%S Monuments & Sites
%A Nino Erkomaishvili
%A Nino Kublashvili
%A Lela Ninoshvili
%A Teimuraz Gotsadze
%A Giorgi Kobakhidze
%T ICOMOS-ISCS: Illustrated glossary on stone deterioration patterns = ქვის დაზიანების ილუსტრირებული განმარტებითი ლექსიკონი
%X The ICOMOS International Scientific Committee for
Stone (ISCS) is providing a forum for the interchange of
experience, ideas, and knowledge in the field of stone
conservation. ISCS aims at facilitating the publication,
dissemination and presentation of state of the art
reviews on pre-identified issues. Simplification and
demystification of scientific information for practitioners
are also part of the main goals of the group.
In studies on stone deterioration and conservation, terminological
confusions lead to major communication
problems between scientists, conservators and practitioners.
In this context, it is of primary importance to set
up a common language; if degradation patterns can be
shown, named and described, then they can be recognised
and compared with similar ones in a more accurate
way in further investigations.
The ISCS glossary constitutes an important tool for
scientific discussions on decay phenomena and processes.
It is also an excellent basis for tutorials on stone
deterioration. It is based on the careful examination of
pre-existing glossaries of English terms. It does not aim
at replacing these glossaries, often set up originally in a
language other than English, and for most of them done
to a high standard.
%K stone
%K deterioration
%K conservation of cultural heritage
%K glossary
%K decay
%K documentation
%K Scientific research
%E Véronique Vergès-Belmin
%V XV
%D 2008
%C Paris
%I ICOMOS
%L icomos2097