AMS Glossary of Meteorology
American Meteorological Society (AMS) |
[Peripheral / neighbouring domains], Meteorology and Climatology
Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data, Weather / meteorological data
In 1959, the AMS published the Glossary of Meteorology. Containing 7900 terms, more than 10,000 copies have been sold over four decades through five... more |
Glossary, Terminology
HTML, PDF |
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Animal Disease Ontology |
Animal Science and Animal Products
Livestock research data, Research and agronomic data
The Animal Disease Ontology describes the characteristics and interrelations of production animals, diseases and their vectors. Regulatory statuses... more |
Ontology
CSV, RDF/XML |
Aviation Routine Weather Report (METAR)
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) |
Meteorology and Climatology, [Peripheral / neighbouring domains]
Weather / meteorological data, Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data
METAR is a format for reporting weather information. A METAR weather report is predominantly used by pilots in fulfillment of a part of a pre-flight... more |
Binary / text data format, Messaging standard
HTML |
BCH Controlled vocabulary and Thesaurus
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) |
Breeding and Genetic Improvement, Organisms, [Peripheral / neighbouring domains]
Organisms, Structural and Functional Genomic, Research and agronomic data, Plants / germplasm
The BCH Thesaurus provides a pre-defined list of terms, related synonyms and translations used in the specific context of records registered with the... more |
Thesaurus |
Biorefinery
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) |
Agricultural Research, Technology and Engineering
Agronomic data, agricultural technologies, Research and agronomic data
This vocabulary describes characterictics of biomass relevant for bio-refinery and unitary operations to transform a biomass in glucose. more |
Ontology
OWL/XML, RDF/XML |
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BioTop Ontology |
[Other / various types]
A top-domain ontology that provides definitions for the foundational entities of biomedicine as a basic vocabulary to unambiguously describe facts in... more |
Ontology
CSV, OWL/XML, RDF/XML |
BUFR - Binary Universal Form for the Representation of meteorological data
World Meteorological Organization |
[Peripheral / neighbouring domains], Meteorology and Climatology
Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data, Weather / meteorological data
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) code form FM 94 BUFR (Binary Universal Form for the Representation of meteorological data) is a binary... more |
Binary / text data format, Code list, Messaging standard
HTML, N-Triples |
CEDA BADC-CSV format
Center for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) |
Meteorology and Climatology, [Peripheral / neighbouring domains]
Weather / meteorological data, Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data
CEDA has used NASA-Ames formatted data for many years. NASA-Ames was devised primarily as a format for aircraft observations, but can be adapted for... more |
Binary / text data format
HTML, PDF |
Chickpea Ontology
CGIAR |
Plant Science and Plant Products
Phenotype and Trait, Plants / germplasm, Research and agronomic data
CGIAR Chickpea Ontology beta version more |
Ontology
OWL/XML, RDF/XML |
Chinese Agricultural Thesaurus
Agriculture Information Institute of CAAS |
Chinese Agricultural Thesaurus (CAT) is the largest agricultural domain thesaurus in China, which is held and maintained by AII of CAAS. CAT was the... more |
Terminology |
CLIMAT
World Meteorological Organization |
[Peripheral / neighbouring domains], Meteorology and Climatology
Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data, Weather / meteorological data
CLIMAT is a code for reporting monthly climatological data assembled at land-based meteorological surface observation sites to data centres. CLIMAT-... more |
Binary / text data format, Messaging standard
HTML |
CLIPC Glossary
CLIPC Consortium |
[Peripheral / neighbouring domains], Meteorology and Climatology
Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data, Weather / meteorological data
CLIPC (Constructing Europe's Climate Information Portal) is an EC FP7 project giving access to data from satellite and in-situ observations, climate... more |
Glossary, Terminology
HTML |
Codex Classification of Foods and Animal Feeds
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), World Health Organization, Codex Alimentarius Commission |
Food and Human Nutrition
Food research data, Food product data, Research and agronomic data, Value chain data, Socio-economic data, Food consumption / dietary surveys, Demographic and social statistics
The Codex Classification of food and animal feed commodities moving in trade and the descriptions of the various items and groups of food and animal... more |
Classification scheme
HTML, PDF |
Codex General Standard for Food Additives (GSFA) Food Additive Index
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), World Health Organization, Codex Alimentarius Commission |
Food and Human Nutrition
Socio-economic data, Value chain data, Food additives, Food product data
The "Codex General Standard for Food Additives" (GSFA, Codex STAN 192-1995) sets forth the conditions under which permitted food additives may be... more |
Classification scheme
HTML, PDF |
Codex General Standard for Food Additives (GSFA) food category system
