional databases, the use of the Discipline field is important in a central repository such as Artefacts Canada, which contains records from many different disciplines. Available in English and French.
Référence bibliographique pour vos recherches toponymiques - Capsule documentaire no 2
Référence bibliographique pour vos recherches toponymiques - Capsule documentaire no 2
Published by La Société des musées québécois (SMQ), this guide recommends and explains the use of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN) within museums. Available online in French only.
Interoperability of Data for Electronic Commerce Systems (INDECS)
Interoperability of Data for Electronic Commerce Systems (INDECS)
The INDECS framework was created by many organizations involved in the creation and management of digital content, for the purpose of supporting electronic commerce and the management of intellectual property rights. The INDECS model can be used to describe and identify intellectual property, the parties involved in the exchange of intellectual property, and the agreements between them. Available in English only.
Association of Manitoba Museums Standards for Manitoba Museums
Association of Manitoba Museums Standards for Manitoba Museums
This Association of Manitoba Museums publication is a guide to good standards of practice for Manitoba museums. Available in English only.
Cultural Objects Name Authority (CONA)
Cultural Objects Name Authority (CONA)
The Cultural Objects Name Authority (CONA) is a new vocabulary that is currently under development by the J. Paul Getty Trust. CONA is scheduled to be available to the user community in 2011, and will join the other Getty vocabularies (the Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT), the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN), and the Union List of Artist Names (ULAN), as a tool for cataloging and retrieval of art information.
CONA will contain titles, current location, and other core information for cultural works. The scope of CONA will include architecture and movable works such as paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, manuscripts, photographs, ceramics, textiles, furniture, and archaeological artifacts. As with the other Getty vocabularies, the primary focus is on art, architecture, and archaeology. CONA will include works from all over the world and from prehistory to the present. Names of works may be current or historical, and in multiple languages. CONA will not include records for natural history specimens or scientific collections, unless they exhibit fine craftsmanship of the type collected by art museums. CONA will not include names of musical or literary works. Like the other Getty vocabularies, CONA will have a thesaural structure.
CONA records will contain enough information so that users can uniquely identify each object, differentiating each object for other similar or related works. The data entry rules for a CONA record comply with Cataloguing Cultural Objects (CCO). Like the other Getty vocabularies, CONA will grow through contributions of the user community, and contributors will be credited.
It will be freely available as search interface online at http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/
CONA will be a multilingual resource, but the interface will be available in English only.
The Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System (OAIS)
The Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System (OAIS)
OAIS is a "conceptual framework for an archival system dedicated to preserving and maintaining access to digital information over the long term". OAIS is of interest to libraries, archives, museums, and other research repositories. The OAIS information model "provides a conceptual foundation" on which the PREMIS (PReservation Metadata) Data Dictionary is based. Available in English only.
Picture Licensing Universal System (PLUS)
Picture Licensing Universal System (PLUS)
Developed by the PLUS Coalition, an international non-profit initiative, PLUS is "a system of standards that makes it easier to communicate, understand and manage image rights in all countries". It "supports multi-lingual use, global commerce, and the preservation and exchange of cultural heritage". Available in English only.
CreativeCommons Rights Expression Language (ccREL)
CreativeCommons Rights Expression Language (ccREL)
First developed in 2002, ccREL provides a framework for expressing rights information for open access web resources. The ccREL metadata record includes simple Dublin Core elements to describe the resource, and additional elements to describe the Creative Commons licence that is associated with it. Available in English only.
Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR)
Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR)
FRBR is a conceptual model that relates the tasks undertaken by users of bibliographic records (retrieval and access) to the units of information required to support these functions. There has been some attempt to harmonize FRBR with the CIDOC CRM (Conceptual Reference Model) which deals with cultural heritage information; a draft harmonized model called FRBRoo (FRBR-Object-Oriented) is the result. Available in English only.
INSCRIPTION
INSCRIPTION
The INSCRIPTION site, maintained by mda on behalf of the Forum on Information Standards in Heritage (FISH) provides access to wordlists to be used for compiling archaeological and architectural heritage inventories. Available in English only.
International Core Data Standard for Archaeological Sites and Monuments
International Core Data Standard for Archaeological Sites and Monuments
Created by the Archaeological Sites Working Group of CIDOC, working in collaboration with the archaeological and architectural working parties contributing to the Council of Europe's Cultural Heritage Committee. This standard "defines the minimum categories of information required to assess an archaeological site or monument, for planning, management, academic or other purposes". It is widely used internationally; it has been accepted as part of the Council of Europe's European Plan for Archaeology. Available in English only.
Les règles d'inscription des noms propres - Capsule documentaire no 4
Les règles d'inscription des noms propres - Capsule documentaire no 4
Developed by the Société des musées québécois (SMQ), this document offers guidelines for recording proper names (names of people and organizations). Available in French only.
