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ANNUAL SUMMITS 2008 Summit Developping Vocabulary Tools for New Media Art Documentation
ANNUAL SUMMITS 2008 Summit Developping Vocabulary Tools for New Media Art Documentation
Developping Vocabulary Tools for New Media Art Documentation
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Day 2, Group 3Corina Macdonald, DOCAM Terminology Committee, MontréalDOCAM’s Terminology Committee works to develop vocabulary management tools for DOCAM researchers and the professional community. To date, these tools have taken the form of a glossary and thesaurus, which focus on terminology encountered within the domain of new media art documentation... |
| Corina MacDonald © DOCAM 2008 |
...Currently the committee is working on the implementation of SKOS (Simple Knowledge Organization System) as a model for thesaurus development. This presentation will provide an overview of the work of the committee to date and will introduce some of the practical and theoretical issues encountered while developing vocabulary resources in this field. Corina MacDonald recently completed her Masters degree in Library and Information Studies at McGill University, and currently works as an information analyst at the Canadian Heritage Information Network. She is also a research assistant with DOCAM’s Terminology Committee. Her interests include the social dimensions of information behaviour in technological environments, as well as the representation, use and preservation of digital objects. |