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However crosswalk faces challenges because no two metadata schemes are exactly the same.
The differences may be one scheme my not have a field causes loss of data, or a field is split into
two different fields in another scheme, also leading to loss of data. One scheme allows for repeat
elements. Schemes may use different controlled vocabularies.4
An example of CDWA Lite
2005-2006 J. Paul Getty Trust
CDWA LITE ELEMENTS
DESCRIPTIVE METADATA
__________________________________________________________
1. Element: Object/Work Type Wrapper
Element tag:
<cdwalite:objectWorkTypeWrap>
Description:
A wrapper for Object/Work Type
Non-repeatable
Required
1.1. Sub-element: Object/Work Type
Element tag:
<cdwalite:objectWorkType>
Description:
A term or terms identifying the specific kind of object or work being
described. For a collection, include repeatable instances for terms identifying all of or
the most important items in the collection.
Attributes:
termsource, termsourceID
Repeatable
Required
Data values
:
Controlled. Recommended AAT
Tagging examples:
<cdwalite:objectWorkTypeWrap>
<cdwalite:objectWorkType>
rhyton
</cdwalite:objectWorkType>
</cdwalite:objectWorkTypeWrap>
<cdwalite:objectWorkTypeWrap>
<cdwalite:objectWorkType termsource="
AAT
">
painting
</cdwalite:objectWorkType>
<cdwalite:objectWorkType termsource="
AAT
">
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altarpiece
</cdwalite:objectWorkType>
</cdwalite:objectWorkTypeWrap>
<cdwalite:objectWorkTypeWrap>
<cdwalite:objectWorkType termsource="
AAT
" termsourceID="
aat300127141
">
cartes-devisite
</cdwalite:objectWorkType>
<cdwalite:objectWorkType termsource="
AAT
" termsourceID="
aat300265164
">
boudoir
photographs
</cdwalite:objectWorkType>
</cdwalite:objectWorkTypeWrap>
Display examples:
Object/Work Type: rhyton
Object/Work Types: cartes-de-visite; boudoir photographs
Cataloging Cultural Objects (CCO) is a guide to describing cultural works and their images. The
primary focus of CCO is art and architecture, including paintings, sculpture, prints, manuscripts,
photographs. The primary emphasis of CCO is descriptive metadata and authority control data
intended to describe a cultural work, data used to create catalog records for that work and images
of it.
The additional use of control vocabulary makes a database easier to search. By organizing our
information into a standard preferred format it makes searching and finding information easier.
A control vocabulary imposes some order to ease the finding of the store information. It reduces
the duplication and variations of information between users and systems. Example, the Library
of Congress Subject Heading, Art and Architecture Thesaurus, Thesaurus of Geographic Names.
History of the Art & Architectural Thesaurus (ATT), work on ATT began in 1970s in response
to a need by the art libraries and art journals indexing services that were beginning to automate
their cataloging and indexing. From the inception the ATT was intended to gather terminology
already being used in authority lists and the literature of art and architectural history. The
terminology was approved and supplemented by a scholarly advisory team comprising art and
architectural historians, architects, librarians, visual resource curators, archivists, museum
personnel, and specialists in thesaurus construction.5
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The AAT was originally founded by directors of libraries and architectural experts: Toni
Petersen, Dora Crouch, and Pat Molholt. Technical advice and financial support were provided
by the Getty Trust. Editorial work has been managed by the Getty since 1983. In 1987 the Getty
created a department dedicated to compiling and distributing terminology, now known as the
Getty Vocabulary Program. And The AAT is a structured vocabulary currently containing
around 268,650 terms and other information about concepts. Terms in AAT may be used to
describe art, architecture, decorative arts, material culture, and archival materials.5
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An example of the Art and Architecture Thesaurus controlled vocabulary was the gathering
CDWA categories are:
Objects, architecture, or group
Person/corporate body authority
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Place/location authority
Generic concept authority
Subject authority
Each of these categories has its core elements, for the Object, Architecture, or Group category
this is the core elements:
Catalog level
Object/work type
Classification term
Title or name
Measurement description
Material and techniques description
Creator description
Creator identity
Creator role
Creation date
Subject matter indexing terms
Current repository/Geographic location
Current repository numbers
For my CDWS example, I used the Objects, Architecture, or Group category.
Works of Art: Red Old Railroad Station
Catalog Level: Objects (AAT)
Object Catalog: Art (AAT)
Collection: Fine Art Collection (AAT)
Object Name: Painting
Object ID: 2008.1 (W3CDTF)
Catalog Date: 2008-07-03 (W3CDTF)
Art Description:
-addt catalogue number: #145 (back lower left corner) and #144 (back upper left)
-wood frame, primary orange brown with hints of green
-crack on frame on lower left and upper right corner
-painting depicts the red old railroad station on Baldwin Ave with palm tree on each side,
railroad track in front of the station, clear blue sky and mountains in the back.
Subject: Red Old Railroad Station
Title: Red Old Railroad Station
Medium: oil paint (AAT)
Creator: Lent, Bleulah (LCNAF)
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Role: Artist
Dimensions: Display Units: cm
Height: 50.500, Width: 60.500,
Dimension Details: with frame: 62.5 x 73cm, frame 5.3cm thick.
Classification: Art (AAT)
Primary: Painting (AAT)
Notes & Legal: sticker on back: 6538 North Vista St, San Gabriel, CA
Source: Arcadia Historical Society
Credit Line: Courtesy of the Arcadia Historical Society
Metadata Data Created: 2008-07-18 (W3CDTF)
Uncompressed File Size: 1,694,528 bytes, Actual Image File Size:
145,168 bytes, Height: 664 pixels, Width: 850 pixels
Format: JPEG (Standard DCT)
BitsPixel: 24 bit color image
Image File Name: \\arc-rec01\pp5\images\001\20081.JPG
Location: Arcadia Historical Society
Temporary Location: The Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage Collections
Move by: Dunn, Dana
Reason: Accession and Photograph
References:
1. J. Paul Getty Trust, Categories for the Description of Works of Art (Getty Research
Institute), The Getty Research Institute, Revised June 2, 2009, Patricia Harping, Murtha
Baca and Patricia Harpring, Editors. Access date June 18, 2013,
http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/standards/cdwa/
2. Chin, Summary CDWA-Lite XML Schema, The Getty Research Institute, Revised
February 7, 2011, access date June 18, 2013,
http://www.getty.edu/research/publications/electronic_publications/cdwa/cdwalite.html
3. J. Paul Getty Trust, CCO Lite, The Getty Research Institute, July 17, 2006, access date
June 13, 2013, http://academischecollecties.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/cdwalite.pdf
4. Margaret St. Pierre, William P. LaPlant, Jr, National Information Standards Organization,
October 15, 1998, access date June 18, 2013,
http://www.niso.org/publications/white_papers/crosswalk/
5. J. Paul Getty Trust, Art & Architecture Thesaurus Online, The Getty Research Institute,
Revised March 27, 2013,
http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/aat/about.html