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Vokabular: Dictionary of Materialities

Thesaurus of materials and production techniques of cultural objects in Spanish.

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Basic information

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(P34)?Naming:	Dictionary of Materialities
(P1266)?Abbreviation:	—
(P724)?Digest:	As part of our cultural heritage, the vocabulary describes a range of materials and techniques that are relevant for the description of cultural artefacts in museums. This thesaurus is part of a larger project to compile and systematise terminologies related to the materiality of cultural objects. These document technical developments, craftsmanship, social meanings and symbols of the identity of communities. It is intended to serve as a knowledge source for cataloguing and as a tool for the terminological standardisation of cultural objects. The vocabulary refers in part to the Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus.
(P887)?URL:	https://tesauros.cultura.gob.es/tesauros/materias.html
(P121)?Genre classification:	Thesaurus
(P15)?Medientyp:	Online resource
(P608)?Field of knowledge:	Handicraft, Museum, Work, durable good, economic history, materials science
(P936)?Object types:	Material, source, cultural property, durable good, function, texturizing
(P984)?Object type properties:	Colour, Material, Structure, gestalt, physical surface, source, technique

Number of integrated items

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(P613)?Number of integrated items:	1.766 Standard designation(s)

Contact

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(P845)?Creator:	Ministry of Culture of Spain, Stefanos K. Kroustallis
(P518)?Technically realized by:	Ministry of Culture of Spain
(P206)?Publisher:	Ministry of Culture of Spain
(P153)?Postal address:	Plaza del Rey 1 | 28004 Madrid | Spanien
(P722)?Email address:	mailto:tesauros.museos@cultura.gob.es

Methodology

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(P280)?Variant:	Connection to authority control data, Identification and matching
(P575)?Design features:	List of terms with detailed definitions and rules
(P902)?Methodology:	Based on current technical terms (Applies (overall)), Technical terms have a date (Applies (overall)), The technical terms are referenced (Applies (overall)), The technical terms have a theoretical concept (Applies (overall)), The technical terms have georeferencing (Applies to about half)
(P15)?Media type:	Online resource
(P1000)?Organisational structure:	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:	4
(P900)?Completeness:	—

Version

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(P18)?Language:	Spanish
(P1152)?Date of first publication:	—
(P222)?Date of publication:	2025
(P939)?Versioning:	The work is available in individually designated versions

Cross concordances

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(P898)?External matching:	Getty: Art & Architecture Thesaurus - Grad: Applies to a small proportion - Sprache: English
(P573)?Target group:	Archive, Library, Museum, Research project, Researcher

Documentation

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(P382)?Specifications:	—
(P978)?External tutorial:	Does not exist, is not present
(P180)?License:	Copyright protection - Use for educational purposes permitted 1.0

Provision of data

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(P940)?Technology:	RDF | Resource Description Framework, SPARQL, Skosmos
(P125)?Status of possesio:	Complete download possible
(P15)?Media type:	Online resource
(P937)?Referencing method:	URI based identifier(s)
(P903)?Data format:	HTML, JSON, JSON-LD, N-Triples, RDF | Resource Description Framework, SKOS | Simple Knowledge Organization System
(P923)?API endpoint URL:	https://tesauros.cultura.gob.es/tesauros/linked-open-data
(P941)?SPARQL endpoint URL:	https://tesauros.cultura.gob.es/tesauros/sparql
(P995)?Services offered:	—
(P950)?Cite as:	Stefanos K. Kroustallis: Diccionario de Materias, in: Ministerio de Cultura (Hg.): Tesauros-Diccionarios del patrimonio cultural de España, Madrid 2025, URL: https://tesauros.cultura.gob.es/tesauros/materias.html

Dataset editing

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(P1302)?Dataset editing:	Katrin Moeller