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Title Details:
Documentation of museum collections
Other Titles: Metadata about cultural heritage objects
Authors: Kapidakis, Sarantos
Peponakis, Manolis
Doerr, Martin
Subject: MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE > COMPUTER SCIENCE > INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE > COMPUTER SCIENCE > INFORMATION MANAGEMENT > DATA MODELING
LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > ECONOMIC SCIENCES > BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND BUSINESS ECONOMICS; MARKETING; ACCOUNTING > MUSEOLOGY
LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > ANTHROPOLOGY (NON PHYSICAL) > SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY > ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHIVES, MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS
Keywords:
Metadata
Metadata standards
Museums
Ontologies
Semantic Networks
Semantic Graphs
Cataloging Cultural Objects (CCO)
VRA (Visual Resources Association)
Categories for the Description of Works of Art (CDWA)
Lightweight Information Describing Objects (LIDO)
CIDOC-CRM
Description:
Abstract:
Proper description is essential for locating objects in collections and for the enhancement of their value. This textbook aims to take a comprehensive approach to the field of museum object documentation in the context of museum collection management. After introducing the concept of museums and the description of their objects, it then specifies the guidelines and standards related to the creation of metadata and the process of knowledge representation. To achieve the above objective, the textbook is based on three main axes. The first axis concerns the concept of the museum as a cultural heritage institution and how descriptions of objects create structured metadata. Finally, it shows how metadata, although not a substitute for resources, can function as such in the context of performing specific tasks. The second axis analyses standards and guidelines related to museum collections documentation. Specific metadata schemas and description guidelines are analyzed, such as Cataloging Cultural Objects (CCO), VRA, etc., whose use is widespread in museums around the world. The third axis concerns how technologies that promote knowledge representation - such as semantic networks, knowledge graphs and ontologies - are transforming the documentation ecosystem of museum objects. In this context, the focus shifts from the mere description of an individual object to the context in which it is conceptualized and interpreted. For this approach, the reference point is the CIDOC-CRM ontology, which is captured in the international standard ISO 21127:2023. This ontology was developed - and continues its development - under the auspices of the International Council of Museums (ICOM).
Linguistic Editors: Iordanidou, Dossy
Graphic Editors: Tsakmaki, Eleni
Type: Undergraduate textbook
Creation Date: 20-03-2024
Item Details:
ISBN 978-618-228-217-5
License: Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-955
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11419/12868
Bibliographic Reference: Kapidakis, S., Peponakis, M., & Doerr, M. (2024). Documentation of museum collections [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-955
Language: Greek
Consists of:
1. Museums as cultural heritage institutions
2. Metadata: Creating catalogs
3. Cataloging Cultural Objects (CCO)
4. The elements of CCO (Cataloguing Cultural Objects)
5. Authority management and use of terminology
6. Categories for the Description of Works of Art (CDWA)
7. VRA Core
8. Semantic networks and ontologies
9. Introduction to CIDOC-CRM
10. Static and dynamic descriptions through CIDOC-CRM
11. Social-Intellectual Description through CIDOC-CRM and full examples
Number of pages 294
Publication Origin: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions
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