Controlled Vocabulary
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VRA Core: A data standard for the description of images and works of art and culture.
Example record -
http://core.vraweb.org/examples/html/example029_full.html
http://core.vraweb.org/examples/html/example029_full.html
https://www.loc.gov/standards/vracore/VRA_Core4_Element_Description.pdf#page=18
IPTC: Photo metadata standard used among photographers, distributors, news organizations, archivists, and developers
Metadata standard -
https://iptc.org/std/photometadata/specification/IPTC-PhotoMetadata
IPTC Photo Metadata Standard 2023.2
https://iptc.org/std/photometadata/specification/IPTC-PhotoMetadata
Vocabulary -
Media Topics (en-GB)- IPTC NewsCodes controlled vocabularies
https://www.iptc.org/std/NewsCodes/treeview/mediatopic/mediatopic-en-GB.html
CDWA: Set of guidelines for best practice in cataloguing and describing works of art, architecture, other material culture, groups and collections of works, and related images.
List of categories and definitions - https://www.getty.edu/research/publications/electronic_publications/cdwa/definitions.pdf
Art & Architecture Thesaurus -
https://www.getty.edu/vow/AATHierarchy?find=&logic=AND¬e=&english=N&subjectid=300000000
AAT Hierarchy Display (Getty Research)
Click the icon to view the hierarchy.
https://www.getty.edu/vow/AATHierarchy?find=&logic=AND¬e=&english=N&subjectid=300000000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials -