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Information Management Standards 3.1

3.1 Content and Resource Description Standards
3.1.1 Terminology and Vocabulary Standards
This section is concerned with standards providing lists of terms, either in alphabetical listings (e.g. term lists), or structures (e.g. classification systems or thesauri) which can be used to describe and provide access to cultural heritage
3.1.1.1 Term Lists
'Controlled indexing vocabularies, usually organised alphabetically with no relationships expressed between terms.'

'Guide to Cataloguing Using the Collections Information System', Victoria & Albert Museum, 1998

There are entries below for examples of widely used and 'de jure' term lists. Please indicate if any of these are used and continue entering details of all others also in use in your country. Include the standard name, indicate the type (de jure, de facto or evolving), the total number of museums using each, the total number of objects covered and usage in any collections you consider to be significant (please specify why).
i. Please add any overall comments or observations about the availability and use of term lists in your country:

Term List Details
Name:
Dictionarium Museologicum
Type:
De jure
Number of Terms:
[to be confirmed]
Number of Museums:
Figures are: Actual? Estimated?
Number of Objects Covered:
Figures are: Actual? Estimated?
Usage by Significant Collections
(enter name(s)):
Term List Details
Name:
Reyniès' Le Mobilier Domestique
Type:
De jure
Number of Terms:
[to be confirmed]
Number of Museums:
Figures are: Actual? Estimated?
Number of Objects Covered:
Figures are: Actual? Estimated?
Usage by Significant Collections
(enter name(s)):
Term List Details
Name:
ISO 5127-3: Iconic Documents
Type:
De jure
Number of Terms:
[to be confirmed]
Number of Museums:
Figures are: Actual? Estimated?
Number of Objects Covered:
Figures are: Actual? Estimated?
Usage by Significant Collections
(enter name(s)):
Term List Details
Name:
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Type:
De jure
Number of Terms:
[to be confirmed]
Number of Museums:
Figures are: Actual? Estimated?
Number of Objects Covered:
Figures are: Actual? Estimated?
Usage by Significant Collections
(enter name(s)):
Term List Details
Name:
Type:
'De jure'? 'De facto'? Evolving?
Number of Terms:
Number of Museums:
Figures are: Actual? Estimated?
Number of Objects Covered:
Figures are: Actual? Estimated?
Usage by Significant Collections
(enter name(s)):
Term List Details
Name:
Type:
'De jure'? 'De facto'? Evolving?
Number of Terms:
Number of Museums:
Figures are: Actual? Estimated?
Number of Objects Covered:
Figures are: Actual? Estimated?
Usage by Significant Collections
(enter name(s)):
Term List Details
Name:
Type:
'De jure'? 'De facto'? Evolving?
Number of Terms:
Number of Museums:
Figures are: Actual? Estimated?
Number of Objects Covered:
Figures are: Actual? Estimated?
Usage by Significant Collections
(enter name(s)):
Term List Details
Name:
Type:
'De jure'? 'De facto'? Evolving?
Number of Terms:
Number of Museums:
Figures are: Actual? Estimated?
Number of Objects Covered:
Figures are: Actual? Estimated?
Usage by Significant Collections
(enter name(s)):
Term List Details
Name:
Type:
'De jure'? 'De facto'? Evolving?
Number of Terms:
Number of Museums:
Figures are: Actual? Estimated?
Number of Objects Covered:
Figures are: Actual? Estimated?
Usage by Significant Collections
(enter name(s)):
Term List Details
Name:
Type:
'De jure'? 'De facto'? Evolving?
Number of Terms:
Number of Museums:
Figures are: Actual? Estimated?
Number of Objects Covered:
Figures are: Actual? Estimated?
Usage by Significant Collections
(enter name(s)):

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Created on: 20 January 2000