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Introduction to the AAT

revised May 2019 For educational purposes

Record Type

Type

designation that characterizes the AAT record

Record types include the following:

RECORD TYPE

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Concept:

Refers to records in the AAT that represent concepts, which include the majority

of terms in the AAT: types of

objects and architecture (e.g.,

amphora, cathedral

), materials

(bronze, stained glass

), styles and periods (e.g.,

Neolithic, Baroque

), types of people (e.g.,

painters, sculptors

), activities (e.g.,

museology, printmaking

), physical attributes (e.g.,

inlays,

crazing

), and associated concepts (e.g.,

verism, sprezzatura

); records for concepts include

the terms, a note, and bibliography. *

= main concern of contributors

of new terms and translators

• 
  

Node Labels:

Guide terms

are not used for indexing or cataloging. In displays, they

should be enclosed in angled brackets (e.g.,

<planographic printing processes>

). We are in

the process of transforming many GTs to

node labels

, which are clearer labels of

characteristic divisions (e.g.,

<photographs by form>

; guide terms are being transformed to

concepts, where possible

• 
  

Subfacet:

In AAT called

hierarchies

, the

subfacet

is a level directly under the facet level

(e.g.,

Processes and Techniques

). The subfacet name is not used for indexing or cataloging

• 
  

Facet:

Refers to the top of a facet, which is one of the major divisions of the AAT (e.g.,

Activities Facet

). It is not used for indexing or cataloging