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The Union List of Artist Names® (ULAN) is a structured vocabulary, including names, biographies, and other information for people and corporate bodies related to the design, creation, patronage, collection, conservation, and maintenance of art, architecture, and other cultural materials. about artists and architects. Like all of the Getty Vocabularies, the ULAN is compliant with international standards and grows through contribution.

** Openness **
ULAN data is released under Open Data Commons Attribution License. Adherence to ODC Attribution instructions for the correct assertion of attribution is encouraged. The preferred form of attribution for ULAN is:

"This [title or report or article or dataset] contains information from the Union List of Artist Names® (ULAN) which is made available under the ODC Attribution License."

Special Case: In circumstances where providing the full attribution statement above is not technically feasible, the use of canonical ULAN URIs is adequate to satisfy Section 4.3 of the ODC Attribution License.

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This is the Linked Open Data publication of the Getty Vocabularies. The data is described semantically following linked data principles using the Resource Description Framework (RDF) format.