1. Introduction to Controlled Vocabularies (Term Lists)

2. Controlled Vocabularies What: list of terms to choose from Aim: easier to transfer data Where: Data Guidelines and Discovery Metadata Standard Vocabularies are available directly or ‘served’ using the NERC Vocabulary Server (SeaDataNet)

3. Example – Platform types

4. Website

5. http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/client/vocabServer.jsp NERC Vocab Service:

6. http://seadatanet.maris2.nl/v_bodc_vocab/welcome.aspx/ Units, Instruments, platforms, sea areas etc SeaDataNet

7. http://seadatanet.maris2.nl/v_bodc_vocab/vocabrelations.aspx SeaDataNet Parameter relationships and discovery

8. Other Useful Controlled Vocabularies http://www.ices.dk/datacentre/reco/ http://www.epsg.org/ Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS). http://www.marinespecies.org/msbi as/index.php http://www.marinespecies.org/msbi as/index.php

9. How to add? E-mail Clare Postlethwaite cfpo@bodc.ac.uk – check with appropriate governance group.@bodc.ac.uk

10. Practical Aim – to familiarise yourself with different controlled vocabularies 1) Find the MEDIN webpage for controlled vocabularies (www.oceannet.org/marine_data_standards/medin_approved. html) 2) Find: a)Area code for the Irish Sea (use SeaDataNet) b)The AphiaID for UK species Mytilus edulis (use MSBIAS) c)Code for the horizontal reference system WGS84 (use EPSG) d)Platform Code for Moored Surface Buoy

11. 1_4 AphiaID: 140480 EPSG::7030 41