Introduction to Vocabulary and Classification

Introduction to Vocabulary and Classification

CHIN’s Introduction to Vocabulary and Classification shows how important words are to heritage professionals. Cataloguers need precise terms to describe objects; exact vocabulary is essential to retrieving museum collections information. This resource deals with vocabulary and classification standards that can help museums with both cataloguing and retrieval. It includes information about thesauri, authority files and classification schemes, collectively referred to as data value standards. There are hundreds of data value standards, from general to very specific. This resource lists the standards most commonly used in Canadian museums and also directs readers to more extensive lists of vocabularies and classification schemes.