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Nikkia AndersonNikkia AndersonSr. Information SpecialistSr. Information Specialist
Information International AssociatesInformation International Associatessupporting U.S. Environmental Protection Agencysupporting U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Environmental Terminology ServicesTerminology Services
Creating, Maintaining, & Governing EPA Terminology
January 13, 2009January 13, 2009
Taxonomy Tuesday MeetingLibrary of Congress - CRS
Outline
About Information International Associates (IIa)IIa’s Terminology ExpertiseEPA’s Terminology System & ServicesSupporting communities involved in Environmental
Terminology ManagementCreation and Management of Terminology ResourcesCreating, Maintaining, and Governing Vocabularies in
SynapticaInteroperability between EPA systemsWeb ServicesTerminology Services Read-only InterfaceNext Steps
About IIa
Information Management Company since 1988Two decades of experience providing innovative solutions to
government, academia, the private sector, and international entities
Supports the full information management life-cycle Services include:
Library Services & Digital Collections Management IT Services & Advanced Information Management Biodiversity Informatics Military Education & Training Management Scientific & Technical Informatics** Open-Source Intelligence Information Centers & Clearinghouse Management
GSA corporate schedule
IIa’s Terminology Expertise
Provided support since 2005 for the reengineering of EPA Terminology Reference System
Supported the development of the EPA Web Taxonomy ProjectCurrently supporting the development of the EPA Office of
Research & Development Taxonomy Contributed to the development of and/or maintenance of
controlled lists/taxonomies/thesauri for the World Bank, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, National Biological Information Infrastructure, National Agricultural Library, U.S. Geological Survey, Science.gov, and National Institute for Literacy
Provide support services and expertise to the CENDI Terminology Task Group and Ecoinformatics/Ecoterm Working Group
What is the EPA Terminology System & Services?
Terminology Management – a standards-based repository of terms important to EPA and its partners with user interfaces to enable creation, storage, maintenance, harmonization, and distribution of various types of terminology types
Collaborative Stewardship – a framework for the development of workflows and processes for submitting, commenting, gaining consensus and approval of terms
Access – search and discovery services allow EPA users and partners to find, use and download terminology
Automated Services – Web interfaces and services allow terminologies from Terminology Services to be shared with the Agency and partner systems
Supporting communities involved in Environmental Terminology Management
Component of the EPA System of Registries which enables discovery, understanding, and sharing of environmental data
Provides individual access to terminology resources and automated machine-to-machine interaction
Provides EPA enterprise with a system to build vocabularies on their own
Contains over 200 distinct vocabularies (not all publicly available)
Environmental regulations and laws EPA Program glossaries and taxonomies GEneral Multilingual Environmental Thesaurus (GEMET)
Creation and Management of Terminology Resources
EPA uses Synaptica KMS tool to develop and manage the vocabularies provided through Terminology Services Supports standard relationship rules with customization Workflow capabilities based on access level and term status Supports customized metadata creation Import/Export capabilities via multiple report options Supports RDF/SKOS, RDF/OWL, XML, MS Word, MS
Excel, HTML, and CSV output Global updates Supports alphabetical and hierarchical views
EPA Terminology Services & System Data Model
Based on ANSI/NISO Z39.19 standard for thesauri
Modified to support glossaries and term lists
Meta DataVocabulary & Relationship Definition & Rules
TermsSubjects, Names, etc.
Extended AttributesNotes fields, etc.
Relationship Links
Used with permission of Dow Jones. This diagram is proprietary and not for redistribution.
Creating, Maintaining, Governing Vocabularies in Synaptica
Enter Vocabulary Metadata
Create an Object Class
Enter Terms into the
Terminology System
Assign Users and
Permissions
Vocabulary Metadata
Active FlagVocabulary Unique
IDTaskviews
Vocabulary Short Name*
Vocabulary NameDisplay NameAlternate NameVocabulary Type*CategoryDescriptionLanguagePublishing
Organization
Original Source
Namespace/URL for Source
Version
Steward
Steward E-mail
Source Creation Date
Source Modification Date
Terms & Conditions
Client System
Vocabulary Types
Glossary and Key Word List - Terms from a subject, field or project which may have definitions.
Taxonomy - Terms organized into broader-narrower relationships based on some presumed natural order.
Thesaurus - Terms related by broader-narrower, synonymous, associated (related) and other more specific relationships based on international or national standards.
Creating an Vocabulary
Project, Program, Subject Topic or Organization specific
Provided Terminology Development GuidelinesSynaptica stores vocabularies as Object ClassesObject class must reside in one or more taskviews
Controls workflow Permissions Linking terms across object classes
Extended attributes, relationship types, and categorization can vary per object class
Relationship TypesRelationship Type
CodeRelationship Name Definition
USE Use The relationship between a non-preferred term and a preferred term for the same concept.
UF Use For The relationship between a preferred term and a non-preferred term for the same concept.
CB Coded By Full Term for reciprocal coded value
CF Code For Coded value for the reciprocal full term
AB Abbreviated By Full term associated with reciprocal abbreviation
AF Abbreviation For Abbreviation for reciprocal full term
RT Related Term Identifies terms with associated meanings
NT Narrower Term Relationship between a term and a subordinate term
BT Broader Term Relationship between a term and its superordinate term
SY Synonym Identifies terms with identical or equivalent meaning.
FNTT Facet Name Top Term
Relationship between a facet term and its actual top term(Note: this field was created for interoperability purposes with the read-only interface)
ATT Actual Top Term Relationship between a top level term in a taxonomy and its facet name term(Note: this field was created for interoperability purposes with the read-only interface)
Adding Terms to a Vocabulary
Duplicate Check
Term Status Active Deleted Deactivated
Approval Status Candidate Pending Machine Loaded Approval
Extended Attributes
Searching and Browsing Vocabularies
Reporting
Interoperability between EPA Systems
Web Services
Synaptica's Web services API layer provides access to system functionality and enables full integration with external applications
Provides listing of taskview profiles and vocabularies
Supports term and relationship searching, browsing and editing
Supports scheduled reports
EPA Terminology Serviceshttp://www.epa.gov/sor …. …. Click on Click on Terminology ServicesTerminology Services
Next Steps
Create new vocabularies
Continue identifying version updates for vocabularies currently in Terminology Services
Continue to add definitions and other metadata content
Working to enable concept management
For more information …
Please contact:Michael Pendleton
ETSS/Terminology Services Project Manager
Data Standards Program
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Phone: (202) 566-1658
