[OntGov] Discipline Keywords

[Lassoued, Yassine]

Hi Roy,

How about using both, ideally with mappings between disciplines from both
sides? I believe that, given the small size of the lists, we can do that.

Cheers,
Yassine



On 13/01/2011 12:24, "Lowry, Roy K." <rkl at bodc.ac.uk> wrote:

> Dear All,
>  
> As part of the NETMAR faceted discovery we wish to include a set of keywords
> that correspond to the ISO19115 ŒDiscipline¹ keyword type that are available
> with mappings to fine-grained parameter descriptions.
>  
> There are two candidate lists:
>  
> SeaDataNet Parameter Disciplines
> [http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/list/current/P081]
>  
> Administration and dimension    Parameters related to spatial and temporal
> co-ordinates, entity referencing (eg record numbering and keys) and access
> control"
> Atmosphere                      The atmospheric sciences domain
> Biological oceanography The biological oceanographic science domain
> Chemical oceanography   The chemical oceanographic science domain
> Cross-discipline                        No specific association with an
> identified domain
> Cryosphere                      The cryosphere science domain, including ice
> on both land and sea
> Environment                     The domain documenting the activities of man
> that have an effect on the Earth System.
> Fisheries and aquaculture       The science domain concerned with aquatic life
> taken from the wild or farmed for human
>  consumption
> Marine geology          The marine geological science domain
> Physical oceanography           The physical oceanographic science domain
> Terrestrial                     The terrestrial science domain
>  
> MEDIN Parameter Discipline Keywords
> [http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/list/current/P231]
>  
> Administration, boundaries, dimensions and entity referencing   Parameters
> related to spatial and temporal coordinates (e.g. protected sites,
> administrative divisions), entity referencing (e.g. gazetteer) and access
> control"
> Anthropogenic Properties        Parameters describing the abundance, nature
> and impact of material or energy added to the environment by the activities of
> man (e.g. contaminants, dredge material dumping, litter, noise)"
> Bathymetry and Seafloor topography      The topic which collates information
> on the depth and topography of the sea floor that may be used for navigation
> or understanding scientific processes (e.g. water depth, seafloor topography,
> bathymetry)."
> Cryosphere      Physical or chemical properties of snow and ice on the earths
> surface, (e.g. sea ice, snow cover, glaciers, ice caps and ice sheets).
> Cultural, Heritage and Marine Archaeology       Data on seabed and subsurface
> cultural and heritage objects (e.g. historically relevant ships, jetties,
> objects). Includes historic landscape information.
> Fisheries and Aquaculture       The topic concerned with aquatic life taken
> from the wild or farmed for human consumption and the facilities required to
> harvest those aquatic life. (e.g. cod fisheries, salmon farming, cockle
> picking)
> Marine Biodiversity     The extent and composition of species and habitats and
> the ecological processes that support them. (e.g. productivity, phytoplankton
> abundance, alien species, biological reef extent)
> Marine Chemistry        Chemical features of the seas (eg, nutrients, carbon,
> dissolved gases, metals, organic compounds)"
> Marine Geology  Composition and structure of geological features on or below
> the seabed or associated with the coast (e.g. sediment, magnetics, gravity,
> geomorphology)"
> Meteorology and Atmospheric Conditions  Physical, chemical and weather
> characteristics of the atmosphere (e.g. wind speed, evaporation, humidity,
> pCO2).
> Physical Oceanography   Physical features of the seas (eg, tides, waves,
> salinity, temperature, suspended particulate material, optical measurements)
> Socio-economic and Infrastructure       The use and location of buildings,
> ships, monitoring platforms or other structures that are manmade (e.g.
> platforms, wind farms, cables, transportation, coastal defence structures,
> barrages, piers). Information may be economic based.
>  
> Does anybody have any input as to which set would be better suited to NETMAR?
>  
> Cheers, Roy.
>  

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Dr. Yassine Lassoued
Coastal and Marine Resources Centre (CMRC)
Naval Base ­ Haulbowline
Cobh ­ Co. Cork
Phone:  +353 21 470 31 03
Fax:        +353 21 470 31 32

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