Retrieving Images Verbally: No More Key Words and Other Heresies

Describes the development of a system to retrieve images for an international project that is producing a pictorial dictionary of classical mythology, the Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae. Applications to other types of information are discussed, two classification systems for Art Histor...

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Published inLibrary hi tech Vol. 9; no. 1; p. 51
Main Author Small, Jocelyn Penny
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 1991
Subjects
Art History
Classification
Computer System Design
Database Development
Humanities
Information Retrieval
International Programs
Mythology
Visual Imagery
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Summary:Describes the development of a system to retrieve images for an international project that is producing a pictorial dictionary of classical mythology, the Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae. Applications to other types of information are discussed, two classification systems for Art History are described, and design principles for databases are suggested. (three references) (LRW)
ISSN:0737-8831