Access to Biological Collections Data (ABCD) Schema
Access to Biological Collections Data (ABCD) Schema
ABCD - Access to Biological Collections Data - Schema is a "common data specification for biological collection units, including living and preserved specimens, along with field observations". It is intended to support the "exchange and integration of detailed primary collection and observation data".
ABCD provides a standardized set of element names and their definition for scientists and curators to use in recording both specimen-specific and collection-specific data.
The standard is both comprehensive and general. It contains a wide range of data elements that could be used in a collection database, but a single museum would only use a fraction of the elements that met the needs of their discipline and practices.
"The elements and concepts that are used provide as much compatibility as is possible with other standards in the field of biological collection data.... The data specification is cast as an XML schema". Available in English only.
The Revised Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging: A Revised and Expanded Edition of Robert G. Chenhall's System for Classifying Man-Made Objects.
The Revised Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging: A Revised and Expanded Edition of Robert G. Chenhall's System for Classifying Man-Made Objects.
The Revised Nomenclature, published by the American Association for State and Local History, is a hierarchical classification system (and partial term list) for man-made objects (excludes natural history objects). Nomenclature is organized on the basis of the original function of the object. This revision as well as the original Nomenclature are widely used in history museums, including many Canadian museums. It has a partial lexicon; definitions for major artefact categories are provided. A few of the classification terms are defined as well. This classification system is appropriate for use in the Classification, Category, and Sub-category fields of Artefacts Canada: Humanities database, as well as the Object Name/Object Type fields.
Nomenclature is the basis for the Parks Canada Classification System, as well as the Objects Facet of the Getty's Art & Architecture Thesaurus and the Info-Muse Classification System for ethnology, history, and historical archaeology museums. .
In 2010, a new edition of Nomenclature was published - see information on Nomenclature 3.0. One of CHIN's Standards Working Groups have provided input to this project by submitting responses to a survey on use of Nomenclature, sharing supplementation classifications/terminology that they use in their institutions, and discussing their preferences for the format of the new work.
This document is currently out of print, but it may be available through a library or bookstore. Available in English only.
MDA Archaeological Objects Thesaurus
MDA Archaeological Objects Thesaurus
Names of archaeological objects (e.g. amulet; flask; tile) that can be recovered from archaeological fieldwork. Available in English only.
Developed by the MDA Archaeological Objects Thesaurus Working Party between 1995 and 1997.
The Thesarus is intended "to establish guidance and common principles for the recording of object names within the archaeological profession and related disciplines". For the purposes of the Thesaurus, archaeological objects are be defined as: ""any physical evidence, usually portable, resulting from past human activity and human interaction with the environment, or environmental remains, that can be recovered through archaeological fieldwork".
The thesaurus includes 2,204 terms, derived from the simple object name and authority lists submitted by members of the Working Party, together with the Object Class derived from the RCHME/English Heritage Thesaurus of Monument Types.
Follows ISO 2788 standard for Establishment and Development of Monolingual Thesauri.
Available in English only.
CHIN Humanities Data Dictionary/Artefacts Canada : Humanities Mapped to Dublin Core
CHIN Humanities Data Dictionary/Artefacts Canada : Humanities Mapped to Dublin Core
As part of CHIN's participation in the CIMI metadata testbed project, CHIN completed a mapping between the Dublin Core and the CHIN Humanities Data Dictionary fields that are most commonly used for resource discovery. Museums following the CHIN Humanities Data Dictionary could use the same or similar mapping to Dublin Core. Available in English and in French.
Archaeological and Built Heritage Thesauri - National Monuments Record
Archaeological and Built Heritage Thesauri - National Monuments Record
A series of thesauri developed by the National Monuments Record in England, to be used in documentation of archaeological sites and built heritage. Includes thesauri for:
Building Materials
Monument Types
Military and defensive sites
Archaeological components and evidence
And many others.
Available in English only.
International Core Data Standard for Archaeological Objects
International Core Data Standard for Archaeological Objects
Created by the Archaeological Sites Working Group of CIDOC, this standard provides minimum categories of information to be recorded about archaeological objects. Includes fields for identification, institution, references, object name, title, iconography, description, material, technique, dimensions, form, archaeological context, author and cultural milieu, inscriptions and marks, date/epoch, acquisition, and state of conservation. Currently available only in English
The Info-Muse classification system for fine arts and decorative arts museums
The Info-Muse classification system for fine arts and decorative arts museums
Based on the Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT), and research by Thérèse Labbé. Representatives from a broad range of museums and associations also contributed to the development of this work.
The two subdivisions of the AAT's "Art" subgroup, namely "Fine Arts" and "Decorative Arts," correspond to the categories in the Info-Muse classification system.
This classification system is appropriate for use in the Category and Sub-category fields of Artefacts Canada: Humanities database.
