ArtHistoryMetadataStandards

= Task =

For OpenArtHistory. Research and write standards for representing information about art works and artists. Preferably a format that is both human and machine readable. The format and any resources must be free and open.

Need standard formats for data, notably artist biography and art work descriptions.

Catalogue entries and history books usually list information in a standard format.

Artist: born, died, location(s), tutors, students, schools/movements.

Work: title, date, artist, medium, dimensions, patron, iconography, style, genre

School/Movement: from, to, location, artists.

= Research =

Getty vocabulary

The Getty categories.

Iconclass

Primary candidate, but check the licencing. CDWA Lite;

http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/standards/cdwa/cdwalite.html

http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/editorial_guidelines.html

http://www.willpowerinfo.myby.co.uk/cidoc/stand0.htm

http://vads.ahds.ac.uk/guides/creating_guide/sect42.html

http://vads.ahds.ac.uk/reports/standards_review/info_standards.html

A good non-art example from another OKFN project. Good balance of machine readable (yaml based on dublin core) and human readable (yaml is relatively easy to understand).

http://www.iconclass.nl/

SHIC, A subject classification for museum cataloguing

Steve - social tagging for museum collections

artlex art dictionary

AMICO data spec

V&A guide to good conduct in research

EMII DCF

Tate Glossary

http://www.dublincore.org/index.shtml

http://www.chin.gc.ca/English/Standards/metadata_description.html#cdwa

http://www.vraweb.org/ccoweb/cco/index.html

http://www.vraweb.org/projects/vracore4/index.html

To process - http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/sep04/mattison.shtml

= Conclusion =

CDWA Lite in YAML?