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Introduction to Controlled Vocabularies (Term Lists)

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

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Introduction to Controlled Vocabularies (Term Lists)

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  1. Introduction to Controlled Vocabularies (Term Lists)

  2. 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 ‘served’ using the NERC Vocabulary Server (SeaDataNet)

  3. Example – Platform types

  4. Website

  5. NERC Vocab Service: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/client/vocabServer.jsp

  6. SeaDataNet http://seadatanet.maris2.nl/v_bodc_vocab/welcome.aspx/ • Units, Instruments, platforms, sea areas etc

  7. SeaDataNet Parameter relationships and discovery http://seadatanet.maris2.nl/v_bodc_vocab/vocabrelations.aspx

  8. Other Useful Controlled Vocabularies http://www.epsg.org/ http://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/index.php http://www.ices.dk/datacentre/reco/

  9. How to add? E-mail Clare Postlethwaitecfpo@bodc.ac.uk – check with appropriate governance group.

  10. Practical Aim – to familiarise yourself with different controlled vocabularies • Find the MEDIN webpage for controlled vocabularies • Find: • Area code for the Irish Sea (use SeaDataNet) • The AphiaID for UK species Mytilusedulis(Common mussel) (use MSBIAS) • Code for the horizontal coordinate reference system WGS 84 (use EPSG) • The entrykey, vocabulary name and associated date for a Keyword for “Man-made Structure”

  11. a)1_4 (using SeaVoXgazeteer) [or 19 using SeaDataNetsea areas] b)140480 c) EPSG: 4326 d) MMST SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary date last modified 2008-01-30

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