Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)
4. Information Forms (hierarchy name)
5. information forms (objects)

Narrower term/s

• [information artifacts by physical form][+]
  • broadsides (notices) [NP]
  • cards (information artifacts) [+]
    • catalog cards
    • credit cards [+]
      • store cards [NP]
    • dance cards
    • mass cards
    • memorial cards
    • collecting cards [+]
      • baseball cards
    • membership cards
    • sample cards
    • altar cards
    • ration cards
    • communion cards
    • devotional cards
    • index cards
    • notecards
  • clippings (information artifacts) [+]
    • newspaper clippings
  • audiovisual materials
  • filmstrips
  • books [+]
    • [books by external form] [+]
      • girdle books
      • paperbacks
      • hardcover books
      • folded books [+]
      • shaped books
      • bath books
      • cloth books (books)
      • coffee-table books
    • [books by conditions of production] [+]
      • appointment books [NP]
      • sketchbooks [NP] [+]
      • block books
      • incunabula (books) [+]
      • artists' books (books) [+]
      • festival books [NP] [+]
      • alphabet books [NP]
      • gift books [NP]
      • keepsakes (books) [NP]
      • large print books
      • scorebooks [NP]
      • press books (private press books)
      • photobooks
      • made-up copies
      • rare books
      • fine press books
      • children's books [+]
      • photography incunabula
      • prize books
      • drawing books [NP]
      • writing books [NP]
    • [books by internal form] [+]
      • albums (books) [+]
      • sample books
      • flip books
      • blankbooks [+]
      • movable books [+]
      • harlequinades (books)
      • ration books [NP]
      • jigsaw books
      • sticker books
      • illustrated books [+]
      • Braille books
      • books of speeches
    • [books by subject] [+]
      • science books
      • craft books
      • art books
  • globes (cartographic spheres) [+]
    • celestial globes [+]
      • armillary spheres
    • terrestrial globes [+]
      • raised relief globes
  • printouts
  • reprographic copies [+]
    • letterpress copies
    • master copies
    • xerographic copies
    • mimeograph copies
    • multigraphs
    • blueprints (reprographic copies)
    • diazotypes (copies)
    • whiteprints [+]
      • brownline prints [+]
      • blueline prints
      • blackline prints
    • stats (copies)
    • green prints
    • reprints [+]
      • on-demand reprints
    • brownprints
    • photocopies [+]
      • duplicator prints (reprographic copies)
    • offprints
    • hardcopies
    • carbon copies
    • architectural reprographics (copies)
  • microforms [+]
    • microfiche [+]
      • aperture cards
      • ultrafiche
    • microfilms [+]
      • microfilm strips
    • microopaques
    • computer-output microforms [+]
      • computer-output microfiche
      • computer-output microfilms
  • scrolls (information artifacts) [+]
    • kakemonos (hanging scrolls) [NP]
    • emakimono [NP]
    • magic scrolls
    • panoramic scrolls
    • Torah scrolls
    • prayer scrolls
  • tablets (information artifacts) [+]
    • wax tablets
    • writing tablets (information artifacts) [+]
      • Qur'anic boards
    • tavolette (visual works) [NP]
    • votive tablets
    • bian e
  • papyri (manuscripts) [NP] [+]
    • subliterary papyri
    • documentary papyri
    • literary papyri
  • tear sheets
  • motion pictures (visual works) [NP] [+]
    • children's films
    • silent films [+]
      • actualities
    • newsreels
    • compilation films
    • independent films
    • experimental films
    • short subjects
    • feature films [+]
      • B-movies
    • motion picture components [NP] [+]
      • film clips
      • outtakes
      • frames (motion picture components)
      • stock shots
      • sound tracks
      • found footage [+]
      • intertitles
      • subtitles (motion picture components)
    • dailies (motion pictures)
    • trailers (motion pictures)
    • home movies
    • serials (motion pictures)
    • film remakes
    • artists' films
    • [motion pictures by print type] [+]
      • release prints (motion pictures)
