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