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Table 1 Inventory: building and glazed tile data

From: GIS-based inventory for safeguarding and promoting Portuguese glazed tiles cultural heritage

Building data

Glazed tile data

Building location: country, region, district, municipality, parish, street and house number, Lon WGS84, Lat WGS84, X ETRS89, Y ETRS89, Z elevation

SIPAa: designation, identification number, link to SIPA data

Building identification: if it does not exist, an ID must be assigned

Protection and conditioning: world heritage, built heritage, benefits from a protection zone, in the process of classification, in study, non-existent

Public interest, national monument, municipal interest

Construction period: main construction period

Architect or constructor

Property type: public, private

Ownership: ownership information

Case number at municipal services: number ID

Typology: residence, industrial, commercial, religious, panel or other

Occupation: property occupation

Architectural style: dominant, secondary

Other decorative elements than tiles: if existing

General building condition (exterior): good, reasonable, bad, doom

Interventions chronology: if existing. Main moments of design, application, conservation, remodeling, restoration, and management

Bibliography, drawings and documents: source, link

Pictures: images

Tile location: facade, inside the building

Tile identification: ID number

Construction period: main construction periods

Local context: brief description of the glazed tile object surroundings in its geophysical, historical, and socio-cultural aspects

Classification 1: coating, ceramic panel, toponymical plate or other

Classification 2: facade, patio, external staircase, balcony, wall, wall panel, small religious panel, caption

Classification 3: pattern, repeat composition, figurative, ornamental, or loose figure

Iconography: religion, biblical, magic, mysticism, nature, human being—humanity, society—civilization—culture, history, ancient history, literature, classical mythology, abstract ideas and concepts, abstract—non-figurative art

Monochrome or polychromatic: monochrome, polychromatic

Objective and succinct tile description: From general to particular: building, space, glazed tile, and section

Material (ceramic product): faience, stone dust, stoneware, porcelain, terracotta

Tile decoration technique: information on tile manufacture, divided into conformation, decoration and application

Composition dimensions: height x width (meters)

Tile dimensions: height x width (centimeters)

Tile condition: good, reasonable, bad

Authorship: company, artist, painter or other

Authorship nationality: country

Interventions chronology: if existing. Main moments of design, application, conservation, remodeling, restoration, and management

Bibliography, drawings and documents: source, link

Pictures: images

Accessibility by public transport: yes (public transport information), no

Tourist interest: yes, no

Observations: supplementary records

Survey entity: entity name

Survey date: year/month/day

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