Introduction
A View from the Top: A Special Message for Administrators of Cultural Heritage Collections
David Green, Executive Director, National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage
1. What Is Cultural Heritage and Why Is It Important?
What is Cultural Heritage?
Adding Value to Cultural Heritage: Interpretation, Analysis, and Access
Cultural Heritage Information: Ten Characteristics
2. Documentation: Analyzing and Recording Information
Different Approaches to Documentation
Vocabularies Are the Bridge
Documentation and the Web
3. Standards: What Role Do They Play?
Why Standards?
Standards for Improving Documentation: Data Standards
What Are the Benefits of Standards?
4. What, Why, and How of Vocabularies
Vocabularies as Knowledge Bases
Vocabularies: Types and Formats
The Role of Authority Work
Vocabulary Building
5. The Getty Vocabularies: An Introduction
The Art & Architecture Thesaurus
The Union List of Artist Names
The Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
6. Improving Access Using Vocabularies: Theory into Practice
Vocabularies as Search Assistants
Vocabularies in Image Databases
Vocabularies in Library Catalogs
Vocabularies in Archival Description and Cataloging
Vocabularies in Museum Documentation
Vocabularies in Indexes
Vocabulary Browsers
Multilingual Vocabularies
Resources
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Readings
Tools

Elisa Lanzi is an independent Consultant and former acting director of the Art & Architecture Thesaurus.