Microsoft PowerPoint - aat_in_depth.pptx

5/4/2019

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Introduction to the AAT

revised May 2019 For educational purposes

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Only bound compound terms are included in the AAT

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Multiword or

compound terms

must be capable of

being arranged in a genus-species relationship within the existing AAT hierarchies

[examples of valid single and multiword terms in the AAT]

domeswatercolor onion domeflying buttresses

Compound Terms

stained glassHigh Gothicart historiansFelis domesticus

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Each term must represent a single concept or unit of thought

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A compound term typically has a focus word and one or more modifiers

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