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The '''''[[CIDOC]] Conceptual Reference Model''''' provides the extensible [[Ontology (computer science)|ontology]] for [[concept]]s and [[information]] in [[cultural heritage]] [[Information science|documentation]]. It is the [[international standard]] ([[International Organization for Standardization|ISO]]&nbsp;21127:2006)<ref>[http://www.iso.org/iso/en/CatalogueDetailPage.CatalogueDetail?CSNUMBER=34424&scopelist=PROGRAMME ISO 21127:2006 (Information and documentation -- A reference ontology for the interchange of cultural heritage information)]</ref> for controlled exchange of cultural heritage information. [[Archive]]s, [[library|libraries]], [[Museum|museums]], and other cultural institutions are encouraged to use the CIDOC CRM to enhance accessibility of [[knowledge]].

The task of the CIDOC CRM is to collect the various informationtypes of information about cultural heritage systematically and to provide the general framework of their [[Formal semantics of programming languages|formal semantics]]. Thus every single piece of information can be assigned to the concepts of the CIDOC CRM. At the same time this process creates important pre-conditions for the [[information integration]], because the CIDOC CRM can be used as a source for the development of tools for scheme transformation and scheme integration as well. The CIDOC CRM supports the formulation of needs for [[information system]]s and can serve as guideline and help for semantic, [[Data modeling|data]], or [[Database model|database]] modeling.

Technologies like [[Extensible Markup Language|XML]] and [[Resource Description Framework|RDF]] are supported by the CIDOC CRM.