"Categories for the Description of Works of Art" Version 2.0 Now Available on the Web
The Getty Standards Program has mounted a revised version of "Categories for the Description of Works of Art," at http://www.getty.edu/gri/standard/cdwa/. "Categories for the Description of Works of Art" is a metadata standard for art objects and their visual surrogates, developed by a task force sponsored by the College Art Association and the Getty Trust. Version 2.0, overseen by Patricia Harpring, Managing Editor of the Getty Vocabulary Program, includes a fully revised text, new sections covering artist, subject, and other "authorities," an entity relationship diagram, and 32 cataloging examples of different types of works of art and material culture, with accompanying images. The CDWA definitions document (with examples) is available as a PDF file for easy printing. Jennifer Wulffson Editor Vocabulary Program Getty Research Institute 310-440-6675 [email protected]
