These documents contain information about editorial practice for the Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT)®, the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN)®, the Union List of Artist Names (ULAN)®, and the Cultural Objects Name Authority® (CONA). The guidelines are subject to frequent modification and addition.

Purpose of these guidelines
The editorial guidelines for the AAT, ULAN, and TGN contain rules and guidelines intended for use by the editors of the Getty Vocabulary Program using the in-house editorial system, VCS (Vocabulary Coordination System). Contributors to the Getty Vocabularies and implementers of the licensed vocabulary data may consult these guidelines as well. However, contributors and implementers should keep in mind that they must extrapolate information and guidance appropriate for their own needs and uses.

Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT)

Chapter 1. Table of Contents, Introduction
Chapter 2. General Guidelines
Chapter 3.1. Hierarchical Relationships
Chapter 3.2. Identifying Numbers, Status Flags, and Subject Sources
Chapter 3.3. Terms
Chapter 3.4. Scope Note
Chapter 3.5. Associative Relationships
Chapter 3.8. Administrative Flags, Notes, and Revision History
Chapter 4.1. Appendix A: Diacritics
Chapter 4.2. Appendix B: Dates
Chapter 4.3. Appendix C: Sources
Chapter 4.4. Appendix D: Contributors
Chapter 4.5. Appendix E: Languages
Chapter 5.0. Addendum Z: Data Dictionary
Chapter 5.1. SQL Queries for the Vocabularies
Chapter 6.0. AAT Bibliography

Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN)

Chapter 1. Table of Contents, Introduction
Chapter 2. General Guidelines
Chapter 3.1. Hierarchical Relationships
Chapter 3.2. Identifying Numbers, Status Flags, and Subject Sources
Chapter 3.3. Names
Chapter 3.4. Descriptive Note
Chapter 3.5. Associative Relationships
Chapter 3.6. Place Types
Chapter 3.7. Coordinates
Chapter 3.8. Adminsitrative Flags, Notes, and Revision History
Chapter 4.1. Appendix A: Diacritics
Chapter 4.2. Appendix B: Dates
Chapter 4.3. Appendix C: Sources
Chapter 4.4. Appendix D: Contributors
Chapter 4.5. Appendix E: Languages
Chapter 4.6. Appendix F: Place Types
Chapter 5.0. Addendum Z: Data Dictionary
Chapter 5.1. SQL Queries for the Vocabularies

Union List of Artist Names (ULAN)

Chapter 1. Table of Contents, Introduction
Chapter 2. General Guidelines
Chapter 3.1. Hierarchical Relationships
Chapter 3.2. Identifying Numbers, Status Flags, and Subject Sources
Chapter 3.3. Names
Chapter 3.4. Descriptive Note
Chapter 3.5. Associative Relationships
Chapter 3.6. Biographical Information
Chapter 3.7. Events
Chapter 3.8. Administrative Flags, Notes, and Revision History
Chapter 4.1. Appendix A: Diacritics
Chapter 4.2. Appendix B: Dates
Chapter 4.3. Appendix C: Sources
Chapter 4.4. Appendix D: Contributors
Chapter 4.5. Appendix E: Languages
Chapter 4.6. Appendix F: Roles
Chapter 4.7. Appendix G: Nationalities and Places
Chapter 5.0. Addendum Z: Data Dictionary
Chapter 5.1. SQL Queries for the Vocabularies

Cultural Objects Name Authority (CONA)

Chapter 1. Table of Contents, Introduction
Chapter 2. General Guidelines
Chapter 3.1. Hierarchical Relationships
Chapter 3.2. Identifying Numbers, Status Flags, and Subject Sources
Chapter 3.3. Titles and Names
Chapter 3.4. Descriptive Note
Chapter 3.5. Associative Relationships
Chapter 3.6.1 Work Type, Creator, Dates, Location
Chapter 3.6.2 Physical Characteristics, Culture, Provenance
Chapter 3.6.3 Depicted Subject, Iconography Authority
Chapter 3.7. Events
Chapter 3.8. Administrative Flags, Notes, and Revision History
Chapter 4.1. Appendix A: Diacritics
Chapter 4.2. Appendix B: Dates
Chapter 4.3. Appendix C: Sources
Chapter 4.4. Appendix D: Contributors
Chapter 4.5. Appendix E: Languages
Chapter 5.0. Addendum Z: Data Dictionary

The Art & Architecture Thesaurus® (AAT), the Union List of Artist Names® (ULAN), the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names® (TGN), and the Cultural Objects Name Authority® (CONA) are copyrighted by the J. Paul Getty Trust. Companies and institutions interested in regular or extensive use of the vocabularies should consider licensing options.




Revised 29 January 2013