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)
6. information artifacts
7. [information artifacts by function]
8. identifying artifacts
9. identification numbers and codes
10. code numbers

Anotations

Scope note:

Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) codes are unique numeric identifiers for geographic areas in the U.S., including states (2 digits) and counties (5 digits, with the first two representing the state). These are managed by NIST and ANSI, and are used to link data to specific locations.