The MDweb editor and the thesaurus framework use
Dorian GinaneIRD - ESPACE
Presentation Plan
The MDweb editor tool, Use in the project
The thesaurus framework implementation,
The MDweb Tool
A tool developed since 2004, with a new version since June 2010.
Actually being tested with a set of 120 000 metadata records.
MDweb Editor
The MDweb Tool
A tool designed to managed the metadata lifecycle:
- by searching and importing metadata
- by managing and customizing the user interface
- by creating and editing metadata
It is used in the project for : - the french geoportal
- NatureSDI metadata transformation and creation
MDweb Editor
Use of MDweb editor for the project
MDweb Editor
MDweb edit module
Import
Import or creation of metadata
with NatureSDI compliant
elements and values
Export
MetadataXML ISO 19139
NatureSDI Metadata
Classical use of the MDweb Editor
MDweb Editor
MDweb edition module
Importand
creation of record
Storage Search module
Classical use of the MDweb Editor
MDweb Editor
MDweb edition module
Importand
creation of record
Storage Search module
A strong link exist beetween edition and use :A common vocabulary strength this link, the
thesaurus provide a common vocabulary
Classical use of the MDweb Editor
MDweb Editor
MDweb edition module
Importand
creation of record
Storage Search module
Thesaurus Web service
Example of the use of thesaurus in the french geoportal
http://www.naturesdi.mdweb-project.org/french-geoportal/search/main.jsf
Metadata structure
Multilingual request
auto-completion
edition keyword
Thesaurus implementationStep by
step A thesaurus framework for NatureSDI has been defined by the
CNR-IMATI (D31-Multilingual and multicultural issues including thesaurus).
Goals and Scopes
Thesaurus implementationStep by
step This framework is composed of :
- Earth ( a global environmental thesaurus)
- Habitat types and Nature 2000 AI thesaurus
- Eunis Species
- INSPIRE themes
…
Terms from thesaurus have to be used in edition, and can be use for the research.
Goals and Scopes
Thesaurus implementationStep by
step
The CNR-IMATI produce thesaurus in the SKOS/RDF formats.
( http://linkeddata.ge.imati.cnr.it:2020/ )
• The RDF schemas have been translated in the SQL MDWeb thesaurus database
• The thesaurus framework is now available and can be queried trough a thesaurus web service.
Goals and Scopes
Thesaurus implementationStep by
step
Goals and Scopes
DataBase
Thesaurus Web service
WebRequest
Response
Presentation Plan
Request examples
Thesaurus web service capacity
The MDweb thesaurus web service is based on the Gemet web service specification, maintained by the European Environmental Agency (EAA)
Goals and Scopes
Request examples
Use case : Find the concept matching the searched character.
http://www.naturesdi.mdweb-project.org/french-geoportal/WS/thesaurus?Request=getconceptsMatchingkeyword&keyword=forêts&language=fr&search_mode=4
Metadata structure
forêts
préservation des forêts
déprédateur des forêts
Dunes avec forêts à Pinus pinea et/ou Pinus pinaster
Vieilles forêts caducifoliées naturelles hémiboréales de la Fennoscandie riches en épiphytes (Quercus, Tilia, Acer, Fraxinus ou
Ulmus)
Find
Search the french word
forest
Request examples
Use case : Recover all the concepts linked to a concept.
Recover all the concept linked to the term : Littoral rock and other hard substrata,
http://www.naturesdi.mdweb-project.org/french-geoportal/WS/thesaurus?Request=getRelatedconcepts&concept=http://linkeddata.ge.imati.cnr.it:2020/resource/habitat/EunisHabitat2006/A1&language=en
Metadata structure
Littoral rock and other hard substrata
Moderate energy littoral rock
High energy littoral rock
Features of littoral rock
Low energy littoral rock
Marine habitats
Broader
Narrower
Request examples
Use case : Recover all the concepts linked to a concept.
Recover all the concept linked to the term : Littoral rock and other hard substrata,
http://www.naturesdi.mdweb-project.org/french-geoportal/WS/thesaurus?request=getAllTranslationsForConcept&property_uri=http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core%23prefLabel&concept_uri=http://localhost:2020/resource/habitat/NATURA2000AI/1
Metadata structure
SCLEROPHYLLOUS SCRUB (MATORRAL)
FOURRÉS SCLÉROPHYLLES
(MATORRALS)
MATORRALES ESCLEROFILOS
MACCHIE E BOSCAGLIE DI SCLEROFILLE (MATORRAL)
SCLEROFYLKRAT (MATORRALS)
Other languag
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...
English
translated
The actual infrastructure
Metadata structure
Catalog exchange
Thesaurus web serviceNational
geoportal
Global NatureSDI plus
geoportal
Thank you...