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Resolutions of AGM 2011

Statement of Principles of Documentation (EN, FR)

• CIDOC, meeting at its 2011 AGM, supports the Statement of principles of museum documentation. It recommends that the Statement of Principles should be finalized and then put before the 2013 ICOM General Assembly with a view to its adoption as the official policy of ICOM with respect to Articles 2.20 and 6.1 of the ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums.

Statement on URIs for Museum Objects

• CIDOC affirms that museums are the sole authority with responsibility for establishing unique URIs based on the contents of their collections; furthermore, institutions are strongly discouraged from creating multiple URIs for the same object.
• CIDOC encourages its members to actively participate in the further elaboration of the Working Draft of Recommendations for Implementation.
• CIDOC will table a resolution concerning URIs for Museum Objects for formal approval by ICOM at the 2013 ICOM AGM.