introduction to controlled vocabularies (term lists)
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Introduction to Controlled Vocabularies (Term Lists). Controlled Vocabularies. What: list of terms to choose from Aim: easier to transfer data Where: Data Guidelines and Discovery Metadata Standard Vocabularies are available directly or - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Introduction to Controlled Vocabularies
(Term Lists)
Controlled Vocabularies
What: list of terms to choose from Aim: easier to transfer dataWhere: Data Guidelines and Discovery
Metadata Standard
Vocabularies are available directly or
‘served’ using the NERC Vocabulary Server (SeaDataNet)
Example – Platform types
Website
http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/client/vocabServer.jsp
NERC Vocab Service:
http://seadatanet.maris2.nl/v_bodc_vocab/welcome.aspx/• Units, Instruments, platforms, sea areas etc
SeaDataNet
http://seadatanet.maris2.nl/v_bodc_vocab/vocabrelations.aspx
SeaDataNet
Parameter relationships and discovery
Other Useful Controlled Vocabularies
http://www.epsg.org/
http://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/index.php
http://www.ices.dk/datacentre/reco/
How to add?
E-mail Clare Postlethwaite [email protected] – check with appropriate governance group.
Practical
Aim – to familiarise yourself with different controlled vocabularies
1)Find the MEDIN webpage for controlled vocabularies 2)Find:
a) Area code for the Irish Sea (use SeaDataNet)b) The AphiaID for UK species Mytilus edulis (Common
mussel) (use MSBIAS)c) Code for the horizontal coordinate reference system
WGS 84 (use EPSG)d) The entrykey, vocabulary name and associated date for
a Keyword for “Man-made Structure”
a)1_4 (using SeaVoX gazeteer) [or 19 using SeaDataNet sea areas]b)140480c) EPSG: 4326d) MMSTSeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabularydate last modified 2008-01-30