Reference Materials

The CollectionSpace project team is working to ensure that the project scope, goals, objectives, and deliverables are focused on providing practical solutions to the cultural heritage community. A partial list of the community standards consulted by the team in developing its objectives is below.

Ontologies

CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model

Procedural Guidelines

Spectrum

Data Standards and Data Dictionaries

ICONCLASS
DOCAM (Documentation and Conservation of Media Arts Heritage
MIC (Moving Image Collections) Core Data Element Registry
MPEG-7
VRA (Visual Resources Association) Core Categories
CDWA (Categories for the Description of Works of Art
METS (Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard

Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) Data Dictionaries

Archaeological Sites
Humanities
Natural Sciences

Evaluation Guidelines

CHIN Collections Management Criteria Checklist

Interoperability Guidelines

Open Archives Initiative (OAI)

Dublin Core

Encoded Archival Description (EAD)\