Appendix One - Vienna descriptor overview

1. Descriptor Categories set by the World Intellectual Property Organisation

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• Category 1 : Celestial Bodies, Natural Phenomena, Geographical Maps
• Category 2 : Human Beings
• Category 3 : Animals
• Category 4 : Supernatural, Fabulous, Fantastic or Unidentifiable Beings
• Category 5 : Plants
• Category 6 : Landscapes
• Category 7 : Constructions, Structures for Advertisements, Gates or Barriers
• Category 8 : Foodstuffs
• Category 9 : Textiles, Clothing, Sewing Accessories, Headwear, Footwear
• Category 10 : Tobacco, Smokers' Requisites, Matches, Travel Goods, Fans, Toilet Articles
• Category 11 : Household Utensils
• Category 12 : Furniture, Sanitary Installations
• Category 13 : Lighting, Wireless Valves, Heating, Cooking or Refrigerating Equipment, Washing Machines, Drying Equipment
• Category 14 : Ironmongery, Tools, Ladders
• Category 15 : Machinery, Motors, Engines
• Category 16 : Telecommunications, Sound Recording or Reproduction, Computers, Photography, Cinematography, Optics
• Category 17 : Horological Instruments, Jewelry, Weights and Measures
• Category 18 : Transport, Equipment for Animals
• Category 19 : Containers and Packing, Representations of Miscellaneous Products
• Category 20 : Writing, Drawing or Painting Materials, Office Requisites, Stationery and Booksellers' Goods
• Category 21 : Games, Toys, Sporting Articles, Roundabouts
• Category 22 : Musical Instruments and their Accessories, Music Accessories, Bells, Pictures, Sculptures
• Category 23 : Arms, Ammunition, Armour
• Category 24 : Heraldry, Coins, Emblems, Symbols
• Category 25 : Ornamental Motifs, Surfaces or Backgrounds with Ornaments
• Category 26 : Geometrical Figures and Solids
• Category 27 : Forms of Writing, Numerals
• Category 28 : Inscriptions in Various Characters
• Category 29 : Colours

2. Additional Descriptors set by IPONZ

Category 53 : New Zealand Specific Elements

• 53.1 Maori
  • 53.1.1 Moko (tattooing) (See also 2.1.1, 2.1.25, 2.3.1 and 2.3.25)
  • 53.1.2 Kowhaiwhai (curvilinear design) (See also 25.7.1)
  • 53.1.3 Tukutuku (rectilinear design) (See also 25.7.3 and 25.7.23)
  • 53.1.4 Whakairo (carving) (See also 2.1.1, 2.1.22, 2.3.1 and 2.3.22)
  • 53.1.5 Tiki / Hei Tiki (See also 4.5.5)
  • 53.1.20 Other Maori

• 53.2 Flora
  • 53.2.1 Fern (Does not include silver fern, see 53.2.2) (See also 5.1)
  • 53.2.2 Silver Fern (See also 5.3.7, 5.3.13 and 5.3.14)
  • 53.2.3 Flax (See also 5.1)
  • 53.2.4 Kauri (See also 5.1)
  • 53.2.5 Kowhai (See also 5.1 and 5.5)
  • 53.2.6 Pohutukawa (See also 5.1 and 5.5)
  • 53.2.7 Nikau (See also 5.1)
  • 53.2.8 Ti Tree (Cabbage tree) (See also 5.1.30)
  • 53.2.20 Other Flora

• 53.3 Fauna
  • 53.3.1 Tuatara (See also 3.11.23)
  • 53.3.2 Weta (See also 3.13.23)
  • 53.3.10 Fantail/Piwakawaka (See also 3.11.23)
  • 53.3.11 Huia (See also 3.7.21)
  • 53.3.13 Moa (See also 3.7.21)
  • 53.3.14 Tui (See also 3.7.21)
  • 53.3.30 Other fauna (See also 3.7.21)
  • See 3.7.18 for Kiwi

• 53.4 Other New Zealand
  • 53.4.1 NZ map (Any combination of the islands) (See also 1.17.6)
  • 53.4.2 NZ flag (See also 24.7.1)
  • 53.4.3 Aoraki (Mt Cook) (See also 6.1.2 and 6.1.4)
  • 53.4.4 Taranaki (Mt Egmont) (See also 6.1.2 and 6.1.4)
  • 53.4.20 Other New Zealand items