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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Do not make a compound term composed of a noun phrase plus an adjective that designates material, style, culture, attribute, or technique

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Doing so would mean that th

ese adjectives would recur

in infinite combinations throughout the AAT

[examples of phrases NOT allowed as compound terms in AAT]Gothic + churchesGothic + paintingGothic + sculpture

stone + wallsstone + churchesstone + steps

These terms should be created locally or at the indexing stage of cataloging, NOT in the thesaurus

Compound Terms

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