SDC JE-2031 Linda Spencer U.S. EPA January 19, 2000 Open Forum on Metadata Registries Santa Fe, NM

SDC JE-2031 Vision l Cataloging data and documents l Retrieving Web documents and data elements l Developing data elements l Integrating databases Develop a repository of well-defined environmental concepts as a tool for:

SDC JE-2031 Terminology Reference System (TRS) User US National Lists EPA Vocabularies International Lists: ISO Countries ISO Languages Subject Specific Lists: Chemicals, etc. Dictionaries Databases Web Information Documentation Data Elements EDR TRSTRS GEMET System shared Free Terms WG

SDC JE-2031 Terminology Reference System (TRS) User US National Lists EPA Vocabularies International Lists: ISO Countries ISO Languages Subject Specific Lists: Chemicals, etc. Dictionaries Databases Web Information Documentation Data Elements EDR TRSTRS GEMET System shared Free Terms WG States

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Collaboration In collaboration with the European Environment Agency’s (EEA’s) General European Multilingual Environmental Thesaurus (GEMET) system.

SDC JE-2031 Where Do the Sources Come From? Terms of the Environment GEMET Organizations State Hazardous Waste Cleanup: State of Illinois State of Missouri State of New Jersey State of South Carolina State of Texas United States Code EPA EEA (International) No. of Terms ,556 1,889 Resources (The sources will be in the March release.)

SDC JE-2031 GEMET Collaboration l Review/revise European product (GEMET) l Expand international collaboration u Asia u Arabic-speaking world l Provide American-English definitions

SDC JE-2031 GEMET Collaboration (continued) l Use what exists and make it better l Reference source of environmental concepts l Multilingual l Access to international and national subject-specific lists

SDC JE-2031 Sources of Terminology EDR 1. Nominate Terms 2. Accept Terms GEMET EPA/State Programs Library Network Web Metadata Inventory EPA-specific terminology Terminology Reference System

SDC JE-2031 Progress and Plans l Six European thesauri combined l Phase u Include all European languages and U.S. equivalents u Provide definitions (English) u Provide synonyms l Phase u Refine an international core u Develop national branches u Develop subject-specific lists

SDC JE-2031 EPA/State Collaboration l Pilot – Hazardous waste clean up concepts u Partnership with states and tribal entities u Data element development u Search engines u Database integration

SDC JE-2031 Collection of Lists l Web Inventory l Chemicals l International lists

SDC JE-2031 Environmental Data Registry (EDR) User Shared Terms Data Elements Databases Web Information DocumentationTRS EDREDR Data Groups Data Standards

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TRS and EDR TRS Terms EDR Data Elements

SDC JE-2031 Database Integration l Environmental Data Exchange Network (EDEN) pilot project u Collaboration: DOE, DoD, EPA, EEA u Map heterogeneous hazardous waste databases u Innovative technology

SDC JE-2031 Web Information Retrieval l Web metadata inventory l Search engine u Thesaurus function u Topic sets

SDC JE-2031 Document Retrieval l Cataloging l Indexing l Reference vocabulary

Linda Spencer, U.S. EPA Office of Environmental Information Tel: (202) Discussion SDC JE-2031