reliëfschemas
Reliëfschemas are structured representations used in art history and museum informatics to describe and categorize relief artworks according to a standardized schema. The term combines reliëf (relief) and schema, and is used in Dutch-language scholarship as well as in broader European museology as part of metadata vocabularies for relief works.
Typical reliëfschemas cover several dimensions of relief: depth of relief (bas-relief, alto-relief, sunk relief), spatial arrangement
In practice, reliëfschemas serve to standardize metadata in catalogues, databases, and digital collections, enabling more effective
Development and implementation typically take the form of controlled vocabularies or ontologies that can be integrated
See also: relief, bas-relief, alto-relief, sunk relief, iconography, typology, controlled vocabulary, ontology, museum informatics.