CIDOC Guidelines for Museum Object Information: Contributions to the Development Process


This page is part of the International Guidelines for Museum Object Information: The CIDOC Information Categories. Developed by the International Committee for Documentation (CIDOC) of the International Council of Museums (ICOM), this is a description of the Information Categories that can be used when developing records about the objects in museum collections. For more information about the Guidelines, turn to the initial page


The following data standards were reviewed during the development of the Guidelines and have been taken into account in the current publication.

Art Information Task Force (AITF). Categories for the Description of Works of Art. Unpublished, 1993.

Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN). Museum Services. Documentation Research Group. Humanities Data Dictionary of the Canadian Heritage Information Network. Revision 3. Ottawa: Communications Canada, 1993.

Common Agenda for History Museums. Common Databases Task Force. Final Report to the Field. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1989.

Datenbank Schweizerischer Kultergüter, Bern. Dokumentations - Standard für Malerei und Graphik. Beta version. Bern: August, 1992.

Datenbank Schweizerischer Kultergüter, Bern. Proposition de Fiche Documentaire Minimale pour les Collections Généralistes. Version no. 2. Bern: July, 1992.

Hogenboom, Jeanne. Basisregistratie voor Collecties Voorwerpen en Beeldmateriaal. Rotterdam: Stichting IMC, 1988.

Information Center for Culture & Heritage, Bucharest, Romania. SI PCN Data Standard. In letter from Ecaterina Geber, System Development Coordinator, to Joséphine Nieuwenhuis, AAT, November 8, 1993.

International Council of Museums. Standardization of Collections Inventories in Africa. Handbook of Standards. (AFRICOM programme.) 1st and 2nd versions. Paris: International Council of Museums, 1994 and 1995.

International Council of Museums. International Committee for Documentation (CIDOC). Data Standards (Fine Arts/Archaeology). Unpublished, 1992.

International Council of Museums. International Committee for Documentation (CIDOC). Data Standards (Fine Arts). Unpublished, 1993.

International Council of Museums. International Committee for Documentation (CIDOC). CIDOC Relational Data Model. CIDOC Data Model Working Group: Washington, D.C., 1994 and 1995.

International Council of Museums. International Committee for Documentation (CIDOC). Draft International Core Data Standard for Archaeological Sites and Monuments. Archaeological Sites Working Group. International Council of Museums, 1995.

L'Inventaire Général de la Documentation et de la Protection. Systeme Descriptif des Objets Mobiliers. Version 1987. Paris: Ministére de la Culture et de la Communication, 1987.

Noll, Lev Y. "Computerized Databases on Artefacts of National Cultural Heritage in the USSR." In European Museum Documentation Strategies and Standards: Proceedings of an International Conference held in Canterbury, England 2 6 September 1991, edited by D.A. Roberts, 59 62. Cambridge, England: Museum Documentation Association, 1993.

Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia. Data dictionary in in house planning document. Enclosed with letter from Des Beechey, Registrar, Powerhouse Museum, to Joséphine Nieuwenhuis, AAT, November 10, 1993.

Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow. Information core of museum object registration. In letter from Lev Noll, Chief of the Computer Department, to Joséphine Nieuwenhuis, AAT, November 9, 1993.

SPECTRUM: the UK Museum Documentation Standard. Edited by A. Grant Cambridge: Museum Documentation Association, 1994.

Victoria and Albert Museum. Collections Department. Data Structure and Core Data. Document prepared for in house distribution. London: October 1992.


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