There are currently 1596 terms in the Interactive Thesaurus of Art Glass Terminology; 1497 main terms, and 99 synonyms.
These terms cover the subject areas of cold glass, such as beveling and polishing; stained glass, including glass painting, copper foiling, lead came, and soldering; warm glass operations such as fusing, slumping, and other forms of kiln working; hot glass, and flameworking. The thesaurus encompasses terms pertaining to the materials, equipment, techniques, tools, and roles of individuals involved in glassworking.
All 1596 of the terms in the thesaurus are grouped into facets. A facet is simply another word for a category. All of the facets are mutually exclusive; each term only appears once, in one single place in the hierarchy of all of the facets.
Using the Thesaurus
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The thesaurus has three views, an alphabetical view, a hierarchical, or facet view, and a tag view.
Alphabetical View
The alphabetical view lists all of the terms (which appear in lowercase) in alphabetical order. To view the full description of a term, simply click on its link in the display.
Facet View
The facet view provides a hierarchical view of the facets via a graphical user interface that lets you open and close "folders" that correspond to facets to see which terms are inside. The user interface will be familiar to both Windows and Mac users, alike.
Tag View
Many of the terms in the thesaurus have been tagged with one or more names, such as [stained glass], [hot glass], and [design]. Tags are groupings of terms that span facets. For instance, all of the terms in the thesaurus that pertain to stained glass--including materials, chemicals, operations, and pieces of equipment--are grouped under the [stained glass] tag.
Note that not all terms have been grouped into a tagged category.
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(Update: 05/ 04/ 2008)