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CHIN: Accreditation of collection management softwarePartner of MDA - Museum Documentation AssociationPartner of MDA - Museum Documentation Association

Company profile

In 1998 zetcom AG was founded by the brothers Urs and Marcel Zemp with the objective of offering innovative software services to museums, galleries and cultural heritage institutions.

zetcom AG quickly succeeded in establishing themselves in the Swiss and German cultural heritage. Today zetcom belongs to the leading international software companies which develop museum management systems.

Task-focussed museum management services

We develop modular task-focussed standard software solutions which will be continuously developed in cooperation with the museums' experts.

Professional services

Our competencies in the sectors project management, data migration, IT support and training will guarantee a success-
ful implementation of our software.

International standards

zetcom AG cooperates with international committees and acts upon standards for museum documentation. zetcom is a member of various organi-
zations, including:

  • International Council of Museums (ICOM)
  • International Committee for Documentation (CIDOC)
  • Museum Computer Network (MCN)
  • Museum Documentation Association (MDA Partner)
  • Deutscher Museumsbund (DMB)
  • Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN accreditation)

The cooperation with these organizations guarantees that MuseumPlus meets the following standards:

  • SPECTRUM (British standard)
  • National documentation standard of the Italian Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo e la Documentazione (ICCD)
  • CDWA Lite (Categories for the Description of Works of Art)
  • MuseumDat (Harvesting-Standard) -planned-
  • MuseumVoc (standard for the exchange of thesauri) -planned-
  • Dublin Core
  • Joconde (catalogue for collections of French museums)

Maintenance and quality assurance

Maintenance contracts on a long-term basis, personal contact as well as close collaboration lay a good foundation for successful and long-lasting business relations with museums, galleries and cultural heritage institutions all over the world.

Location

zetcom AG has its headquarters in Zug (Switzerland) and subsidiaries in Berne (Switzerland) as well as in Germany (Berlin), France (Paris), Barcelona (Spain) and the USA (Kansas City). Our business partners represent us in Greece (Athens), Asia (Singapore) and Hungary (Budapest). Further subsidiaries are planned to be established.

Employees

Our staff is composed of very highly qualified employees from IT and Art History having many years of work experience.