Dictionary of Techniques

The technical complexity and material diversity used in the process of forming and decorating objects require an approach from different disciplines. This thesaurus is dedicated to the techniques used for the manufacture and decoration of cultural goods and includes those terms that best describe the technical processes applied throughout history, in order to improve the knowledge and description of cultural heritage assets. More than 1,200 terms are offered in LOD for consultation, download and link. Each term is accompanied by a definition, scope notes, bibliography and link to the Digital Network of Museum Collections of Spain and, in many of the terms referenced, demonstrative images. Various functionalities are presented, such as SPARQL consultation point, alphabetical and hierarchical search of terms, as well as 559 links to other information resources (List of Headings of Matter for Public Libraries of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, List of Heads of Matter of the Library of Catalonia, the national libraries of France, Holland and Germany, the thesaurus of Getty Research Institute, Library of the American Congress, Dbpedia and Geonames).