Object Names Thesaurus und Materials Thesaurus des British Museum
1980 begann das British Museum seine Terminologie zur Verschlagwortung zu strukturieren und erarbeitete einen Thesaurus für Objekte und einen Thesaurus für Materialien. Der Object Names Thesaurus besteht aus 33 Hauptgruppen und der Materials Thesaurus gliedert sich in organische, anorganische und Werkstoffe.
- agricultural/subsistence
- animal equipment
- animal/vegetal remains
- architecture
- arms/armour
- artefact
- childcare equipment
- communications equipment
- component
- container
- costume
- culinary equipment
- currency
- fire/fire-lighting equipment
- food product
- furniture/furnishings
- games/sporting equipment
- instrument
- lighting equipment
- performance arts
- personal ornament
- production/replication
- religious/ritual equipment
- sample
- science/medicine
- sculpture
- social control equipment
- stimulant/narcotic equipment
- textile
- toilet/cosmetic equipment
- transport/carrier
- visual representation