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), World Health Organization, Codex Alimentarius Commission |
Food and Human Nutrition
Food product data, Value chain data, Socio-economic data
The "Codex General Standard for Food Additives" (GSFA, Codex STAN 192-1995) sets forth the conditions under which permitted food additives may be... more |
Classification scheme
HTML, PDF |
Comparative Data Analysis Ontology
CDAO team |
A formalization of concepts and relations relevant to evolutionary comparative analysis, such as phylogenetic trees, OTUs (operational taxonomic... more |
Ontology
CSV, OWL/XML, RDF/XML |
CREX - Character form for the Representation and EXchange of data
World Meteorological Organization |
[Peripheral / neighbouring domains], Meteorology and Climatology
Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data, Weather / meteorological data |
Binary / text data format, Code list, Messaging standard
HTML |
Data Documentation Initiative (DDI)
DDI Alliance |
Information Management, [Peripheral / neighbouring domains]
Socio-economic data, Demographic and social statistics, Food consumption / dietary surveys, Health statistics, Income data, Population data, Other statistical data
The Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) is an international standard for describing the data produced by surveys and other observational methods in... more |
Schema / element set
RDF/XML, XML |
ECMWF weather variables
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) |
[Peripheral / neighbouring domains], Meteorology and Climatology
Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data, Weather / meteorological data |
Code list
CSV, JSON |
EFSA FoodEx 2
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) |
Food and Human Nutrition
Research and agronomic data, Food research data, Socio-economic data, Demographic and social statistics, Food consumption / dietary surveys, Food product data, Value chain data
EFSA has developed a standardised food classification and description system called FoodEx2 (version 2 of the EFSA Food classification and... more |
Classification scheme
CSV, PDF |
EFSA Standard sample description for food and feed
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) |
Food and Human Nutrition
Socio-economic data, Value chain data, Food product data, Food consumption / dietary surveys, Demographic and social statistics
The EFSA standard is used to describe food samples in order to track the prevalence of biological risks, contaminants and chemical residues (from... more |
Messaging standard
Spreadsheet (xls/xslx) |
EnergyPlus Weather File (EPW)
US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) |
[Peripheral / neighbouring domains], Meteorology and Climatology
Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data, Weather / meteorological data, Climate data, Aggregated observation summaries, e.g. hourly, daily, seasonal, climate normals
EnergyPlus is a whole building energy simulation program that engineers, architects, and researchers use to model both energy consumption—for heating... more |
Binary / text data format, Data dictionary, Messaging standard
HTML |
FAO food security indicators
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) |
Food and Human Nutrition, Health and Pathology
Food security, Socio-economic data
An initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgment... more |
List
HTML |
FAO Land Cover Classification System
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) |
Forest Science and Forest Products, Natural Resources, Earth and Environment
Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data, Land cover data
The Land Cover Classification System (LCCS) is a comprehensive, standardized a priori classification system, designed to meet specific user... more |
Classification scheme
HTML |
FAO Terminology
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) |
A multilingual terminology database in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Spanish and Italian. Some records also show the Scientific Name. The... more |
Terminology |
FAOSTAT Commodity List
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) |
Agro- Economics, Business and Industry, Animal Science and Animal Products, Food and Human Nutrition, Plant Science and Plant Products
Socio-economic data, Value chain data, Food product data
To promote consistency and comparability of information at the world level, FAO statistics provides national statistical offices with internationally... more |
Classification scheme
CSV, HTML |
Gramene Taxonomy Ontology
Gramene |
Organisms, [Peripheral / neighbouring domains]
It is a representation of the taxonomy tree in the ontology format. Each term in this ontology can represent subspecies, species, genus, order, class... more |
Ontology
CSV, OBO Flat File, RDF/XML |
GRIB - General Regularly-distributed Information in Binary form
World Meteorological Organization |
[Peripheral / neighbouring domains], Meteorology and Climatology
Resource-specific metadata, Datasets, Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data, Weather / meteorological data
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Commission for Basic Systems (CBS) Extraordinary Meeting Number VIII (1985) approved a general purpose,... more |
Binary / text data format, Messaging standard
PDF |
GRIN Taxonomy for Plants
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) |
Plant Science and Plant Products
Research and agronomic data, Plants / germplasm, General Germplasm, Germplasm accessions
USDA manages the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN): GRIN taxonomic data provide the structure and nomenclature for the accessions in the... more |
