5/4/2019
copyright J.Paul Getty TrustIntroduction to the AATrevised May 2019 For educational purposesWhat is a scope note?
- A scope note is a free text field that describes both the
meaning of the concept and how the terms representing the concept should be used within the context of the AAT
- It may expand upon information indexed in other fields, such
as associative relationships.
- A scope note differs from a definition in a dictionary or
glossary in that, rather than providing all the possible meanings for a word, it identifies a single concept and explains its particular meaning.
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