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Introduction to controlled vocabularies: terminology for art, architecture, and other cultural works, Patricia Harpring, Introduction to series. Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2010. 245 p. Ill. ISBN 9781606060186. $50.00 (paper)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Peter Rogiest*
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Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Hendrik Conscienceplein 4, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium
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References

1. Harpring, Patricia, ‘About Patricia Harpring,’ The iris: views from the Getty (blog), http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/author/harpring/.Google Scholar
2. ‘Cultural objects name authority online,’ Getty Research Institute, http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/cona/.Google Scholar
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5. Lanzi, Elisa, Introduction to vocabularies: enhancing access to cultural heritage information (Los Angeles: Getty Information Institute, 1998). An updated, electronic version (2000), revised by Patricia Harpring, can be found at http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/introvocabs/. Its homepage mentions that the publication under review here is seen as its replacement. In retrospect, Lanzi interestingly referred to the AAT primarily as a ‘knowledge base’ rather than a structured vocabulary (Lanzi, Introduction, 1998, 30).Google Scholar
6. Harpring, Patricia, Introduction to controlled vocabularies: featuring the Getty vocabularies, rev. ed. (Getty Research Intitute, August 2010), http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/intro_to_vocabs.pdf.Google Scholar