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and material culture. The AAT contains generic terms, such as "cathedral", but no proper names, such as "Cathedral of Notre Dame." The AAT is used by, among others, <a href="/wiki/Museum" title="Museum">museums</a>, art libraries, <a href="/wiki/Archive" title="Archive">archives</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cataloging#Cataloging_rules" class="mw-redirect" title="Cataloging">catalogers</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Researcher" class="mw-redirect" title="Researcher">researchers</a> in art and <a href="/wiki/Art_history" title="Art history">art history</a>. The AAT is a <a href="/wiki/Thesaurus" title="Thesaurus">thesaurus</a> in compliance with <a href="/wiki/International_Organization_for_Standardization" title="International Organization for Standardization">ISO</a> and <a href="/wiki/NISO" class="mw-redirect" title="NISO">NISO</a> standards including <a href="/wiki/ISO_2788" title="ISO 2788">ISO 2788</a>, <a href="/wiki/ISO_25964" title="ISO 25964">ISO 25964</a> and ANSI/NISO Z39.19. </p><p>The AAT is a structured vocabulary of 55,661 concepts (as of January 2020),<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including 131,000 terms, descriptions, bibliographic citations, and other information relating to fine art, architecture, decorative arts, archival materials, and material culture.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Art_%26_Architecture_Thesaurus&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The AAT project began in the late 1970s in response to the gradual automation of records by art libraries, art journal indexing services, and catalogers of museum objects and visual resources. Automation required consistency in <a href="/wiki/Cataloging" class="mw-redirect" title="Cataloging">cataloging</a> as well as more efficient <a href="/wiki/Information_retrieval" title="Information retrieval">retrieval of information</a>; a controlled vocabulary was a solution to both these problems. The project was conceived by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Library_director&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Library director (page does not exist)">library directors</a> and architectural experts Toni Petersen, Dora Crouch, and Pat Molholt and was originally headquartered part-time at <a href="/wiki/Rensselaer_Polytechnic_Institute" title="Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute">Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute</a> in Troy, NY, then at <a href="/wiki/Bennington_College" title="Bennington College">Bennington College</a> in Bennington, VT and later moved to <a href="/wiki/Williamstown,_Massachusetts" title="Williamstown, Massachusetts">Williamstown, Massachusetts</a>, with the <a href="/wiki/J._Paul_Getty_Trust" title="J. Paul Getty Trust">J. Paul Getty Trust</a> providing technical advice and funding. In 1983 the Getty Trust took over <a href="/wiki/Editing" title="Editing">editorial</a> responsibility. The AAT offices relocated to the Getty's Los Angeles headquarters in order to better coordinate with two other similar Getty projects, the <a href="/wiki/Union_List_of_Artist_Names" title="Union List of Artist Names">Union List of Artist Names</a> (ULAN) and <a href="/wiki/Getty_Thesaurus_of_Geographic_Names" title="Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names">Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names</a> (TGN) soon after its publication. </p><p>The AAT was published in 1990 and 1994 in both print and electronic form. By 1997, the size and frequency of updates made hard-copy publication unfeasible and the decision was made to publish via a searchable online Web interface and in data files available for licensing. The online Web interface is freely-accessible from any computer connected to the Internet. Final editorial control of the AAT is maintained by the <a href="/wiki/Getty_Vocabulary_Program" title="Getty Vocabulary Program">Getty Vocabulary Program</a>, part of the <a href="/wiki/Getty_Research_Institute" title="Getty Research Institute">Getty Research Institute</a>. </p><p>Since 2008, Taiwan e-Learning and Digital Archives Program (TELDAP)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> collaborated with <a href="/wiki/Getty_Research_Institute" title="Getty Research Institute">Getty Research Institute</a> (GRI) in developing the <a href="/wiki/Chinese-language" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese-language">Chinese-language</a> Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT-Taiwan). The initial goal of this project is to provide multilingual search and corresponding images in integrate digital archives systems of <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a>, and broaden the inclusion of terms related to Asian art, architecture and material culture in AAT. </p><p>The AAT can be used in several ways: </p> <ul><li>at the data entry stage, by catalogers or indexers who are describing works of art, architecture, material culture, archival materials, visual surrogates, or bibliographic materials;</li> <li>as knowledge bases, providing information for researchers;</li> <li>as search assistants to enhance end-user access to online resources;</li> <li>as target for enriching free-text descriptions of cultural objects;<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>as a pivot vocabulary for coreferencing (interlinking) other art vocabularies<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>AAT is available as <a href="/wiki/Linked_Open_Data" class="mw-redirect" title="Linked Open Data">Linked Open Data</a> at vocab.getty.edu<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> since February 2014<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is updated bi-weekly. