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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
‘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.ices.dk/datacentre/reco/
http://www.epsg.org/
Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS). http://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/index.php
How to add?
E-mail Clare Postlethwaite cfpo@bodc.ac.uk – check with appropriate governance group.
Practical
Aim – to familiarise yourself with different controlled vocabularies
1) Find the MEDIN webpage for controlled vocabularies (www.oceannet.org/marine_data_standards/medin_approved.html)
2) Find:
a) Area code for the Irish Sea (use SeaDataNet)
b) The AphiaID for UK species Mytilus edulis (use MSBIAS)
c) Code for the horizontal reference system WGS84 (use EPSG)
d) Platform Code for Moored Surface Buoy
• 1_4• AphiaID: 140480• EPSG::7030 • 41
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