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GLOBAL GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION INFORMATION FACILITY FACILITY Kehan Harman Researcher – NHM, London 9 November 2009 WWW.GBIF.ORG WWW.GBIF.ORG Vocabularies – Managing Them Vocabularies – Managing Them Roger Hyam Markus Döring David Remsen

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GLOBALGLOBALBIODIVERSITYBIODIVERSITY

INFORMATIONINFORMATIONFACILITYFACILITY

Kehan Harman

Researcher – NHM, London

9 November 2009

WWW.GBIF.ORGWWW.GBIF.ORG

Vocabularies – Managing ThemVocabularies – Managing Them

Roger Hyam

Markus Döring

David Remsen

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Summary

What?

Why?

How?

Where do we go from here?

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Summary

What?

Why?

How?

Where do we go from here?

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Summary

What?

Why?

How?

Where do we go from here?

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Summary

What?

Why?

How?

Where do we go from here?

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Summary

What?

Why?

How?

Where do we go from here?

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Vocabularies in the Wild

TDWG Content StandardsGeographic Regions

Botanical Authors

ISO CodesCountries (3166)

Languages (639)

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Vocabularies in the Wild

TDWG Content StandardsGeographic Regions

Botanical Authors

ISO CodesCountries (3166)

Languages (639)

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Vocabularies in the Wild

TDWG Content StandardsGeographic Regions

Botanical Authors

ISO CodesCountries (3166)

Languages (639)

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Vocabularies in the Wild

TDWG Content StandardsGeographic Regions

Botanical Authors

ISO CodesCountries (3166)

Languages (639)

L.W.Sm. DC.

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Vocabularies in the Wild

TDWG Content StandardsGeographic Regions

Botanical Authors

ISO CodesCountries (3166)

Languages (639)

DwC recommended controlled vocabulariesoccurrenceStatus

basisOfRecord

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Opportunity?

Associate data with standardised terms

i18n/l10n

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Threat?

ExpiresTDWG Standard for Botanical Journal Abbreviations

Un-normalised data

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Threat?

ExpiresTDWG Standard for Botanical Journal Abbreviations

Un-normalised data

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Threat?

ExpiresTDWG Standard for Botanical Journal Abbreviations

Un-normalised data X

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Threat?

ExpiresTDWG Standard for Botanical Journal Abbreviations

Un-normalised data X

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Threat?

ExpiresTDWG Standard for Botanical Journal Abbreviations

Un-normalised data XX

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Need

Accessible 'Content Standards'

Definitions

Identifiers

i18n

Disambiguation

Workflow

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Need

Accessible 'Content Standards'

Definitions

Identifiers

i18n

Disambiguation

Workflow

Identifiers

Identifiers

Identifiers

HTTP/URI

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Need

Accessible 'Content Standards'

Definitions

Identifiers

i18n

Disambiguation

Workflow

Identifiers

Identifiers

Identifiers

HTTP/URI

∫ data

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Community Participation

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Community Participation

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GBIF Vocabulary* Server* and DwC extension

http://vocabularies.gbif.org

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Vocabulary Server

What is a Vocab?Standardised conceptsAdditional metadata

TermsMultilingual 'Labels' for concepts

Web ServiceGET responses

DownloadTSV/CSV

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Vocabulary: ISO Country Codes

Concept: Bolivia (BO)

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Term Language

Βολιβία Modern Greek (el)

बो ििििया Sanskrit (sa)

بوليفيا Arabic (ar)

Vocabulary: ISO Country Codes

Concept: Bolivia (BO)

Terms:

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Workflow

Draft, Review, PublishedDraftFluid

ReviewIdentifiers harden up

PublishedAdd concepts?

Add multilingual terms

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Workflow

Draft, Review, PublishedDraftFluid

ReviewIdentifiers harden up

PublishedAdd concepts?

Add multilingual terms

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Workflow

Draft, Review, PublishedDraftFluid

ReviewIdentifiers harden up

PublishedAdd concepts?

Add multilingual terms

New Revisio

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Workflow

Draft, Review, PublishedDraftFluid

ReviewIdentifiers harden up

PublishedAdd concepts?

Add multilingual terms

New Revision

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Next steps?

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How to contact GBIF:

Web site: www.gbif.orgData portal: data.gbif.org Vocabs: vocabularies.gbif.org

GBIF SecretariatUniversitetsparken 152100 CopenhagenDenmark

E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]

Phone: +45 3532 1470Fax: +45 3532 1480