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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
3.1.1.3 Thesauri
'Controlled vocabulary including equivalent terms, interrelations and rules of application.'

ISO /DIS 5127/6 1998

The table below includes examples of widely used and 'de jure' thesauri. 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 collection size represented 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 thesauri in your country:

Thesaurus Details
Name:
Art & Architecture Thesaurus [AAT], Getty Vocabulary Program
Type:
De jure
Number of Terms:
120,000
Number of Museums:
Figures are: Actual? Estimated?
Number of Objects Covered:
Figures are: Actual? Estimated?
Usage by Significant Collections
(enter name(s)):
Thesaurus Details
Name:
British Museum Object Name Thesaurus
Type:
De jure
Number of Terms:
5,000
Number of Museums:
Figures are: Actual? Estimated?
Number of Objects Covered:
Figures are: Actual? Estimated?
Usage by Significant Collections
(enter name(s)):
Thesaurus Details
Name:
mda Archaeological Objects Thesaurus in association with The Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England and English Heritage
Type:
De jure
Number of Terms:
2,200
Number of Museums:
Figures are: Actual? Estimated?
Number of Objects Covered:
Figures are: Actual? Estimated?
Usage by Significant Collections
(enter name(s)):
Thesaurus Details
Name:
Thesaurus of Geographic Names [TGN], Getty Vocabulary Program
Type:
De jure
Number of Terms:
900,000
Number of Museums:
Figures are: Actual? Estimated?
Number of Objects Covered:
Figures are: Actual? Estimated?
Usage by Significant Collections
(enter name(s)):
Thesaurus Details
Name:
Union List of Artists Names [ULAN], Getty Vocabulary Program
Type:
De jure
Number of Terms:
120,000
Number of Museums:
Figures are: Actual? Estimated?
Number of Objects Covered:
Figures are: Actual? Estimated?
Usage by Significant Collections
(enter name(s)):
Thesaurus 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)):
Thesaurus 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)):
Thesaurus 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)):
Thesaurus 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)):
Thesaurus 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)):
Thesaurus 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