Available in English and French.
CHIN Archaeological Sites Data Dictionary
CHIN Archaeological Sites Data Dictionary
The CHIN Data Dictionaries contain a description of database fields for museum collection management and documentation. They can be used by a wide range of museums to help them to identify their institution's information needs and standardize their documentation.
The Archaeological Sites Data Dictionary consists of 82 fields for use by cultural resource managers and heritage agencies to record archaeological sites.
Each data field in the CHIN Data Dictionaries is described by a field label, a mnemonic, a name, a definition, entry rules, related fields, a data type, examples, a discipline, and a source. The CHIN Data Dictionaries are used:
- as a guideline for Canadian institutions that contribute collections data to CHIN's Artefacts Canada and Virtual Museum of Canada Image Gallery
- as guidelines for institutions developing or modifying a collections management system
- to help cataloguers record information consistently, or to help users of collections databases with search strategies.
The CHIN Data Dictionaries are not a data structure for use in a collections management system, but they can be used as the basis for such a structure. They can be used by a wide range of museums to help them to identify their institution's information needs and standardize their documentation. They include fields for describing objects, specimens, and archaeological sites, as well as fields for collections management. CHIN's Data Dictionaries have been used by Canadian museums since the 1970s and are still used by many museums for contributing to Artefacts Canada and the Virtual Museum of Canada, to design collections management systems, and to standardize cataloguing. Available in English and in French.
Le catalogage des estampes - Capsule documentaire no 1
Le catalogage des estampes - Capsule documentaire no 1
Developed by the Société des musées québécois (SMQ), this document offers guidelines for cataloguing prints. Available in French only.
Parks Canada Classification System for Historical Collections
Parks Canada Classification System for Historical Collections
Based on Chenhall's Revised Nomenclature for Museum Cataloguing, this object classification system was developed specifically for the historical collections of the Canadian Parks Service (now Parks Canada). This classification system is appropriate for use in the Classification, Category, and Sub-category fields of Artefacts Canada: Humanities database, as well as the Object Name/Object Type fields. It has an advantage over Chenhall's Nomenclature in that it is bilingual (English/French).
The Parks Classification System for Historical Collections
- contains all the same categories as Nomenclature but reflects the Parks Canada collection in its object names
- elaborates on the Nomenclature system in its categories for military artefacts, costumes, and packaging and containers
- is used throughout the historical and ethnographic collections of Parks Canada to support the identification, documentation, and presentation of the national collection
The Classification System for Historical Collections is also widely used outside of Parks Canada for managing historical collections in many museums, museum associations, and special interest groups at a local, regional, provincial and federal level.
Available in print format, in English and French. This document is currently out of print and is not available from Parks Canada, but it may be available through a library or bookstore.
Parks Canada has also produced Volume 1 of Look and Learn: Parks Canada Descriptive and Visual Dictionary of Objects, based on the first three categories (Structures, Furnishings, and Personal Artifacts) of the Classification system. Whereas the Classification System provides the framework of categories, classes, and object terms, the Dictionary defines the lower level of the scheme (the lexicon of object terms, the references to alternate, broader, and narrower terms, and line-drawings illustrating the types of objects in each category).
This first volume contains 2,000 entries and 600 illustrations. Printed version available in English and French
Parks Canada has collaborated with CHIN to create an online version of the Classification System and Visual Dictionary.
Benchmarks in Collection Care for Museums, Archives, and Libraries: A Self-assessment Checklist
Benchmarks in Collection Care for Museums, Archives, and Libraries: A Self-assessment Checklist
This handbook was developed by Resource, the council for museums, libraries and archives in the U.K. It is a self-assessment checklist to help libraries, archives, and museums identify best practices in stewardship of their collections, to help them determine where improvements are needed, and to assist them in measuring progress. Available in English only.
Darwin Core
Darwin Core
Darwin Core (DwC) is a "profile describing the minimum set of standards for search and retrieval of natural history collections and observation databases". Darwin Core is one of a series of tools developed for The Species Analyst, a research project "developing standards and software tools for access to the world's natural history collection and observation databases"2 which is based at the University of Kansas Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center. As noted on the Darwin Core Web site, "there is a commonality in the content of almost all collection and observation databases which may be exploited to perform ordered search and retrieval from these diverse data sets. The Darwin Core attempts to provide a set of guidelines for addressing this commonality regardless of the underlying mechanism for storing the record content". Available in English only.
Union List of Artist Names (ULAN)
Union List of Artist Names (ULAN)
Created by the J. Paul Getty Trust, the ULAN is a structured vocabulary that "includes proper names and associated information about artists. Artists may be either individuals (persons) or groups of individuals working together (corporate bodies). Artists in the ULAN generally represent creators involved in the conception or production of visual arts and architecture". The coverage of the ULAN is from Antiquity to the present, and it has a global scope. ULAN includes:
- names
- relationships
- locations (for birth, death, and activity)
- important dates
- notes.
