werkezinformatie

Werkezinformatie is a term used in Dutch-language information management to refer to metadata and descriptive information about a creative work, such as a painting, literary work, musical composition, or multimedia artifact. It covers data that identifies the work and helps users understand its context, provenance, and significance.

Scope and content: Key elements include title, creator, date of creation, place of origin, technique or medium, dimensions, edition or format, language, and identifiers (catalog numbers, ISBN, ISWC, DOI). Descriptive description, subject terms, and related works. Provenance, exhibition history, bibliographic references, and rights information.

Relation to standards: Werkezinformatie is often structured according to metadata standards and models such as FRBR (Work, Expression, Manifestation, Item), Dublin Core, and MARC; museums may employ CIDOC-CRM. Controlled vocabularies like Getty AAT improve consistency and interoperability.

Applications and benefits: In libraries, museums, archives, and digital repositories, this information supports discovery, citation, provenance tracking, research, and rights management, and enables connections between related works and digital assets.

Challenges and developments: Ensuring data quality, handling multilingual descriptions, linking work-level data with object-level records, and maintaining interoperability across institutions are ongoing tasks as catalogues expand and digital collections grow.