Controlled vocabularies and linked open data: getty vocabularies analysis

Abstract

Introduction: With the increased spread of the Linked Open Data initiative and the interest and relevance of the standardization of the description of information resources in the digital scope, new opportunities arise to improve and update means of information discovery and retrieval.
Objective: Explore and establish the relevance of controlled vocabularies, specifically the Getty Vocabularies, and Linked Open Data metadata in the context of information representation and organization.
Methodology: We present a theoretical, qualitative and exploratory research based on a bibliographical analysis of the scientific literature.
Results: The use of Getty Vocabularies in Linked Open Data provides the standardization of descriptive metadata, improving information retrieval and promoting sustainability in data representation and interconnection processes.
Conclusions: It is considered that the adaptation of Information Science to informational innovations extends the basic purpose of the area, contributing to its improvement, as well as to the updating of the area and increase of the possibilities of applying thematic representation in the context of the Web.