Controlled Vocabulary for Jigsaw Puzzles

Controlled Vocabulary 1.0

A draft controlled vocabulary for jigsaw puzzles.

  • Authors
    • Jigsaw piece designer
    • Artist
    • Publisher
  • Subject matter
    • traditional Americana
    • urban vistas
    • natural vistas
    • architecture
      • castles
      • monuments
    • cozy spaces (e.g., cafes, cottages, reading rooms, etc)
    • collages
    • maps
    • geometric
    • abstract
    • fantasy and myth
      • dragons
      • fairies, elves, orcs, and other human-style fantasies
    • holidays and seasons
      • Christmas
      • Halloween
    • nature
      • space
      • water scenes – rivers, lakes, oceans
      • trees, forests
      • mountains, cliffs
      • wildlife
      • botanicals
      • farm animals
      • household pets
        • cats
        • dogs
    • human activity
      • transportation methods
      • food and beverages
      • books – bookstacks and bookshelves, and themes of particular books
      • products and memorabilia
      • celebrities
    • subject connection
      • artists’ works – Famous artworks & public domain works in particular, but all sorts of artworks by individual people, in the whole array of potential subjects. Provisionally placing as a sub-facet.
      • TV & movies
    • teaching puzzles
      • While many puzzles can be used as “teaching tools” about a particular style, work, method, etc., some puzzles are designed to teach–e.g., maps, periodic table of the elements, etc. Is this a subject? Or a different facet?
  • Subject medium
    • photography
    • painting or drawing
  • Features
    • double-sided
    • three-dimensional
    • secondary puzzle – a riddle, crossword, rebus, or other puzzle embedded into the completed puzzle
  • Number of pieces
  • Packaging
    • Mystery (no image provided)
    • Mystery with clues
    • Image provided
  • Puzzle Manufacture
    • Materials
      • Wooden
      • Cardboard
    • Piece Style
      • connectors
      • connectorless
      • tesselating
      • geometric
      • curvy
      • figural / whimsies
  • Ratings
    • Difficulty
    • Aesthetics
    • Humor

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