Abstract :
Until the 1980s, concepts like authority control, controlled
vocabularies, and metadata and schemas were all but unknown
in the world of art and material culture information. This paper traces
the evolution and current status of tools and resources for authority
control of art information, and gives examples of how the lack of authority
control can impede end-user access. Collection-specific thesauri
and subject indexes, and vocabulary-assisted searching and
query expansion are also discussed. [Article copies available for a fee from
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Keywords :
AAT , ULAN , TGM , LCSH , TGN , ICONCLASS , authority control , subject access , art museum information , metadata schemas , Thesauri , CDWA , local thesauri , Cataloguing Cultural Objects , vocabulary-assisted searching , Queryexpansion , LCNAF , Controlled vocabularies , Access points , thesaurus building , VRA Core Categories
