This thesaurus has been designed to provide a controlled vocabulary for the IMAGO genres, as defined and annotated within the IMAGO ontology (https://imagoarchive.it/ontology). Its primary purpose is to ensure terminological consistency, semantic clarity, and interoperability in the description and indexing of genre-related concepts.
By establishing standardized preferred terms and structured semantic relationships, the thesaurus supports coherent cataloguing, data integration, and advanced information retrieval. It is conceived not only as a reference tool for human users but also as a machine-readable resource aligned with semantic web standards.
A further key objective of this thesaurus is to enable meaningful alignment and linking with external controlled vocabularies, including the Nuovo soggettario, thereby enhancing cross-system interoperability and enriching semantic connections across knowledge organization systems.
The thesaurus organizes IMAGO genre concepts into a structured semantic framework consistent with the IMAGO ontology. Each concept is uniquely identified and embedded within a network of hierarchical and associative relationships.
The thesaurus is represented using ontology modeling practices and semantic web standards to ensure both human readability and machine interpretability.
The IMAGO Genre Thesaurus functions as a semantic extension and controlled vocabulary layer for the IMAGO ontology. It provides authoritative terminology for genre classification while maintaining flexibility for future expansion and refinement.
Each genre concept is assigned:
Special attention has been given to interoperability. Concepts are linked, where possible, to equivalent or closely related entries in the Nuovo soggettario, enabling integration with national and institutional cataloguing systems.
The guiding principles of the thesaurus include:
Overall, this thesaurus supports consistent genre annotation within IMAGO while fostering broader semantic connectivity across cultural heritage and bibliographic knowledge systems.
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IRI: http://www.w3.org/2008/05/skos-xl#altLabel
IRI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/audience
IRI: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#broader
IRI: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#closeMatch
IRI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/conformsTo
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IRI: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#definition
IRI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/description
IRI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/description
IRI: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#editorialNote
IRI: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#example
IRI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/format
IRI: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#hasTopConcept
IRI: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#historyNote
IRI: http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/homepage
IRI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/identifier
IRI: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#inScheme
IRI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/isPartOf
IRI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/issued
IRI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/language
IRI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/license
IRI: http://www.w3.org/2008/05/skos-xl#literalForm
IRI: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#member
IRI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/modified
IRI: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#narrower
IRI: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#notation
IRI: http://prefix.cc/nsogiobsoleteTerm
IRI: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#prefLabel
IRI: http://purl.org/vocab/vann/preferredNamespacePrefix
IRI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/publisher
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IRI: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#scopeNote
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IRI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/title
IRI: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#topConceptOf
IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#wasGeneratedBy
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IRI: http://imagoarchive.it/thes/tid/1000910
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IRI: http://imagoarchive.it/thes/tid/100103
IRI: http://imagoarchive.it/thes/tid/1000909
IRI: http://imagoarchive.it/thes/tid/100012
IRI: http://imagoarchive.it/thes/tid/100011
IRI: http://imagoarchive.it/thes/tid/1000908
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IRI: http://imagoarchive.it/thes/tid/100105
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IRI: http://imagoarchive.it/thes/tid/10006
IRI: http://imagoarchive.it/thes/tid/1000912
IRI: http://imagoarchive.it/thes/tid/1000
IRI: http://imagoarchive.it/thes/tid/
IRI: http://imagoarchive.it/thes/tid/100013
IRI: http://imagoarchive.it/thes/tid/100021
IRI: http://imagoarchive.it/thes/tid/1000905
IRI: http://imagoarchive.it/thes/tid/1000904
IRI: http://imagoarchive.it/thes/tid/10002
IRI: http://imagoarchive.it/thes/tid/1000907
IRI: http://imagoarchive.it/thes/tid/100044
IRI: http://imagoarchive.it/thes/tid/1000903
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IRI: http://imagoarchive.it/thes/tid/1000906
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IRI: http://imagoarchive.it/thes/tid/100024
IRI: http://imagoarchive.it/thes/tid/100032
IRI: http://imagoarchive.it/thes/tid/10008
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IRI: http://imagoarchive.it/thes/tid/100081
IRI: http://imagoarchive.it/thes/tid/100083
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IRI: http://imagoarchive.it/thes/tid/1000902
IRI: http://imagoarchive.it/thes/tid/10009
IRI: http://imagoarchive.it/thes/tid/100031
IRI: http://imagoarchive.it/thes/tid/10010
IRI: https://imagoarchive.it/thes/ThesCF1
IRI: http://imagoarchive.it/thes/tid/100104
IRI: http://imagoarchive.it/thes/tid/100043
IRI: http://imagoarchive.it/thes/tid/10005
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IRI: http://imagoarchive.it/thes/tid/10011
IRI: http://imagoarchive.it/thes/tid/100042
The authors would like to thank Silvio Peroni for developing LODE, a Live OWL Documentation Environment, which is used for representing the Cross Referencing Section of this document and Daniel Garijo for developing Widoco, the program used to create the template used in this documentation.