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Issues in linking a controlled vocabulary

• f MG cultural heritage terms

with the Art and Architecture Thesaurus (AAT)

Stella Markantonatou

Istitute for Laguage ad “peeh Proessig/‘.C. Athea Athens, Greece

Abbreviations

– AAT: Art and Architecture Thesaurus/Getty

http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/aat/

– DSMG: Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek

http://www.greek-language.gr/greekLang/modern_greek/ tools/ lexica/triantafyllides/

– LEX: LEXICGRAM http://www.lexigram.gr/ – MG: Modern Greek

MG controlled vocabulary:

• >1200 preferred terms (plus equivalent terms)

denoting objects and materials

• extracted from the documentation of

ethnographic museums and art galleries

Reasons for linking with the AAT:

• The controlled vocabulary was structured into

a thesaurus

• Multilinguality

As expected, it turned out that English and Greek encode somewhat diverging conceptualisations of the world

AAT concept with a narrower scope: the case of EL ασημικά (asimika)

‘ασημικά is ofte taslated as sileae

– D“MG. ασηιά: A set of siler ojets; – LEX . ασηιά: Utesils or deoratie ojets ade of siler asimika: !even silver plated! Δε είαι αάηο για ... εαγυωέα ασηικά ... it is ot suitale for…slier plated asimika… www.enjo.com/html/gr/products/enjo-products/cleaners/_-_-_-500g/view)

ασημικά: utensils or decorative objects made of silver

• r silver plated metal

ασημικά is all these ad ee oe…

AAT:

• Silverwork: Visual works or portions of works fashioned

in silver, especially fine, decorative work.

• Silverware: Articles made of silver, especially tableware
• f silver used in serving and consuming food and drink.
• Holloware: Containers, usually of metal, especially silver,

that are hollow, such as drinking, serving, and display vessels, and that have significant depth, as distinguished from flatware and cutlery.

The AAT hierarchy

Top of the AAT hierarchies .... Objects Facet ........ Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name) ............ Visual Works (hierarchy name) ................ visual works (works) .................... <visual works by material or technique> ........................ metalwork (visual works) metalwork (visual works) ............................ brasswork (visual works) ................................ azzimina ............................ bronzes (visual works) ............................ copperwork (visual works) ............................ cut steel work ............................ goldwork (visual works) ............................ ironwork (visual works) ............................ leadwork ............................ metalware ............................ pewterware ............................ plate (silver or gold tableware) ................................ church plate [N] ….ασημικά ............................ silverware ……..silverware ................................ hollowware [N] ………………holloware ............................ silverwork ……. silverwork ............................ steelwork (visual works) ............................ tinware ............................ wirework

AAT concept with a wider scope: the case of EL γαικά (yalika)

γαικά is ofte taslated as glassae

– D“MG. γαικά: household euipet ade of glass (glasses, dishes etc); – LEX . γαικά: cookig utesils ade of glass

• AAT. glassare: as Visual orks ade of glass.

Examples are tableware of glass used in serving food ad drik. ith staied idos as a narrower term

The AAT hierarchy

Top of the AAT hierarchies .... Objects Facet ........ Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name) ............ Visual Works (hierarchy name) ................ visual works (works) .................... <visual works by material or technique> ........................ glassware γυαά ............................ Anglo-Irish glass ............................ art glass (ornamental visual works) ............................ glass in concrete (visual works) ............................ gold glass (visual works) ............................ holly amber glass ............................ murrhine glass ............................ stained glass (visual works) [N]

Accommodating χακώμαα in the AAT

How is χαώαα different from ασηιά, γαιά? Χαώαα does not seem to have an artistic dimension, therefore function is used as a classificatory trait.

.... Objects Facet ........ Object Genres (hierarchy name) ............ objects ................ man-made objects [N] ................ natural objects [N] ............ object genres (object classifications) ............................................................................................ ................ <object genres by form> ................ <object genres by function> ................ ................decorations (ornaments) ............................................................................................ ................ ware ................ ................cookware …………έχααα

When Greek lacks concepts/terms: the case of bakeware subterms

bakeware εη φορου

baking dishes

εαε εη φοου casseroles (baking dishes) εαε γα pie plates αα ramekins αα soufflé dishes φα γα ουφ terrines (baking dishes) φα, εο γα εα, εα baking pans φα, α bread pans φα γα cake pans φα γα cookie sheets ααα muffin pans φα γα φ patty pans φοα dripping pans

When Greek lacks concepts/terms: the case of cookae subterms

cookware ααροά Dutch ovens (cookware) ααα (ς) poachers ααα (ς) ΑΑΤ. Any container with a tight-fitting lid used to poach food egg poachers fish kettles saucepans ααα, ααο, οα (dialectic, of copper) ΑΑΤ. Flat-bottomed, metal pans with a long, straight handle and a cover intended primarily for cooking. steamers (cookware) ααα αο

• AAT. Cooking vessels with a perforated

insert to hold food to be steamed. stockpots εγη ααα, α

• AAT. Large pots in which stock for soup
• r sauce is made or kept.

Documenting an ethnographic museum

After ‘chalcomata’ was inserted in the AAT hierarchy

ο αί, ο baking pan made of copper αβ, ο small cauldron made of copper ο α,ο β, ο cauldron made of copper

• ααα (

α ο), οα (), ο saucepan made of copper α, (), ο, (), ο stockpot made of copper

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