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Guide to the Description of Architectural Drawings
Descriptive standards for architectural drawings in museums and libraries.

Artefact
Group of companies providing technical and information services for museums, galleries and archives.

Object ID
The need for and use of Object ID standards with cultural property.

Categories for the Description of Works of Art
Guidelines for formulating the content of art databases.

Trevor Croucher DataGraphics
Collection management and database service specializing in digital cataloguing of artifacts such as prehistoric lithics collections.

The Art and Architecture Thesaurus
Glossary of terms for describing and retrieving information on fine art, architecture, decorative art and material culture.

Standards Program of the Getty Research Institute
The mission of the Getty Standards Program centers on enhancing worldwide access to cultural heritage information by promoting guidelines and practices critical to developing, managing, and delivering information online.

British Museum Materials Thesaurus
Hierarchical list of terms and everyday nomenclature used to standardize documentation terminology within the British Museum.

The Computerized Accession Ledger
Museum computer consultant Robert A. Baron's discussion of accession methods in relation to computerized records and hand written, bound records.

Vocabulary of Basic Terms for Cataloguing Costume
Includes terminology for women's, men's, and children's garments. Provided by the ICOM International Committee for the Museums and Collections of Costume.


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