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Linda SpencerU.S. EPAJanuary 19, 2000
Open Forum onMetadata Registries
Santa Fe, NM
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Vision
Cataloging data and documents
Retrieving Web documents and data elements
Developing data elements
Integrating databases
Develop a repository of well-definedenvironmental concepts as a tool for:
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Terminology ReferenceSystem (TRS)
User
US National ListsEPA Vocabularies
International Lists: ISO Countries ISO Languages
Subject Specific Lists: Chemicals, etc.
Dictionaries
Databases Web
Information Documentation
Data Elements
EDR
TRS
GEMETSystemshared
Free TermsFree Terms
WG
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Means an individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, Federal Agency, corporation (including a government corporation), corporate official, partnership, association, State, municipality, commission, political subdivision of a State, or any interstate body. (State of New Jersey: NJDEP Solid Waste General Provisions: Definitions)
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Collaboration
In collaboration with the European Environment Agency’s (EEA’s)
General European Multilingual Environmental Thesaurus (GEMET) system.
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GEMET Collaboration
Review/revise European product (GEMET)
Expand international collaboration
Asia
Arabic-speaking world
Provide American-English definitions
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GEMET Collaboration(continued)
Use what exists and make it better
Reference source of environmental concepts
Multilingual
Access to international and national subject-specific lists
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Sources of Terminology
EDR
1. Nominate Terms
2. Accept Terms
GEMETGEMET
EPA/State ProgramsEPA/State Programs
Library Network
Web Metadata Inventory
EPA-specificterminology
TerminologyReference
System
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Progress and Plans
Six European thesauri combined - 1997 Phase 1 - 1999
Include all European languages andU.S. equivalents
Provide definitions (English) Provide synonyms
Phase 2 - 2000 Refine an international core Develop national branches Develop subject-specific lists
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EPA/State Collaboration
Pilot – Hazardous waste clean up concepts
Partnership with states and tribal entities
Data elementdevelopment
Search engines
Databaseintegration
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Collection of Lists
Web Inventory
Chemicals
International lists
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Environmental Data Registry(EDR)
User
SharedTerms
Data Elements
Databases Web
Information DocumentationTRS
EDRData Groups
Data Standards
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TRS and EDR
TRS
Terms
EDR
Data Elements
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Database Integration
Environmental Data Exchange Network (EDEN) pilot project
Collaboration: DOE, DoD, EPA, EEA
Map heterogeneous hazardous waste databases
Innovative technology
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Web Information Retrieval
Web metadata inventory
Search engine
Thesaurus function
Topic sets
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Document Retrieval
Cataloging
Indexing
Reference vocabulary
Linda Spencer, U.S. EPAOffice of Environmental InformationTel: (202) [email protected]
DiscussionDiscussion
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