Issues in linking

a controlled vocabulary

of MG cultural heritage terms

with the Art and Architecture

Thesaurus (AAT)

Stella Markantonatou I stitute for La guage a d “pee h Pro essi g/‘.C. Athe a

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 t a slated as sil e a e

– D“MG. αση ι ά : A set of sil er o je ts; – LEX . αση ι ά : Ute sils or de orati e o je ts ade of sil er

asimika : !even silver plated !

Δε εί αι α ά η ο για ... ε α γυ ω έ α αση ικά ...

it is ot suita le for…sli er plated asimika…

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ασημικά: utensils or decorative objects made of silver or silver plated metal

ασημικά is all these a d e e o e…

AAT:

• Silverwork: Visual works or portions of works fashioned in silver, especially fine, decorative work.

• Silverware: Articles made of silver, especially tableware of 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 γ α ικά (yalika)

γ α ικά is ofte t a slated as glass a e

– D“MG. γ α ικά : household e uip e t ade of glass (glasses, dishes etc);

– LEX . γ α ικά : cooki g ute sils ade of glass

AAT. glass are : as Visual orks ade of glass. Examples are tableware of glass used in serving food a d dri k. ith stai ed i do s 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

γυα ά

............................ 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 χα κώμα α in the AAT

How is χα ώ α α different from

αση ι ά, γ α ι ά?

Χα ώ α α 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

…………έχα α α

When Greek lacks concepts/terms:

the case of bakeware subterms

bakeware ε η φο ρ ου

baking dishes ε α ε ε η φο ου

casseroles (baking dishes) ε α ε γ α

pie plates α α

ramekins α α

soufflé dishes φ α γ α ουφ

terrines (baking dishes) φ α, ε ο γ α ε α, ε α

baking pans φ α, α

bread pans φ α γ α

cake pans φ α γ α

cookie sheets α α α

muffin pans φ α γ α φ

patty pans φο α

dripping pans ---

When Greek lacks concepts/terms:

the case of cook a e subterms

cookware

α αρο ά

Dutch ovens (cookware)

α α α (ς)

poachers α α α (ς) ΑΑΤ. Any container with a tight-fitting lid

used to poach food

egg poachers

fish kettles

saucepans

α α α, α α ο ,

ο α (dialectic, of

copper)

ΑΑΤ. Flat-bottomed, metal pans with a

long, straight handle and a cover

intended primarily for cooking.

steamers (cookware) α α α α ο AAT. Cooking vessels with a perforated

insert to hold food to be steamed.

stockpots εγ η α α α,

α AAT. Large pots in which stock for soup

or sauce is made or kept.

Documenting an ethnographic museum

After ‘chalcomata’ was inserted in the AAT hierarchy

ο α ί, ο

baking pan made of copper

α β , ο

small cauldron made of copper

ο α , ο β , ο cauldron made of copper

α α α ( α ο ),

ο α ( ), ο saucepan made of copper

α, ( ), ο,

( ), ο stockpot made of copper

Ε χαρισ ώ

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