ArtFrame, led by Columbia University, is an extension of BIBFRAME to describe art objects, both two-dimensional (e.g., paintings, photographs) and three-dimensional (e.g., sculptures, ceramics).
For questions or comments, please contact Melanie Wacker, Metadata Coordinator, Columbia University Libraries: mw2064 [ at ] columbia dot edu
- Application profile for the linked data description of art objects
- Representative selection of BIBFRAME descriptions of art objects
- Evaluation and publication of project findings
- Ontology testing in VitroLib
- Finalizing and updating project documentation
NOTE: Current information and files can be found on the ArtFrame/RareMat GitHub repository
Arden Alexander (Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs)
Penny Baker (Clark Art Institute)
Roberto Ferrari (Columbia/Art Properties)
Paul Frank (Library of Congress)
Kate Harcourt (Columbia/OSMC)
Robert Rendall (Columbia/OSMC)
Margaret Smithglass (Columbia/Avery)
Melanie Wacker (Columbia/OSMC)
Amber Billey (Bard College)
Timothy Ryan Mendenhall (Columbia/OSMC)
Members of ARLIS/NA Cataloging Advisory Committee:
William Blueher (Metropolitan Museum of Art) (November 2017- )
Marie-Chantal L'Écuyer-Coelho (Bibliotheque et Archives nationales Québec)
John A. Mair (Pratt Institute)
Elizabeth O'Keefe (November 2017- )
Andrea Puccio (Clark Art Institute)
Sherman Clarke (freelance art cataloger)
Bronwen Bitetti (Bard College)
Tamara Fultz (Metropolitan Museum of Art) (2016-November 2017)
Maria Oldal (Morgan Library & Museum)
Karen Stafford (Art Institute of Chicago)
Samantha Deutch (Frick Collection)
Months 26-27 (May 2018-June 2018)
- Completed SHACL for application profiles and form building
- Shifted model alignments from bibliothek-o to Bibframe
Months 23-25 (February 2018-April 2018)
- Finalized ontology files
- Completed Modeling: Exhibitions (with Rare Materials Extension Group)
- Completed Modeling: Attribution
- Presentation: The Outcome of the ArtFrame Project (ARLIS/NA Annual Conference, Feb. 27, 2018)
Months 20-22 (November 2017-January 2018)
- Beginning to write SHACL files for application profiles
- bibliotek-o - BIBFRAME alignment for application profiles
- Finalizing Ontology files
- Finalizing modeling: Note type recommendations for art
- Finalizing modeling: Exhibitions (with Rare Materials Extension Group)
- Finalizing modeling: Bound-withs & On Carrier With (with Rare Materials Extension Group)
- Finalizing modeling: Bindings (with Rare Materials Extension Group)
- Completed modeling: Titles in Art Update
- In-Person Meeting of ArtFrame + Rare Materials Ontology Extension. Included modeling and OWL workshops
Months 17-19 (August-October 2017)
- Finalizing Ontology files
- Creation of minimal viable descriptions for different resource types
- Modeling: Title in art
- Modeling: Citations – with Rare Materials Extension Group
- Modeling: Materials – with Rare Materials Extension Group
- Modeling: Notes and Annotations in art (continued)
- Modeling: Awards (in process)
- Modeling: Exhibitions, Materials, Fonts & Notations – with Rare Materials Extension Group
Months 13-16 (April-July 2017)
- Creation of minimal viable descriptions for different resource types
- Modeling: Titles in art (in process)
- Modeling: Physical description: Measurements – with Rare Materials Extension Group
- Modeling: Physical condition – with Rare Materials Extension Group
- Modeling: Accession number – with Rare Materials Extension Group
- Modeling: Citations – with Rare Materials Extension Group (continued)
- Modeling: Notes and Annotations in art (continued)
Months 11-12 (February-March 2017)
- In-Person Meeting of ArtFrame + Rare Materials Ontology Extension
- Modeling: Notes and Annotations in art (continued)
- Modeling: Citations
- Modeling: Physical Description (with Rare Materials Extension Group)
- Modeling: Provenance (with Rare Materials Extension Group)
Month 9- 10 (December 2016-January 2017)
- Modeling: Notes and Annotations in art
- Modeling: Extrinsic relationships in art
- Finalize ontology requirements based on use cases
Month 8 (November 2016)
- Finalize use case development
- Identify ontology requirements based on use cases
Months 5-7 (August-October 2016)
Continue use case development
Group related use cases
Prioritize use cases
Develop ontology requirements based on use cases
Contribute MARCXML test records for LD4L MARC to BIBFRAME converter development
Month 4 (July 2016)
Create Art Extension Group that now includes members of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, the ARLIS/NA Cataloging Advisory Committee and Penny Baker from the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. First call held July 6, 2016; followed by regular bi-weekly calls
Develop use cases (more than 30 by end of July)
