<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">half-timber construction</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>construction technique by form or materials</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>construction, half-timber</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>half timber construction</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>half timbered</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>half timbered construction</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>half timbering</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>half-timber</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>half-timbered</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>half-timbered construction</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>half-timbering</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ The vernacular building technique in which the spaces between the heavy supporting timbers are filled with brick, wattle and daub, or other material. The term is also used to describe buildings with a false-timber frame attached to the outside wall to give the appearance of half-timber construction. ]]></note></mads>