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Getty Thesaurus of Geographical Names

Tue, 2010-04-27 10:30 — Anonymous (not verified)

“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: 
thes
Available formats: 
XML UTF-8 and relational tables
Vocabulary Sample URL: 

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

Was vocabulary created as a course project: 
0
Scope and Usage
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.”

Vocabulary characteristics
Type of display : 
hier
full
Relationship types: 
eq_pri_eq
hier_bn
rel_t
Terms and Conditions
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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