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Vokabular: Getty: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Hierarchically structured, polyhierarchical and multilingual thesaurus published by the Getty Research Institute for object indexing of art and cultural history collections.

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Basic information

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(P34)?Naming:	Getty: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
(P1266)?Abbreviation:	AAT
(P724)?Digest:	The Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) is a controlled vocabulary used for describing items of art, architecture, and material culture. The AAT contains generic terms, such as "cathedral", but no proper names, such as "Cathedral of Notre Dame." The AAT is used by, among others, museums, art libraries, archives, catalogers, and researchers in art and art history. The AAT is a thesaurus in compliance with ISO and NISO standards including ISO 2788, ISO 25964 and ANSI/NISO Z39.19.
(P887)?URL:	https://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/aat/
(P121)?Genre classification:	Thesaurus
(P15)?Medientyp:	Online resource, Electronic publication
(P608)?Field of knowledge:	Cultural history, History of art, durable good, history of architecture, material culture
(P936)?Object types:	Social role, Material, Theme, Culture, technique, work, Style
(P984)?Object type properties:	definition

Number of integrated items

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(P613)?Number of integrated items:	150.000 Standard designation(s)

Contact

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(P845)?Creator:	Getty Research Institute
(P518)?Technically realized by:	Getty Research Institute
(P206)?Publisher:	—
(P153)?Postal address:	1200 Getty Center Drive | 90049 Los Angeles | USA
(P722)?Email address:	mailto:AAT@getty.edu

Methodology

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(P280)?Variant:	Connection to authority control data, Data curation, Qualitative analysis, 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 a small proportion), The source terms have references (Applies (overall)), The technical terms are referenced (Applies (overall)), The technical terms have a theoretical concept (Applies to a small proportion)
(P15)?Media type:	Online resource, Electronic publication
(P1000)?Organisational structure:	Changes can only be made by professional administrators, Changes can only be made by trained staff
(P999)?Sustainability:	The project is long-term, permanently supported by an organization
(P942)?Number of hierarchy levels:	8
(P900)?Completeness:	—

Version

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(P18)?Language:	Chinese, Dutch, English, German, Spanish
(P1152)?Date of first publication:	1978
(P222)?Date of publication:	2025
(P939)?Versioning:	No versioning

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:	Exists, has been produced - URL: https://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/aat/about.html
(P978)?External tutorial:	Exists, has been produced - URL: https://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/aat/about.html#info
(P180)?License:	Licence and copyright status unknown

Provision of data

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(P940)?Technology:	CSV
(P125)?Status of possesio:	Complete download possible, Search results partially visible in online interface, Selective download possible
(P15)?Media type:	Online resource, Electronic publication
(P937)?Referencing method:	Persistent identifier(s)
(P903)?Data format:	JSON, N-Triples, RDF | Resource Description Framework
(P923)?API endpoint URL:	https://data.getty.edu/
(P941)?SPARQL endpoint URL:	https://vocab.getty.edu/sparql
(P995)?Services offered:	Advice - Notiz: Beratung, Advice - Notiz: Schulung
(P950)?Cite as:	J. Paul Getty Trust (Hg.), Thesaurus Kunst & Architektur, 2025.

Dataset editing

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(P1302)?Dataset editing:	Anne Purschwitz