Greetings from the Getty Vocabulary Program. We hope you are all well. We are well, working from home.

In February, we hosted a very successful International Terminology Working Group (ITWG) meeting at the Getty. The primary focus was contributions to the Getty Vocabularies, and several new projects were discussed. See the presentations here: https://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/training.html#itwg

See our most recent training topics for using OpenRefine to wrangle your data and to employ the Reconciliation Service using the Getty Vocabularies. Experienced users of the tool may reconcile their data when in OpenRefine with the URL: http://services.getty.edu/vocab/reconcile/ . See beginning and advanced tips in the Turorial document: https://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/obtain/getty_vocabularies_openrefine_tutorial.pdf

This most recent report of new records, https://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/guidelines/aat_monthly_new_recs.pdf , covers two quarters, January through June 2020. Our primary activities have included pre-processing data files for future loads, using OpenRefine, and editorially processing data loaded in past quarters. Other work at the Getty included Getty Digital updating the Vocabularies’ data releases and advancing the use of the Vocabularies in various Getty projects.

For all edits, including addition of names and other information to existing records, see the Revision History in the data releases, available through the Getty web services http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/vocab_web_services.pdf

Examples of new records in AAT:

300438425 | stomp dances | <Native American dances>, dances (performing arts compositions), ... Objects Facet

300438465 | Feather Religion | Native North American religions, religions (belief systems, cultures), ... Associated Concepts Facet

300438432 | progress proofs | proofs (prints by function), <prints by function>, ... Objects Facet

300438552 | dhyana | Buddhist doctrinal concepts, doctrinal concepts, ... Associated Concepts Facet

300438567 | edge markings | <marks by location or context>, marks (identifying markings), ... Objects Facet

300438568 | su-chus | malas, prayer beads, ... Objects Facet 300438571 | Buddhist begging bowls | begging bowls, bowls (vessels), ... Objects Facet

300438482 | performance rights | intellectual property, property (legal concept), ... Associated Concepts Facet

300438508 | macro x-ray fluorescence | spectroscopy, analysis and testing techniques, ... Activities Facet

300438597 | copy artists | <artists by medium or work type>, artists (visual artists), ... Agents Facet

300438636 | Vendémiaire | <months for the French Republican calendar>, months, ... Physical Attributes Facet

300438649 | bag tables | sewing tables, handiwork tables, ... Objects Facet

300438686 | tabula (board game) | tables (board games), board games (activities), ... Activities Facet

300438687 | Byzantine Greek (transliterated) (Latin) | <Greek in transliteration>, Greek (language), ... Associated Concepts Facet

300438698 | acerras (incense boxes) | ceremonial containers, <containers by function or context>, ... Objects Facet

300438699 | acerras (altars) | altars (religious fixtures), <altars and altar components>, ... Objects Facet

300438711 | conquistadors | soldiers, <people in military occupations>, ... Agents Facet
300438712 | Toxcatl | festivals, celebrations, ... Activities Facet

Examples of new records in TGN:

8713108 | Meidum (archaeological site) | Banī Suwayf, Egypt, ... World

8713109 | Samshvilde (deserted settlement) | Kvemo Kartli, Georgia, ... World

8713171 | Milecastle 5 (ancient site) | Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, ... World
8713172 | Suhu (former nation/state/empire) | Asia, World

8713150 | Tell Baqqaq (deserted settlement) | Nīnawá, Iraq, ... World

8713151 | Saucillo, El (inhabited place) | Hidalgo, Mexico, ... World

8713148 | Palace of the Dux (deserted settlement) | Al Jabal al Akhḑar, Libya, ... World

