International Guidelines for Museum Object Information: The CIDOC Information Categories


This page is the introductory page of the International Guidelines for Museum Object Information: The CIDOC Information Categories, produced 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.

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Production

Published by the
Comité International pour la Documentation. Conseil International des Musées
International Committee for Documentation of the International Council of Museums

Edited by a joint project team of the CIDOC Data and Terminology and the CIDOC Data Model Working Groups
Editors: Alice Grant, Joséphine Nieuwenhuis, Toni Petersen

First published June 1995 in printed and electronic forms.

A French language version of the Guidelines is in preparation.

© International Committee for Documentation of the International Council of Museums (CIDOC), 1995. All rights reserved.

Printed version, ISBN 92-9012-124-6


Availability

This publication is available in the following formats:

Printed and electronic versions of the Guidelines are available from:
ICOM, Maison de Unesco, 1, Rue Miollis, 75732, Paris, cedex 15 France
tel.: +33 1 47340500; fax: + 33 1 43067862; e-mail: icom@unesco.org

Art & Architecture Thesaurus
62 Stratton Road, Williamstown, MA 01267 USA
tel: +1 413 458 2151; fax: +1 413 458 3757; e-mail: aat@aat.getty.edu

The electronic version of the Guidelines can also be accessed over the Internet at:

http://www.cidoc.icom.org/guide/guide.htm


Contacts for Comments

Art & Architecture Thesaurus
62 Stratton Road, Williamstown, MA 01267 USA
tel: +1 413 458 2151; fax: +1 413 458 3757; e-mail: aat@aat.getty.edu


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file: guide.htm; author: CIDOC; updated October 1995