5/4/2019
copyright J.Paul Getty TrustIntroduction to the AATrevised May 2019 For educational purposesBackground for Components in AAT: AAT hierarchical relationships should be genus/species
NOT whole/part and not instance (=example of)
The original editorial rule = link components via associative relationships
However, exceptions had been made (inconsistently) for non-preferred hierarchical relationships
Over time, there were more components linked to non-preferred parents than through Associative RelationshipsAAT:
Components hierarchies
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Components Hierarchy