The ULAN can include the vernacular, English, other languages, natural order, inverted order, or nicknames. There is no ""preferred" name identified in the ULAN; instead, many variants of the name are provided. The artist names in ULAN are multilingual, but the database interface is available only in English.
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus
From the Web site: "The Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus is a bilingual thesaurus consisting of terminology which represents all the fields treated in information resources of the Government of Canada. It contains 4760 terms in English, including 2166 preferred terms, and 4821 terms in French, including 2167 preferred terms. All fields of knowledge are represented in the thesaurus, to varying degrees. Because of the great variety of subjects covered by the thesaurus, its terminology is rather general. By design, it does not include specialized terminology used in specific and limited disciplines.
The tool is primarily intended for content managers, librarians, indexers and metadata developers in federal departments and agencies who must select controlled subject terms to index Government of Canada Web resources". Available in English and French.
GEM (Gateway to Educational Materials) Metadata Element Set
GEM (Gateway to Educational Materials) Metadata Element Set
The Gateway to Educational Materials is a large U.S. initiative with the goal of providing Internet access to educational materials. GEM has created a metadata element set, based on Dublin Core, with the addition of education-specific elements. Although not billed as a "standard", the GEM Element Set has been widely used; the metadata elements used in CHIN's Learning With Museums were based largely on the GEM Element Set. Available in English only.
Outline of Cultural Materials (Murdock) - Human Relations Area Files
Outline of Cultural Materials (Murdock) - Human Relations Area Files
The Outline of Cultural Materials by G.P. Murdock is an ethnological classification system "reflecting human behaviour, social life, customs, material products, and ecological settings". Allows multiple classification of single objects (by material, function, form, etc.), but does not provide object names for use within classification levels. The Outline of Cultural Materials is part of the culture and subject classification created and maintained by the Human Relations Area Files, Inc.(HRAF). English only.
This classification system may be useful for ethnology collections, and is appropriate for use in the Category and Sub-category fields of Artefacts Canada: Humanities database.
ISO21000/MPEG-21
ISO21000/MPEG-21
MPEG-21 is a multimedia framework, developed by the Moving Pictures Experts Group (MPEG), is designed to "enable transparent and augmented use of multimedia resources across a wide range of networks and devices used by different communities" It has a similar function to METS, in that it provides a framework for structuring sets of metadata and files representing complex digital resources (in particular, audio and video files).
MPEG-21 includes a Rights Expression Language and a structure for a data dictionary. It allows the integration of the processes required to generate, manipulate, use, manage, and deliver multimedia files. MPEG-21 includes elements to support identification and description of digital resources, handling and usage of content, intellectual property management and protection, etc. It is intended to be machine-actionable (able to be used with hardware and software that will enforce licence provisions). Available in English only.
Labelling and marking objects
Labelling and marking objects
This CIDOC fact sheet outlines the "methods used for labelling and marking of objects with their accession or inventory number". Available in English and French.
Artists in Canada
Artists in Canada
Artists in Canada, compiled and maintained by the National Gallery of Canada Library, is a bilingual union list that identifies the location of documentation files on Canadian artists. Libraries and art galleries across Canada have contributed biographical information and lists of their documentation files to create this resource which contains information for over 51,000 artists. Each record includes:
- brief biographical information on the artist, such as birth and/or death dates,place of birth and/or death, and
- artist technique
- name variants.
Available in English and French.
Guidelines for Handling Image Metadata
Guidelines for Handling Image Metadata
These Guidelines for image metadata are produced by the Metadata Working Group, an alliance of digital camera manufacturers. Available in English only.
A Guide to the Description of Architectural Drawings
A Guide to the Description of Architectural Drawings
A product of a collaboration between the Getty Art History Information Program (AHIP) the Architectural Drawing Advisory Group (an international consortium), and the Foundation for Documents of Architecture (a non-profit corporation). Categories for the description of architectural drawings, including: subject/built works, people/corporate bodies, geographic locations, and bibliographic sources. The National Archives of Canada and the Canadian Centre for Architecture were involved in the production of this guide. Available in English only.
Media Art Notation System (MANS): A System of Formal Notation for Scoring Works of Digital and Variable Media Art
Media Art Notation System (MANS): A System of Formal Notation for Scoring Works of Digital and Variable Media Art
Developed by Richard Rinehart, this paper defines the "Media Art Notation System". It begins by providing an overview of related projects, and looks at some XML Schemas (METS, SMIL, and MPEG-21 Digital Item Declaration) that have the potential to form a "basis for a formal notation system for media art". MANS borrows from the MPEG-21 Digital Item Declaration. Provides a list of core elements with definitions and implementation guidelines. Available in English only.