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Terms">Terms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Art_%26_Architecture_Thesaurus&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The initial core set of terms was derived from authority lists and the literature of art and architectural history; this core set was reviewed, approved and added to by an advisory team made up scholars from all relevant disciplines, including art and architectural historians, <a href="/wiki/Architect" title="Architect">architects</a>, <a href="/wiki/Librarian" title="Librarian">librarians</a>, visual resource <a href="/wiki/Curator" title="Curator">curators</a>, <a href="/wiki/Archivist" title="Archivist">archivists</a>, museum personnel, and specialists in <a href="/wiki/Thesaurus" title="Thesaurus">thesaurus</a> construction. Its <a href="/wiki/Hierarchy" title="Hierarchy">hierarchy</a> was inspired by the <a href="/wiki/Medical_Subject_Headings" title="Medical Subject Headings">Medical Subject Headings</a>. All eras from antiquity to the present are covered, and it is not limited geographically. </p><p>As of January 2007, the AAT contained approximately 131,000 terms. While the thesaurus contains many variations on a term, such as <a href="/wiki/Grammatical_number" title="Grammatical number">singular and plural forms</a>, spelling variants, various forms of speech, and <a href="/wiki/Synonym" title="Synonym">synonyms</a>, one is always flagged as the preferred term. Terms are updated biweekly and regular users are encouraged to propose new terms. </p><p>In 2015 AAT contains 354,000 terms.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are available in 4 major languages (English, Dutch, Spanish and Chinese), and some terms in various native languages. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design">Design</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Art_%26_Architecture_Thesaurus&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The AAT is a <a href="/wiki/Faceted_classification" title="Faceted classification">faceted classification</a> system as well as a hierarchical one. There are seven facets: </p> <ul><li>Associated Concepts – <a href="/wiki/Abstract_concept" class="mw-redirect" title="Abstract concept">abstract concepts</a>, such as beauty, balance, connoisseurship, metaphor, freedom, socialism (Hierarchy: Associated concepts)</li> <li>Physical Attributes – perceptible or measurable characteristics such as size, shape, chemical properties, texture and hardness, such as strapwork, borders, round, waterlogged, brittleness. (Hierarchies: Attributes and Properties, Conditions and Effects, Design Elements, Color)</li> <li>Styles and Periods – stylistic groupings and distinct chronological periods, such as <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">French</a>, Louis XIV, <a href="/wiki/Tang_dynasty" title="Tang dynasty">Tang dynasty</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Chippendale" title="Thomas Chippendale">Chippendale</a> (Hierarchy: Styles and Periods)</li> <li>Agents – people, groups of people, and organizations such as <a href="/wiki/Printmaker" class="mw-redirect" title="Printmaker">printmakers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Landscape_architect" title="Landscape architect">landscape architects</a>, corporations, <a href="/wiki/Religious_order" title="Religious order">religious orders</a>. (Hierarchies: People, Organizations)</li> <li>Activities – areas of endeavor, physical and mental actions or methods, such as <a href="/wiki/Archaeology" title="Archaeology">archaeology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Engineering" title="Engineering">engineering</a>, analyzing, contests, <a href="/wiki/Art_exhibition" title="Art exhibition">exhibitions</a>, running, drawing (image-making), <a href="/wiki/Corrosion" title="Corrosion">corrosion</a>. (Hierarchies: Disciplines, Functions, Events, Physical and Mental Activities, Processes and Techniques)</li> <li>Materials – physical substances, such as iron, clay, adhesive, emulsifier, artificial ivory, <a href="/wiki/Millwork_(building_material)" class="mw-redirect" title="Millwork (building material)">millwork</a>, nylon. (Hierarchy: Materials)</li> <li>Objects – objects either fabricated or given form by human activity, such as <a