C. Bridging Standards Standards were vital for museum documentation when cataloguing was its primary purpose. Standards remain a critical issue as we push beyond the horizons of this paradigm. As systems increase in complexity, the number of relevant standards increases and identifying which are most relevant becomes an issue. D. Beyond Data Contemporary museum documentation needs to be more than a catalogue of items. It should add value to raw item-level data and include contextual information which helps museums to communicate stories and issues to their audiences.
Groups discuss and clarify issues and formulate standards and procedures for the museum community.
Working Groups will meet to address their agendas all day on Saturday 10 October and at other times during the conference, as indicated in the programme below. Subject to change. To be confirmed Papers, or in some cases abstracts, may be downloaded by selecting any of the underlined titles, which are active links. These are 1.958 Mb and 363 kb respectively. The second of these files contains all the papers except Hunter's.