Thesaurus dependencies

Introduction

Dédalo use different models for specific heritage field. For example, if you want create a tangible catalog of archeological collection, you will need to implement the tch (tangible cultural heritage) ontology model or tld, if you want work with numismatics heritage you will need to implement numisdata or if you want create a interviews archive you will need to implement oh tld, etc.

All this ontology definitions get data, use, thesaurus, therefore the ontology model has dependencies of some specific thesaurus.

Why thesaurus are not directly use the main tld?

The quick answer is that thesaurus can be shared between disciplines.

The longer answer is that if you use the the same tld for the thesaurus when you implement the tld you are implemented the full definition with all sections and fields that maybe you don't want to use.

For example; you want to implement tch model and it use the thesaurus material, seems that this material thesaurus definition should be defined with a tch tld instead his own tld, in this way the material thesaurus will implemented at same time that tch implementation. But material is also used by numismatic model numisdata, if the thesaurus use the tch tld when you implement the thesaurus you will implement full tch model that you don't want.

Besides a thesaurus can be shared between projects and installations, so is necessary a specific tld.

Dependencies

The next table show the dependencies between main catalog tld and thesaurus tld.

Thesaurus name	Typology	tld	tch	tchi	ich	numisdata	oh	isad	dmm
Chronology	Thematic	dc	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Culture	Thematic	culture	√	√	√	√	x	x	x
Deposition type	Thematic	depositiontype	x	x	x	√	x	x	x
Enrollment Position	Thematic	pieces	√	x	x	x	x	x	x
Iconography	Thematic	icon	√	√	√	√	x	x	x
Immovable property	Thematic	tchi	√	√	√	√	x	x	x
Material	Thematic	material	√	√	√	√	x	x	x
Onomastic	Thematic	on	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Technique	Thematic	technique	√	√	√	√	x	x	x
Thematic	Thematic	ts	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Object	Typology	object	√	√	√	√	x	x	x
Flora	Typology	flora	√	√	√	√	x	x	x
Fauna	Typology	fauna	√	√	√	√	x	x	x
ISAD(g)	Catalog	isad	x	x	x	x	x	√	x
Location	Ubications	ubication	√	√	x	√	x	x	x
Historical toponymy	Toponymy	htoponymy	√	√	x	√	*	*	*
Cause of uncertainty	Semantics	uncertainty	x	x	x	√	x	x	x
Job roles	Semantics	rolejob	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Position roles	Semantics	rolepos	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Semantic	Semantics	ds	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
User roles	Semantics	roleusr	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Special	Special	special	x	x	x	x	√	x	x
Analysis	Laboratory | Restoration	labanalysis	√	√	x	x	x	x	x
Cause	Laboratory | Restoration	rescause	√	√	x	x	x	x	x
Job material	Laboratory | Restoration	resmaterial	√	√	x	x	x	x	x
Pathology	Laboratory | Restoration	respathology	√	√	x	x	x	x	x
Treatment	Laboratory | Restoration	restreatment	√	√	x	x	x	x	x
Countermarks	Epigraphy	sccmk	x	x	x	√	x	x	x
Greek	Epigraphy	scell	x	x	x	√	x	x	x
Latin	Epigraphy	sclat	x	x	x	√	x	x	x
Northern Paleohispanic	Epigraphy	scxibo	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Punic	Epigraphy	scxpu	x	x	x	√	x	x	x
Southern Paleohispanic	Epigraphy	scxibm	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Southwest Paleohispanic	Epigraphy	sctxr	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Symbol	Epigraphy	scsym	x	x	x	√	x	x	x
Web sites	Websites	ww	x	x	x	x	x	x	x

• √ The thesaurus is used and called directly
• X The thesaurus is not used directly
• * The thesaurus may or may not be used, depending on the project. The thesaurus is called by the components through their typology.

The above table shows required dependencies for the main tlds, but it is possible to implement more thesaurus than those required, for example, if you want to work with epigraphic legends in amphorae with Greek thesaurus when you are working with the tch catalogue, you can implement it.

How implement?

Thesaurus is a flexible and extensible system. Main definitions with tld and ontology creation is managed and controlled by the Hierarchies section hierarchy1. You can add new registers and create new thesaurus to be used in specific way.

Some thesaurus are common as languages and they are implemented by default in the installation process. Some of them are common but you need to specify if you want implement it or not, as toponymy (official toponymy), some installation will work with Spanish toponymy some with France or Japan or a mix of any of the 147 countries than Dédalo has implemented, this thesaurus can be implemented in the install process or in the maintenance panel at any time.