5/4/2019
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Introduction to the AAT
revised May 2019 For educational purposes
BTG
=
Genus/Species
(generic)
AAT
hierarchical
relationships
are
usually
BTG
(
bronze
is
a
type
of
metal
)
BTP
=
Part/Whole
(partitive)
TGN
relationships
are
usually
part/whole
(
Tuscany
is
part
of
Italy
)
BTI
=
Instance
used
seldom
or
never
in
AAT
and
TGN,
may
be
used
in
ULAN:
a^
child
is
an
example
of
the
parent,
often
used
with
proper
names
arrayed
under
a
generic
terms
For
the
parent
Persons,
Artists,
Picasso
is
an
example
of
If
in
some
Vocabulary
or
implementation
(such
as
in
Gallery
Systems’
implementation
of
TGN),
for
the
parent
rivers
,^ Nile
is
an
example
of the
parent
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Hierarchical Relationships