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Vokabular: Getty: Thesaurus of Geographic Names

Thesaurus published by the Getty Research Institute, which describes location data in its historical dimension and records it worldwide. The focus is on American location data.

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Basic information

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(P34)?Naming:	Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
(P1266)?Abbreviation:	—
(P724)?Digest:	—
(P887)?URL:	https://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/tgn/index.html
(P121)?Genre classification:	Thesaurus
(P15)?Medientyp:	Online resource
(P608)?Field of knowledge:	Geography, History of art, historical geography, place name origins
(P936)?Object types:	oeconym
(P984)?Object type properties:	Geographic coordinates, Timespan, Type of locality, administrative territorial entity, oeconym

Number of integrated items

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(P613)?Number of integrated items:	5.316.461 Word/spelling variant(s), 3.013.158 Standard designation(s)

Contact

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(P845)?Creator:	Smithsonian American Art Museum
(P518)?Technically realized by:	J. Paul Getty Trust
(P206)?Publisher:	—
(P153)?Postal address:	Getty Center Dr 1200 | CA 90049 Los Angeles | USA
(P722)?Email address:	mailto:vocab@getty.edu

Methodology

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(P280)?Variant:	Standardization
(P575)?Design features:	Standardized vocabulary with rules that can only be changed by an authorized committee
(P902)?Methodology:	Based on current technical terms (Applies to the majority), Based on source terms (Applies to about half), Technical terms have a date (Applies to the majority), The source terms have georeferences (Applies to about half), The technical terms have georeferencing (Applies to the majority)
(P15)?Media type:	Online resource
(P1000)?Organisational structure:	Changes can only be made by professional administrators
(P999)?Sustainability:	The project is supported by a larger community in the medium term
(P942)?Number of hierarchy levels:	2
(P900)?Completeness:	—

Version

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(P18)?Language:	English
(P1152)?Date of first publication:	1997
(P222)?Date of publication:	—
(P939)?Versioning:	The work is available in individually designated versions

Cross concordances

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(P898)?External matching:	—
(P573)?Target group:	Archive, Citizen Science, Library, Museum, Research project, Researcher

Documentation

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(P382)?Specifications:	—
(P978)?External tutorial:	Exists, has been produced - URL: https://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/tgn/about.html
(P180)?License:	—

Provision of data

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(P940)?Technology:	JSON
(P125)?Status of possesio:	Complete download possible
(P15)?Media type:	Online resource
(P937)?Referencing method:	Persistent identifier(s)
(P903)?Data format:	JSON, N-Triples, RDF | Resource Description Framework
(P923)?API endpoint URL:	https://data.getty.edu/, https://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/obtain/openrefine.html
(P941)?SPARQL endpoint URL:	https://vocab.getty.edu/sparql
(P995)?Services offered:	—
(P950)?Cite as:	—

Dataset editing

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(P1302)?Dataset editing:	Julian Freytag