      • rush prints (motion pictures)
      • work prints (motion pictures)
      • show prints (motion pictures)
    • sound films [+]
      • talking pictures
    • color films (visual works)
    • black-and-white films (visual works)
    • trick films (works)
    • sponsored films
  • ostraka
  • sheets (paper artifacts)
  • buttons (information artifacts)
  • stickers [+]
    • poster stamps
    • bumper stickers
  • leaflets (printed works)
  • folders (printed matter)
  • machine-readable artifacts [+]
    • magnetic disks [+]
      • floppy disks [+]
      • hard disks
    • magnetic tapes [+]
      • audiotapes [NP] [+]
      • videotapes [NP] [+]
      • digital audio tapes
    • paper tapes
    • punched cards
    • optical disks [+]
      • compact discs [+]
      • DVDs [+]
      • Blu-ray discs
    • flash drives [NP] [+]
      • USB flash drives
      • memory cards
  • pamphlets
  • visual resources
  • visual aids (education tools) [+]
    • flannelgraphs
    • letter boards
  • khipus
  • tocapu
  • soft copies
  • booklets
  • rune stones [NP]
  • gathered matter (information artifacts) [+]
    • gathered matter components [NP] [+]
      • spines (book components)
      • leaves (gathered matter) [+]
      • pages (components) [+]
      • [bindings and binding components] [+]
      • gatherings (gathered matter components)
      • text blocks
      • covers (gathered matter components) [+]
      • bifolia
      • thumb indexes
      • [coverings for gathered matter] [+]
      • interleaves [+]
      • registers (book components) [+]
      • sewing stations
      • backs (gathered matter components)
      • edges (gathered matter components) [+]
      • errata slips
      • kerfs
      • fore-edge paintings (components) [+]
      • press sheets
      • divider cards
      • file dividers [+]
      • book sample content
      • book full content
  • kudurrus
  • notepads [+]
    • adhesive notepads
  • recordings [+]
    • sound recordings [+]
      • cylinders (sound recordings)
      • phonograph records [+]
      • audiotapes [+]
      • wire recordings
      • sound tracks [NP]
      • digital audio formats [NP] [+]
      • sound spectrograms
      • [temporary alphabetical list: sound recordings] [+]
      • albums (sound recordings) [NP]
    • video recordings (physical artifacts) [+]
      • videodiscs (video recording disks)
      • videotapes [+]
  • winter counts
  • jiǎndú
• [information artifacts by function][+]
  • packaging [+]
    • matchbooks
    • watchpapers
    • wrapping (surface covering process) [NP]
    • cornets (packages)
  • printed matter production stages [+]
    • layouts (printed matter) [+]
      • comprehensives
    • dummies (printed matter)
    • copy (production stage) [+]
      • camera-ready copy [+]
      • line copy
    • proofs (printed matter) [+]
      • galley proofs
      • bluelines (proofs)
      • page proofs
  • presentation copies [+]
    • authors’ presentation copies
  • identifying artifacts [+]
    • labels (identifying artifacts) [+]
      • bookplates [+]
      • union labels
      • bottle tickets
      • bin labels
      • binders' tickets
      • name tapes
      • tags (labels) [+]
      • lettering pieces
      • title labels
      • booksellers' tickets
      • crate labels
      • can labels
      • bottle labels (paper labels)
      • mailing labels
      • mummy labels
    • seals (artifacts) [+]
      • signet rings [NP]
      • cylinder seals
      • wafers (seals)
      • bullae (seals) [+]
    • number plates [+]
      • license plates
    • nameplates [+]
      • door plates (identifying artifacts)
      • coffin plates
    • badges [+]
      • plaques (brooches) [NP]
      • pilgrim badges
      • enseignes
      • cognizances
      • cap badges (military badges)
      • lantern badges
      • gorgets (badges)
      • beggar's badges
      • messenger's badges [+]
    • flags [+]
      • pennants [+]
      • gonfalons
      • frankaa
      • banderoles [NP]
      • ezpamitl (blood banner)
    • identifying cards [+]
      • business cards
      • identity cards
      • library cards
      • visiting cards
      • place cards
