Materials (recommended)

Contents

1 Definition
2 Text/URI
3 Repeatable
4 Obligation level
5 Recording notes
6 Terminology recommendation
7 Examples
8 Expression in LIDO v1.0
9 Expression in LIDO v1.1
10 Comparison with relevant standards and database models
11 ID data element

Definition

An indication of the materials from which an object or work is made

Text/URI

Text (controlled vocabulary) and/or URI

Repeatable

Yes

Obligation level

Recommended

Recording notes

This data element indicates the materials from which the object or work was or is made or is composed of. Controlled vocabulary is recommended. This supports better findability in portals.

Terminology recommendation

Art & Architecture Thesaurus: Materials Facet

Integrated Authority File (GND, German National Library): The following search interfaces provide a convenient way to search the GND: https://explore.gnd.network/ (GND-Explorer), https://lobid.org/gnd (lobid-gnd), https://swb.bsz-bw.de/DB=2.104/ (OGND)

Wikidata

Examples

URI	Preferred term
http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300011029	silver (metal)
https://d-nb.info/gnd/4350482-6	Bast [engl.: Bast]
https://d-nb.info/gnd/4144643-4	Bergkristall [engl.: Rock crystal]
https://d-nb.info/gnd/4152058-0	Email (Beschichtung) [eng: Enamel and enameling <LCSH match>]
https://d-nb.info/gnd/4033676-1	Kunststoff [eng: Plastics <LCSH match>]
http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015062	tempera
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28129555	zinc sheet
https://d-nb.info/gnd/118728372X	Elektron (Legierung) [eng: Elektrum <LCSH match>]

Expression in LIDO v1.0

<lido:eventMaterialsTech>     
    <lido:materialsTech>
	    <lido:termMaterialsTech lido:type="http://terminology.lido-schema.org/lido00132">
		 	 <lido:conceptID lido:type="http://terminology.lido-schema.org/lido00099">http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300011029</lido:conceptID>
             <lido:term xml:lang="de">Silber</lido:term>
             <lido:term xml:lang="en">silver (metal)</lido:term>
        </lido:termMaterialsTech>
    </lido:materialsTech>
</lido:eventMaterialsTech>

Expression in LIDO v1.1

<lido:eventMaterialsTech>
	<lido:materialsTech>
		<lido:termMaterialsTech type="http://terminology.lido-schema.org/lido00132">
			<skos:Concept rdf:about="http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300011029">
				<skos:prefLabel xml:lang="de">Silber</skos:prefLabel>
				<skos:prefLabel xml:lang="en">silver (metal)</skos:prefLabel>
			</skos:Concept>
		</lido:termMaterialsTech>
	</lido:materialsTech>
</lido:eventMaterialsTech>

Example of an event-independent materials specification

<lido:objectMaterialsTechWrap>
    <lido:objectMaterialsTechSet>
        <lido:materialsTech>
		    <lido:termMaterialsTech lido:type="http://terminology.lido-schema.org/lido00132">
			    <skos:Concept rdf:about="http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300011029">
				    <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="de">Silber</skos:prefLabel>
				    <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="en">silver (metal)</skos:prefLabel>
			    </skos:Concept>
		    </lido:termMaterialsTech>
	    </lido:materialsTech>
    </lido:objectMaterialsTechSet>
</lido:objectMaterialsTechWrap>

Comparison with relevant standards and database models

Standard	Element name	Text/URI	Repeatable	Obligation level	Comment

Standard	Element name	Text/URI	Repeatable	Obligation level	Comment
German Digital Library: Metadata requirements for data provision	(No match)	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not mandatory
German Digital Library LIDO application profile (DDB-LIDO)	<eventMaterialsTech> / <materialsTech> / <termMaterialsTech> / <term>	Text (controlled vocabulary) and optional URI	Yes	Not mandatory	Optional labelling: http://terminology.lido-schema.org/lido00132 for Materials
CCC-LIDO Application profile	Material/Technique <eventMaterialsTech> / <materialsTech> / <termMaterialsTech> / <term> and <conceptID>	Text (controlled vocabulary) and optional URI (AAT)	Yes	Not mandatory
DFG Basic Data Record	(No match)	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not mandatory
DFG Practical Guidelines on Digitisation: LIDO core metadata	Information on materials and techniques relating to event <eventMaterialsTech>	Text (controlled vocabulary) and/or URI	Yes	Mandatory if available	Alternatively, the information on material and/or technology in <objectMaterialsTechWrap> / <objectMaterialsTechSet> is also possible independently of the event.
Europeana Data Model (EDM)	<dcterms:medium>	Text (controlled vocabulary)	Yes	Not mandatory
EODEM application profile	Material Description /lido:objectMaterialsTechWrap/lido:objectMaterialsTechSet/ lido:displayMaterialsTech/	Text	Yes	Recommended
Categories for the Description of Works of Art (2024)	7.5 Materials/Techniques Name	Text (controlled vocabulary)	Yes	Recommended	7.1. Materials/Techniques Description is listed as CORE-Element. Vocabulary recommendation: Art & Architecture Thesaurus or general terms in another controlled vocabulary.
CDWA Lite (2006)	8.1.1 Term Materials Techniques	Text (controlled vocabulary)	Yes	Not mandatory	Vocabulary recommendation: Art & Architecture Thesaurus.
Spectrum 5.1	Material	Text (controlled vocabulary)	Yes	Not specified	The obligation level is determined by the institution.
digiCULT	Material [eng.: Materials]	Text (controlled vocabulary) and/or URI	Yes	Recommended
museum-digital	Materials/Technique Materials Schlagwort (Material) [eng.: tags (material)]	Text	Yes	Recommended	Materials and techniques can be recorded in museum-digital in different ways: Either in one or in two separate data fields; recently it has also become possible to record them as a "categorised keyword". See this blog post.

ID data element

mds0006