Defined relations
The meaning of depicts, documents, belongs to, cites or maps to remains explicit rather than implicit in a generic connection.
Pictoria Semantic Framework
Relations with
meaning and evidence
The Framework defines how records and concepts can be related, what each relation means and how its source, responsible act and catalogue treatment remain distinct.
A relation is more than a link
Whether an image depicts a building, a document belongs to a fonds or a concept maps to an authority, Pictoria preserves the type of relation and its documentary basis.
SourceDocumentary source for the relation
ResponsibilityResponsible act and date
TreatmentCatalogue treatment and history
The intellectual architecture of Pictoria
The Pictoria Semantic Framework makes relations meaningful, traceable and reviewable across cataloguing and research.
Traceable basis
The relation type, documentary source, responsible act and current catalogue treatment remain distinguishable and available for review.
Governed change
Alternative relations and earlier catalogue treatments retain their own sources, status and revision history.
Different relations answer different questions
The Framework preserves the distinctions needed to move from individual catalogue records to research across the collection.
Representation
Connect a visual document to the work, object, building or event it depicts.
What is shownArchival structure
Place a document within its fonds, series or record set while preserving the identity of each level.
Where it belongsConcepts
Relate catalogue terms to external authorities and local vocabularies without treating distinct identities as identical.
What it meansEvidence
Connect a reading or relation to the sources used to support it, while preserving responsibility and catalogue treatment as separate dimensions.
How it is supported