Microsoft PowerPoint - aat_in_depth.pptx

5/4/2019

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Introduction to the AAT

revised May 2019 For educational purposes

zebra

:

SN: Any of four species of striking black-and-white-striped mammals of the horse family Equidae and genus Equus



AAT

is

not

duplicating

a

scientific

taxonomy,

but

creating

tool

for

art

cataloging



Here

and

in

other

areas,

the

AAT

provides

options

where

precise

species,

specific

type

of

chemical,

etc.

is

unknown



“common

term”

may

have

no

“scientific

term”

counterpart



AAT

includes

a

term

or

level

in

the

otherwise

scientific

taxonomy



E.g.,

common

term

zebras

is

non

‐preferred

parent

for

species

Patricia Harpring © 2019 J. Paul Getty Trust. For educational purposes only. Do not distribute.

Note the qualifiers in parentheses; rules for qualifiers here are specif

ic to this subfacet