Curation

Quick meaning: Curation is a noun meaning The act of curating, of organizing and maintaining a collection of artworks or artifacts.

Meaning

The act of curating, of organizing and maintaining a collection of artworks or artifacts.

More Meanings

1. (databases) The manual updating of information in a database.
2. The selective assembly and presentation of information.
3. (archaic) The act of curing or healing.

Example Sentences

Manual database curation involves the following steps: (1) finding articles of interest; (2) finding and extracting facts (relations, events, associations, etc.) relevant to the database focus; and (3) converting extracted information into predefined standardized form.

"Yeah." It was him, alright; if the world's weariest pair of workboots hadn't tipped her off, his world-weary voice certainly would have. "Where were you?" "My quarters. We've got a full ticket set today, and techs work best without oversight." Neither of these things was untrue, though the curation was more than a little dishonest. "Maybe yours do." Nascimbeni rolled out, back flat against a neon orange creeper, and sat up with an audible wince. "Mine fuck the dog."

Word Forms

• curations

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include culling, collection, gardening, cultivage, caretaking, cultivation.

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