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copyright J.Paul Getty TrustIntroduction to the AATrevised May 2019 For educational purposesA word or phrase denoting a discrete concept in the context of a particular subject
Must be used consistently in
multiple sources to always
refer to exactly the same concept
A
term
is not the same thing as a
heading
, which may
concatenate multiple discrete concepts together in a stringSkyscrapers--Australia--Perth--1940-1960
AAT terms may be combined to create headings where necessary for local use, but AAT terms are discrete concepts
WHAT IS A TERM IN AAT
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