OMA – Ontology for Media Art

OMA - Ontology for Media Art

OMA – Ontology for Media Art

OMA, Ontology for Media Art has been published in June 2022 at the Finto.fi vocabulary service maintained by the National Library of Finland. With over 1500 concepts to describe the wide field of media arts, ranging from video, sound, light art, experimental film and music to new forms of digital literature and AI based art, OMA is one of the most comprehensive terminology resources dedicated to media art

The ontology was created at M-cult by informatician Mira Rissanen and director Minna Tarkka with Wikidata support by Susanna Ånäs in context of the Media Art History in Finland (MEHI) project coordinated by the Finnish Media Art Network.