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recent years there has been a growing recognition of the benefits
of creating cultural heritage information networks that will
enable common access to documentation created and managed
by divers organisations. An important precondition to the
development of such networks is the documentation standards
that establish the degree of compatibility needed to make
common access possible. The Getty Information Institute has
considerable experience in working collaboratively to develop
documentation standards, guidelines, vocabularies, and other
tools that improve access to information about the cultural
heritage.
The Information Institute followed with interest the development
of the Council of Europe’s Core Data Index to Historic
Buildings and Monuments of the Architectural Heritage, and
was pleased to co-operate in the running of follow-up training
programmes in France (1995) and England (1996). It has also
taken a close interest in the development of the International
Core Data Standard for Archaeological Sites and Monuments,
participating in a number of meetings of the Archaeological
Sites Working Group of the Documentation Committee of the
International Council of Museums (ICOM/CIDOC). For its part,
the Institute would like to thank the Council of Europe for
its assistance in developing Object ID, the recently established
international standard comprising the information required
to identify cultural objects.
The Institute is pleased to be associated with the Council
and the European Foundation for Heritage Skills in producing
this publication, which will play an important part in encouraging
the implementation of these key standards. The presence of
accessible, high-quality cultural heritage information on
emerging electronic networks can be ensured only by the willingness
of organisations to work together to attain this common goal.
The three initiatives presented here were produced in a spirit
of collaboration between organisations and nations, and represent
significant steps toward that goal.
Eleanor E. Fink
Director
The Getty Information Institute |
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