8713131 | Lyktos (archaeological site) | Iráklion, Crete, ... World

8713128 | Shikmona, Tel (deserted settlement) | Haifa, Israel, ... World

8713129 | Karamağara Köprüsü (Ancient Roman) | Elazığ, Turkey, ... World

8713126 | Adro Vello (ruins) | Pontevedra, Galicia, ... World

8713192 | Cilicius Aulon (passage) | <Oceans>, World

8713193 | Seebarn (inhabited place) | Niederösterreich, Austria, ... World

8713803 | Obersiebenbrunn (inhabited place) | Niederösterreich, Austria, ... World

8713804 | Litíč (inhabited place) | Královéhradecký Kraj, Czech Republic, ... World

8713827 | Fluentia (area) | Florence, Firenze, ... World

8713828 | Tetamazolco (lost area) | Mexico City, Distrito Federal, ... World

Examples of new records in ULAN:

500490089 | Pinã Mora, Aarón (Mexican muralist, 1914-2009) | Persons, Artists

500490090 | Garduno, Alberto (Mexican painter, graphic artist, and printmaker, 1885-1948) | Persons, Artists

500490092 | Naha City Museum of History (Japanese repository, established 2006) | Corporate Bodies
500490082 | Tecumseh (Shawnee chief and orator, 1768-1813) | Non-Artists

500490102 | Dumont, Nicolas (Parisian harpsichord maker, active 1675-1707 in Paris, France) | Persons, Artists

500490103 | Ctein (American photographer, printer, and author, contemporary) | Persons, Artists

500490110 | Tzortzis (Cretan iconographer and church painter, active mid-16th century) | Persons, Artists

500490111 | Unobadula (Zulu woodcarver, active 19th century, active in Natal province, South Africa.) | Persons, Artists

500490122 | Kamāl al-Mulk (Iranian court painter, 1848-1940) | Persons, Artists

500489988 | Guan Yu (Chinese general, 160-220) | Non-Artists

500490133 | Alvarado, Pedro de (Spanish conquistador, 1485-1541) | Non-Artists

500490134 | Blake & Edgar (English photography firm, active 1871-1912) | Corporate Bodies

500489970 | Barredo, Gabriel (Filipino sculptor and installation artist, 1957-2020) | Persons, Artists

500489971 | Phase 2 (American aerosol artist and performing artist, 1955-2019) | Persons, Artists

Examples of new records in CONA:

700009685 | Totocalco (storehouse) | storehouse; unknown Aztec; under Montezuma II; 15th century; Mexico City (Distrito Federal, M$00exico, North and Central ...

700009686 | Totocalco (aviary) | aviary; unknown Aztec; under Montezuma II; 15th century; Mexico City (Distrito Federal, M$00exico, North and Central ...

Examples of new records in IA:

http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002164 Ishkur (Sumerian deity)

http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002165 Shala (Mesopotamian deity)

http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002166 Nanna (Sumerian deity)

http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002167 Sin (Akkadian deity)

http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002175 Saints Peter and John Healing the Lame Man (Christian iconography)

http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002177 Ten Commandments (Judeo-Christian laws)

http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002178 Othello (play, Shakespeare, published 1622)

http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002179 Othello (literary character, Shakespeare, Othello)

http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002185 Aeaea (Greco-Roman legendary island)

http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002195 Discovery of Erichthonius (Greek narrative)

http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002196 Erichthonius (Athenian legendary king)

http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002197 Sleeping Beauty (fairy tale, various authors, first known 1330)

http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002210 Chahk (Maya deity)

http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002212 Witz (Maya legendary mountain)

http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002232 Beauty (allegorical character)

http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002237 Uncle Sam (American theme)

http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002238 Renewal of Life (allegorical theme)

http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002239 Akṣobhya (Buddhist deity)

http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002247 Horns of Buddha (Buddhist theme)

http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002248 Buddha's footprint (Buddhist theme)

http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002258 Amaterasu (Shinto deity)

http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002259 Benzaiten (Japanese deity)

http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002291 Potlatch Ban (Canadian history, 1883-1951)

http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002293 Yakama War (American history, 1855-1858)

http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002295 Occupation of Alcatraz (American history, 1969-1971)