Getty Thesaurus of Geographical Names

Submitted by Barbara Gilles on Tue, 2010-04-27 10:30

“Contains around 900,000 records, including 1.2 million names, place types, coordinates, and descriptive notes. TGN focuses on places important for the study of art and architecture, including current and historical nations, cities, archaeological sites, and physical features.”

General information
Vocabulary alternative name or acronym: 

TGN

Vocabulary type: 
Thesaurus
Author or Editor: 
Patricia Harpring, Managing Editor, Getty Vocabulary Program
Update frequency: 
“The information is constantly updated in the Getty Vocabulary Program's production databases. The updated data is published on the Web at the beginning of each month.”
Available formats: 
XML UTF-8 and relational tables
Vocabulary URL: 

http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/

Vocabulary Sample URL: 

http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/

Was vocabulary created as a course project: 
No
Scope and Usage
Languages: 

Multiple; primarily English

Major subjects covered: 

Art; architecture

Purpose: 
“The ... Getty vocabularies are intended to provide terminology and other information about the objects, artists, concepts, and places important to various disciplines that specialize in art, architecture and material culture.”
Used By: 

“The primary users of the Getty vocabularies include museums, art libraries, archives, visual resource collection catalogers, bibliographic projects concerned with art, researchers in art and art history, and the information specialists who are dealing with the needs of these users. In addition, a significant number of users of the Getty vocabularies are students or members of the general public.”

Related vocabularies: 

Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT)

Vocabulary characteristics
Type of display : 
Hierarchy
Full term records
Description of overall structure: 

“The TGN is a hierarchical database; its trees branch from a root called Top of the TGN hierarchies (Subject_ID: 1000000). Currently there are two TGN facets, World and Extraterrestrial Places. Under the facet World, places are arranged in hierarchies generally representing the current political and physical world, although some historical nations and empires are also included. There may be multiple broader contexts, making the TGN polyhierarchical.”

Type of terms: 

“The TGN includes names and associated information about places. Places in TGN include administrative political entities (e.g., cities, nations) and physical features (e.g., mountains, rivers). Current and historical places are included.“

Relationship types: 
Equivalence (Primary/variant terms or Preferred/non-preferred)
Hierarchical (Broader/narrower terms)
Associative (Related terms)
Terms and Conditions
Availability: 
“The Getty vocabularies are made available via the Web to support limited research and cataloging efforts only. Licensing is required for more extensive use of these tools.” Also available as part of a collection management system or other information system from one of the following vendors: Adlib Information Systems, Cuadra Associates, Gallery Systems, KE Software/KE EMu, Luna Imaging, Questor Systems, Vernon Systems, Willoughby Associates, or WebChoir."
Licensing Options: 

"Companies and institutions interested in regular or extensive use of the Getty vocabularies should explore licensing options by sending an email to vocab@getty.edu."

Import/download instructions : 

At http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/download.html

Provider
Vocabulary provider name: 
The Getty Vocabulary Program, The J. Paul Getty Trust
Provider URL: 

http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/

Provider contact details: 

vocab@getty.edu

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