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Linda SpencerU.S. EPAJanuary 19, 2000

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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

http://www.epa.gov/edr/

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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) 260-5451spencer.linda@epa.gov

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