Selecting Subject Heading Lists and Thesauri for Digital Imaging Projects: Report of the Survey from Digital Transfer of Slides from Architecture, Interiors, and Furniture and History of Costume to CD-ROM
Miranda Howard · 2005
concepts, theme, or narrative of an image. Neither is it involved with the techniques used to create the depicted objects, although some participants did use terms that described represented media in the portion of the survey that required them to fill in the blanks or list terms they thought were appropriate. This survey does not encompass contentbased indexing or hierarchical subject heading formation. Being able to select and depend on a standardized vocabulary would enable the project catalogers to take the guesswork out of using natural language and create a more organized system for assigning keywords to images. 4