Hello all,
I am calling upon the collective wisdom of the list. Please excuse any
cross postings.
Does anyone know of a controlled vocabulary list / thesaurus of keywords for
concepts and conceptual terms, such as emotions, to describe images? As
some of you know, keywords such as happiness, hardship, depression, and the
like are quite useful to include in image descriptions.
Bridgeman is hoping to enhance standards for image metadata by collaborating
with MILE, a metadata project taking place in the UK (www.mileproject.eu).
We are also deeply committed to SILVER, an educational initiative in the UK
that is developing new digital learning environments
(www.silvereducation.org).
Both of these projects would benefit from a controlled vocabulary for
concepts and we are trying to create one. It would also be helpful to us as
a commercial image provider (www.bridgemanart.com
<http://www.bridgemanart.com/> ) and an educational image provider
(www.bridgemaneducation.com <http://www.bridgemaneducation.com/> ). If
there are any currently existing controlled vocabularies out there it would
help us tremendously.
Any help in this regard would be most appreciated. If you wish to reply off
-list, I will summarize any findings for the list.
Thank you in advance,
Wendy
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