A short summary of the history and evolution of the use of controlled vocabularies in oceanographic and marine science data management

1. United by a common language
The evolution of controlled vocabularies in managing oceanographic data
Adam Leadbetter
Team Leader for Data Management
Marine Institute, Oranmore, Galway
Data Science Institute, NUI Galway - 2nd July 2020
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3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_Development_Goals
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4. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/06/the-g7-should-take-the-lead-on-ocean-targets-for-2020/
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5. https://www.foo.org.au/blue-economy-and-the-global-agenda/
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6. https://librarycarpentry.org/Top-10-FAIR/2018/12/01/aus-government-data/
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10. http://ices.dk/sites/pub/CM%20Doccuments/2001/C/C0901.pdf
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11. Technical Contentvs.
governance
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13. http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/TEMPCC01/ https://doi.org/10.1080/17538947.2013.78124
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14. BODC Parameter
Usage Vocabulary (P01)
SeaDataN et Parameter
Discovery Vocabulary
(P02)
SeaDataN et Agreed
Parameter Groups
(P03)
SeaDataN et Disciplines
(P08)
Climate and Forecast
Standard Names(P07)
GEMET INSPIRE
Themes(P22)
ISO Topic Categories
(P05)
MSFD Indicators(C47)
MSFD Criteria (C46)
MSFD Descriptors
(C45)
E.g. PSLT ZZ01: Practical
salinity of the water body
E.g. PSAL: Salinity of the
water column
E.g. 28: Oceanographic
geographical features
E.g. 14: Oceans
E.g. IN 1_6_3: Physical,
hydrological and chemical
conditions
E.g. C1_6: Habitat condition
E.g. D1: Biological diversity
maintained
E.g. D025: W ater column
temperature and salinity
E.g. DS03: Physical
oceanography

15. http://data.marine.ie https://gist.github.com/adamml/63d082f9c99c82c4206a118769dhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s12145-019-00432-w
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16. https://cdi.seadatanet.org/search
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17. https://vis.marine.ie/dashboards/#/dashboards/wave_spectral
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19. https://datasetsearch.research.google.com/search?query=site%3Amarine.ie&docid=MX%2BfoI8a1DAHR4yeAAAAAA%3D%3Dhttps://github.com/ESIPFed/science-on-schema.org/blob/master/guides/Dataset.md

20. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Water_Cycle_-_blank.svg

21. https://doi.org/10.1080/17538947.2015.1033483
Daily meanSurface elevation
Water body
Metres Unspecified datum
http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/TEMPPR01/
Temperature
Water body
Degrees Celsius
Sea-Bird SBE 37 {MicroCAT-CTP} (submersible) CTD logger series
http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L22/current/TOOL1393/
http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/standard_name/sea_water_temperature/
Temperature
Sea water
Degrees Kelvin

22. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15994-2_9 http://docs.opengeospatial.org/DRAFTS/19-002.hthttps://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.12512363.v1
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23. United by a common language
The evolution of controlled vocabularies in managing oceanographic data
Adam Leadbetter
adam.leadbetter@marine.ie
@AdamLeadbetter
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