      • draft cards
      • social cards
    • symbols of office [+]
      • orbs
      • batons (symbols or weapons) [+]
      • crosiers (episcopal) [+]
      • scepters [+]
      • fasces
      • oriflammes
      • ceremonial staffs [NP] [+]
      • sono
      • chains of office [NP]
      • linguist staffs
      • akrafokonmu [NP]
      • pastoral rings [+]
      • nun's profession rings
      • pectoral crosses
      • caurī
      • guild chains [NP]
      • thyrsuses
    • standards (identifying artifacts) [+]
      • gonfalons [NP]
      • labarums
      • processional standards [+]
      • religious standards
    • decorations (personal artifacts) [+]
      • cap badges (military badges) [NP]
      • chevrons (decorations)
      • gorget patches
      • color patches (military patches)
      • insignia of knighthood
    • wedding rings
    • engagement rings
    • hashtags
    • status symbols
    • identification numbers and codes [+]
      • [computer languages, codes, and protocols] [NP] [+]
      • bar codes
      • RFID
      • persistent identifiers
      • unique identifiers
      • manuscript designations
      • identification numbers [+]
      • uniform resource identifiers [+]
      • shelf marks
      • code numbers [+]
      • ISSN
      • CODEN
      • DOI
      • UPC
      • handles (identifiers)
      • ISTC
      • ISWC
      • LCCN
      • SICI
      • record identifiers
      • version numbers
    • [temporary alphabetical list: identifying artifacts] [+]
      • identification badges
      • identification plates
      • personal identification
      • nametags
      • union cards
      • social security cards
  • correspondence artifacts [+]
    • postcards [+]
      • picture postcards [+]
      • postal cards
    • first day covers
    • direct mail
    • stationery
    • aerogrammes
    • faxes
    • sticky notes
    • telex printouts
  • [declaratory and advertising artifacts] [+]
    • broadsides (notices)
    • posters [+]
      • pinups
      • one-sheet posters
      • car cards
      • political posters
      • window cards
      • lobby cards
      • three-sheet posters
      • twenty-four-sheet posters
      • wanted posters
    • signs (declatory or advertising artifacts) [+]
      • [signs by form] [+]
      • [signs by function] [+]
      • [signs by context] [+]
    • banners [+]
      • processional banners
      • banderoles
      • prayer flags
      • mourning banners
    • placards (information artifacts) [+]
      • picket signs
    • trade cards [+]
      • porcelain cards (trade cards)
    • advertising cards [+]
      • cigarette cards
      • sailing cards
    • point-of-purchase displays
    • fliers (printed matter) [+]
      • handbills [+]
      • circulars (fliers)
    • brochures
    • promotional materials
    • libelles
    • crate labels [NP]
    • can labels [NP]
    • bottle labels (paper labels) [NP]
    • thread cards [NP]
    • product models
    • [temporary alphabetical list: declaratory and advertising artifacts] [+]
      • advertising media
      • advertising media (blank sub-class)
      • advertising signs
      • cigar ribbons
      • door hangers
      • magazine ads
      • music posters
      • newspaper ads
      • political balloons
      • political cards
      • political fliers
      • print ads
      • promotional balloons
      • promotional banners
      • promotional buttons
      • promotional flags
      • promotional novelties
      • promotional pennants
      • promotional pins
      • promotional ribbons
      • trade fliers
      • trade symbols
      • yard signs
      • theater posters
      • tobacco flannel
      • tobacco premiums
      • tobacco silk
  • lukasas
  • ration books
  • àrokò
  • printed ephemera
  • patient package inserts
  • readings (artifacts)
  • talking sticks

Anotations

Scope note:

Physical formats, objects, digital information, or other non-material human constructs by which specific information may be recorded or conveyed. For example, books, leaflets, or audiotapes; or in computing, the primary components of an information artifact are information systems and procedures related to the artifact.