Glossary about Controlled Vocabularies tematres thesaurus, thesauri, information retrieval, controlled vocabularies, glossary, definitions, structured vocabularies, facets, faceted classification 1998-12-31 2011-12-13 10:39:06 en crosswalk A chart or table (visual or virtual) that represents the semantic or technical mapping of fields or data elements in one database or a metadata framework, standard, or schema to fields or data elements that have a similar function or meaning in one or more other databases, frameworks, standards, or schemas (for example, the artist element in one standard may map to the creator element in another). 2011-08-16 23:06:51