href="/wiki/Painting" title="Painting">paintings</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amphora" title="Amphora">amphorae</a>, <a href="/wiki/Facade" class="mw-redirect" title="Facade">facades</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cathedral" title="Cathedral">cathedrals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brewster_Chair" title="Brewster Chair">Brewster Chairs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Garden" title="Garden">gardens</a> (Hierarchies: Object Groupings and Systems, Object Genres, Components; Built Environment: Settlements and Landscapes, Built Complexes and Districts, Single Built Works, Open Spaces and Site Elements; Furnishings and Equipment: Furnishings, Costume, Tools and Equipment, Weapons and Ammunition, Measuring Devices, Containers, Sound Devices, Recreational Artifacts, Transportation Vehicles; Visual and Verbal Communication: Visual Works, Exchange Media, Information Forms)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Online_records_of_concepts_showing_the_hierarchy_in_the_database">Online records of concepts showing the hierarchy in the database</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Art_%26_Architecture_Thesaurus&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Online records of concepts showing the hierarchy in the database"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The record for each concept includes its place in the hierarchy (with a link to its parent), as well as links to related terms, related concepts, sources and contributors for the data, and notes. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output 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class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Wikidata-logo.svg/40px-Wikidata-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Wikidata-logo.svg/60px-Wikidata-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Wikidata-logo.svg/80px-Wikidata-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="590" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikidata" title="Wikidata">Wikidata</a> has the property: <ul><li><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Disc_Plain_blue_dark.svg/4px-Disc_Plain_blue_dark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="4" height="4" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Disc_Plain_blue_dark.svg/6px-Disc_Plain_blue_dark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Disc_Plain_blue_dark.svg/8px-Disc_Plain_blue_dark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="460" data-file-height="460" /></span></span> <b><i><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property_talk:P1014" class="extiw" title="d:Property talk:P1014">Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID (P1014)</a></i></b> (see <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#SELECT%20%3FWikidata_item_%20%3FWikidata_item_Label%20%3Fvalue%20%3FvalueLabel%20%3FEnglish_Wikipedia_article%20%23Show%20data%20in%20this%20order%0A%7B%0A%09%3FWikidata_item_%20wdt%3AP1014%20%3Fvalue%20.%20%23Collecting%20all%20items%20which%20have%20P1014%20data%2C%20from%20whole%20Wikidata%20item%20pages%0A%09OPTIONAL%20%7B%3FEnglish_Wikipedia_article%20schema%3Aabout%20%3FWikidata_item_%3B%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2F%3E%20.%7D%20%23If%20collected%20item%20has%20link%20to%20English%20Wikipedia%2C%20show%20that%0A%09SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%20%7D%20%23Show%20label%20in%20this%20language.%20%22en%22%20is%20English.%20%20%20%0A%7D%0ALIMIT%201000">uses</a></span>)</li></ul></div></div> </div> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Frame"><a href="/wiki/File:Sample_AAT_term.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7c/Sample_AAT_term.jpg" decoding="async" width="355" height="281" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="355" data-file-height="281" /></a><figcaption>Sample AAT Record</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Art_%26_Architecture_Thesaurus&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Categories_for_the_Description_of_Works_of_Art" title="Categories for the Description of Works of Art">Categories for the Description of Works of Art</a> (CDWA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cultural_Objects_Name_Authority" title="Cultural Objects Name Authority">Cultural Objects Name Authority</a> (CONA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Getty_Thesaurus_of_Geographic_Names" title="Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names">Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names</a> (TGN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Getty_Vocabulary_Program" title="Getty Vocabulary Program">Getty Vocabulary Program</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_List_of_Artist_Names" title="Union List of Artist Names">Union List of Artist Names</a> (ULAN)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Art_%26_Architecture_Thesaurus&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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