VRA CORE CATEGORIES 3.0 RELEASED
2 June 2000

The Visual Resources Association Data Standards Association is pleased to
announce the release of the VRA Core Categories, Version 3.0. All of the
concepts found in the VRA Core 2.0 have been retained, and in many instances,
expanded in Core 3.0. The major difference between Core 2.0 and Core 3.0 is
the conflation of the Work and Visual Document element sets into a single set
that can be used to create records to describe both works of visual culture
and the images that document them. Several new categories have been added,
several have been reworked, and many of them have been expanded and refined
through the use of element qualifiers.

The new release represents a work-in-progress. Work yet to be completed
includes mapping to other standards and inclusion of more examples. The Data
Standards Committee invites you to take a look at
http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/~staffaw3/vra/vracore3.htm and to send your
comments and suggestions to Elisa Lanzi ( [log in to unmask] ) or Linda McRae (
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The VRA Data Standards Committee: Elisa Lanzi (chairperson), Sherman Clarke,
Norine Duncan, Jan Eklund, Eileen Fry, Sheila Hannah, Benjamin Kessler, Linda
McRae, Elizabeth O'Donnell, Margaret Webster, Dustin Wees, Lynda White, Ann Whiteside

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