Cataloguing rules and controlled vocabularies

The cataloguing rules and authority files presented here are relevant for the definition of the EFG cataloguing rules.

FIAF Cataloguing rules/cataloguing commission
Issued in 1991, the FIAF cataloguing rules issued a set of rules for cataloguing materials held in moving image archives to facilitate the exchange of information between and among archives. However, the rules are currently under revision by the FIAF cataloguing commission to bring them in line with today’s developments in electronic cataloguing and documentation.

TGN (Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names)
The TGN is a structured vocabulary currently containing around 1,102,000 names and other Information about places. Names for a place may include names in the vernacular language, English, other languages, historical names, names and in natural order and inverted order. Among these names, one is flagged as the preferred name. The focus of each TGN record is a place. There are around 911,000 places in the TGN. In the database, each place record (also called a subject in this manual) is identified by a unique numeric ID. Linked to the record for the place are names, the place's parent or position in the hierarchy, other relationships, geographic coordinates, notes, sources for the data, and place types, which are terms describing the role of the place (e.g., inhabited place and state capital). The temporal coverage of the TGN ranges from prehistory to the present and the scope is global. Read more at Wikipedia...

Getty Union List of Artist Names (ULAN)
The ULAN is a structured vocabulary currently containing around 259,000 names and other information about artists. Names in ULAN may include given names, pseudonyms, variant spellings, names in multiple languages, and names that have changed over time (e.g., married names). Among these names, one is flagged as the preferred name. The focus of each ULAN record is an artist. Currently there are around 118,000 artists in the ULAN. In the database, each artist record (also called a subject in this manual) is identified by a unique numeric ID. Linked to each artist record are names, related artists, sources for the data, and notes. The temporal coverage of the ULAN ranges from Antiquity to the present and the scope is global. Read more at Wikipedia...

RDA Resource Description and Access: vocabulary matching
RDA: Resource Description and Access is the new standard for resource description and access designed for the digital world. Built on the foundations established by AACR2, RDA provides a comprehensive set of guidelines and instructions on resource description and access covering all types of content and media.
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