Terminological control of ‘Anonymous Groups’ for catalogues of audiovisual television documents

Abstract

This article discusses the exceptional nature of the description of moving images for television archives, deriving from their audiovisual nature, and of the specifications in the queries of journalists as users of the Document Information System. It is suggested that there is a need to control completely ‘Anonymous Groups’ - groups without any established name - using current guidelines for authority data control. The article describes how ‘Proper Names’ access points can be established for the appropriate interrogation of moving image databases.