The versatility and flexibility of the iBase metadata schema has enabled linking between objects to show their real relationships.

For example:

• Work of Art Linking - The challenge of Wilson scholarship, aptly described as a connoisseur’s minefield by the late Sir Ellis Waterhouse, has been addressed by the linking of related works to each other.
• Exhibition Linking - Exhibitions dedicated to or containing works by Wilson have been surveyed and recorded.
• Biography/Document Linking - Further links unite each work with the biographies of figures with whom they are closely connected - patrons, such as Lord Dartmouth, sitters for portraits, such as Admiral Thomas Smith and owners of paintings and drawings, such as Benjamin Booth.
• Additional Image Linking - The additional image linking feature of the project enables switching between full and detail images.
• Conservation/Condition Information - A major feature of Richard Wilson Online is the painstaking attention paid to the artist’s materials and techniques.