FYI - RE: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

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From:
Patricia Harpring
Senior Editor
Getty Information Institute
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Introducing the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


The Getty Information Institute released the latest vocabulary tool, the
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names=99 (TGN), in December 1997. Described
as "an important and promising start in efforts to create a unified
source for geographic name information around the globe" Miller, Paul.
(1997). "Where are we going and how do we get there? Geographic
information and museums". Archives and Museum Informatics. 11: 181-190.=20
the TGN is intended to be a source of geographic names for documenting
and retrieving cultural heritage information. For example, geographic
names may be used to record the current location of an art object, its
place of origin and the sites of an artist's birth, activity and death.
The TGN is the product of eight years of research and is based on data
provided by several Getty projects. The nearly 900,000 places in the TGN
are arranged in a hierarchical structure representing all nations of the
modern world. This hierarchy is arranged from broader to narrower
context (e.g., continents, nations, states, provinces, cities etc.). The
TGN provides vernacular and English names of places, variant names in
other languages, and whenever possible, historical names. The record for
a place may also contain geographical coordinates, dates, and notes.
The TGN is available in three formats: on the Web, as tagged ASCII
files, and in relational tables. The Web version is available at
http://www.gii.getty.edu/tgn_browser. The relational tables and tagged
ASCII files may be licensed.=20
The TGN will be expanded with the addition of new names and historical
places. While we continue to collaborate with various Getty
contributors, the growth of the TGN depends on our forming partnerships
with other institutions interested in contributing their expertise to
the development of the resource. If you are interested in becoming a
contributor to the TGN, please contact the Getty Information Institute's
Vocabulary Program at (310) 440 6353 or send e-mail to
pharpring at getty.edu. Comments and questions about the TGN may be sent to
tgn at getty.edu. The Vocabulary Program also plans to host several
training sessions on the TGN. If you are interested in training, please
e-mail vocab at getty.edu.



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