BM Object names Thesaurus

category
objects
techniques
materials
alternative labels included
no scope notes
hierarchies included
structured data
encoding - scripting
URI production
concept matching
estimated number of terms or concepts
6000

The thesaurus reflects the nature of the British Museum collections, and was originally set up as an internal reference tool. Some areas of terminology may be more specific than others, depending on the level of documentation available, or the size of particular collections.