Ways of living that include behavioural patterns, arts, beliefs, institution and all products of human work and thought shared that reflect the identity of a group.

Legacies from the past, what we live with today, and what we individually or collectively pass on to future generations.

A category of heritage that encompasses cultural heritage such as works of man like craft, mountains, buildings and sites, and natural heritage, which are works of nature such as physical, biological, geological and physiological formations, and natural sites.

A category of heritage that encompasses practices, representations, expressions, knowledge and skills of communities, groups, or in some cases, individuals.

Pertains to the importance, relevance and the meaning of a heritage resource to an individual or group of people. Heritage may have different levels of significance like individual, family, band, community, province, region, country or world.

An aspect worth ascribed by people to a heritage resource, that is used to justify the heritage resource's significance. A heritage may have a range of values for different individuals or groups.

Refers to a value that deals with past events, personage, groups and associations, trends and movements.

Refers to a value that appeals to a sense of beauty based on the aspects of sensory perception, such as from, scale, color, texture and material of fabric, as well as the smell and sounds associated with the place and its use.

Refers to a value that deals with the art and science of designing and building structures or open spaces following aesthetic, functional, and technical criteria.

Refers to a value that measures the importance of data on its rarity, quality or characteristic contributing to substantial information about the place.

Refers to a value that provides important resource of historic and other scientific information based on the presence of cultural or physical remains in historical places.

Refers to the sentimental value that a group or community attaches to a place.

The organization of arrangement of the aesthetic and technical framework of the building that provides stability to its parts or elements.

A group of individual built and/or natural elements put together to form a whole, which manifests in varying forms.

An Edifice of one of the physical end products of Architecture and Engineering works intended for occupancy.

A Site or Structure that is erected and/or preserved because of its historical, cultural, or aesthetic importance.

The overall appearance of street elements that make up the street scenery and may include natural and man-made physical elements found within and along the street, as well as its activities carried out on it.

A visually distinct area whose character is the result of the action and interaction of nature or between nature and man.

A distant view of a natural and/or built environment, e.g. One seen through an opening. A pleasing view, especially one seen through a long, narrow opening.

Principal reference for establishing the significance of a heritage resource.

The measure of a heritage resource belong truly to what it is claimed to be. Authenticity is to be based on the cultural context/s to which the heritage resource belongs to.

A measure of the wholeness and intactness of a heritage resource and its attributes to secure, sustain, and convey its significance.

It pertains to the physical fabric, its risks in its environment and the ability of the values of a resource to be respected and communicated.

A physical attribute of a heritage resource that refers to the physical elements, constituents, or substance it is composed of.

A physical attribute of a heritage resource that refers to its shape and structure.

The ratio of the actual measurements of something and those of a drawing, map or model.

An attribute of a heritage resource that refer to its natural purpose or intended to it.

The immediate and extended environment that is part of, contributes to, its significance and distinctive character.

An attribute of a heritage resource that refers to the wider framework within which the values of a place should be considered.

All the processes of looking after a heritage resource so as to sustain its values and its cultural significance.

A process of maintaining the existing state of the heritage resource to retard deterioration and prolong its existence.

A continuous process of caring for heritage resource to retard its deterioration.

A process of putting together what is torn broken or replacing any part to keep the heritage resource in good condition.

A form of repair that returns a heritage resource to a previously known state, done without the introduction of new materials to the existing fabric.

A form of restoration that refers to the returning of a component of a heritage resource to its former condition or position.

A form of repair that refers to the accurate rebuilding of a vanished or irreversibly deteriorated heritage resource from a known earlier state and with the introduction of new materials.

A form of reconstruction that refers to the substitution of a new material, preferably using an equivalent material, to a damaged, depleted, deteriorated, or lost components of a formerly known state of a heritage resource.

A process of repair to increase the value, utility, and/or improve the aesthetic quality of o heritage resource.

A process of renovation to secure or strengthen a building or structure by combining material, use, form, size, or shape.

A drastic from of repair that entails furnishing the heritage resource with new or modified parts or equipment not available or considered necessary at the same time of its creation.

May involve adding new materials, like mechanical, plumbing, fire safety or electrical equipment or other elements and components often to meet the current code.

A process of drastic alteration or transformation of the material and/or form of a heritage resource to make it radically different form the original.

A process of change that involves upgrading the material and/or form of a heritage resource, often primarily for aesthetic purposes. May involve installing new equipment, fixtures, furnishings ad finishes.

A process of drastically changing the material and/or form of a heritage resource, in effect renewing a heritage resource often without much regard to it heritage values.

The process of copying to make a representation, counterpart, image, or copy of an original work. It can be same form of material and size (replica), or same form but different size and material, or same form and material but of different size.

Exact copy of an original work in all details that is same material, size, and form.

Modification of resource to meet various functional requirements such as safety, property protection and access while preserving the historic character of the structure.

Refers to the initial intended function of a heritage resource.

Being consistent to the original intended function of an existing heritage resource. It is a usethat involves no or minimal on the nature, fabric, and values of a heritage resource.

A new or modified function of an existing heritage resource achieved after making it fit through modification or extensive modification.

are installed by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) in the Philippines and places abroad that signify important events, persons, structures, and institutions in Philippine national and local histories.

A historical site, a building, or an area of the unspoilt natural environment, considered to be important to a country or area's heritage.