Taxonomy
HTML |
The Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System
World Customs Organization, United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) |
Agro- Economics, Business and Industry, Food and Human Nutrition, Plant Science and Plant Products
Socio-economic data, Value chain data, Food product data
The Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System generally referred to as "Harmonized System" or simply "HS" is a multipurpose international... more |
Classification scheme
HTML, PDF |
HDF5 File Format Specification
HDF Group |
Geospatial and geopolitical domain, Meteorology and Climatology, [Peripheral / neighbouring domains]
Resource-specific metadata, Datasets, Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data, Geospatial data / objects, Hydrological data, Weather / meteorological data
The format of an HDF5 file on disk encompasses several key ideas of the HDF4 and AIO file formats as well as addressing some shortcomings therein... more |
Binary / text data format
HTML, PDF |
INSPIRE Data Specification for the spatial data theme Soil
European Commission Joint Research Centre |
Natural Resources, Earth and Environment
Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data, Geospatial data / objects, Soil data, Research and agronomic data, Soil research data, Soil climate regimes, Soil maps, Soil profiles
The INSPIRE directive came into force on 15 May 2007 and will be implemented in various stages, with full implementation required by 2019. The... more |
Model, Schema / element set
UMLS (RRF, ORF), XML |
Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC)
Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) |
Food and Human Nutrition
Food security, Socio-economic data
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) is a set of standardized tools that aims at providing a "common currency" for classifying the... more |
Classification scheme
PDF |
International Geosphere–Biosphere Programme (IGBP) land cover classification
International Geosphere–Biosphere Programme (IGBP) |
Natural Resources, Earth and Environment
Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data, Land cover data
The International Geosphere–Biosphere Programme (IGBP) defines ecosystems surface classifications. more |
Classification scheme, Glossary
PDF |
International Standard Statistical Classification of Aquatic Animals and Plants
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) |
Fisheries and Aquaculture
The International Standard Statistical Classification of Aquatic Animals and Plants (ISSCAAP) is used for the collection of capture and aquaculture... more |
Classification scheme
PDF |
IWXXM (ICAO Meteorological Information Exchange Model)
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), World Meteorological Organization |
[Peripheral / neighbouring domains], Meteorology and Climatology
Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data, Weather / meteorological data
IWXXM (ICAO Meteorological Information Exchange Model) is a format for reporting weather information in XML/GML. IWXXM includes XML/GML-based... more |
Messaging standard, Schema / element set
XML |
Land Cover CCI - Product User Guide
Climate Change Initiative (CCI) |
Natural Resources, Earth and Environment, Meteorology and Climatology, [Peripheral / neighbouring domains]
Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data, Land cover data, Weather / meteorological data
The Climate Change Initiative (CCI) generates global Land Cover (LC) products with climatological 7-day time series representing seasonal dynamics of... more |
Classification scheme, Glossary
PDF |
LandVoc - the Linked Land Governance Thesaurus
The Land Portal Foundation |
Government, Agricultural Law and Regulations, Natural Resources, Earth and Environment
Land tenure data, Administration and legislation resources
LandVoc is the standardized vocabulary for concepts relating to land governance, curated by the Land Portal Foundation. more |
Thesaurus
CSV, JSON, RDF/XML |
Linked Open Data (LOD)-enabled bibliographical data
Food and Agriculture Organization |
Resource-specific metadata, Documents
LODE-BD aims to support the selection of appropriate encoding strategies for producing meaningful Linked Open Data (LOD)-enabled bibliographical data... more |
Application profile
HTML, PDF |
Meaningful Bibliographic Metadata
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
Resource-specific metadata
Meaningful Bibliographic Metadata (M2B) is a set of recommendations for content providers to select appropriate metadata properties for the creation... more |
Application profile, Model
HTML |
METCE (Modele pour l'Echange de Temps, Climate et Eau)
World Meteorological Organization |
Meteorology and Climatology, [Peripheral / neighbouring domains]
Weather / meteorological data, Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data
The Modèle pour l’Échange des Informations sur le Temps, le Climate et l’Éau (METCE) is a Logical Data Model (LDM) that was developed to work within... more |
Model, Schema / element set
XML |
NASA Ames Format
NASA |
[Peripheral / neighbouring domains], Meteorology and Climatology
Resource-specific metadata, Datasets, Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data, Weather / meteorological data, [General / cross-cutting], Observations and measurement (all domains)
The NASA Ames Format for Data Exchange, often referred to as NASA Ames Format, grew out of NASA aircraft campaigns and was first formalised at the... more |
Binary / text data format
HTML, PDF |
NetCDF - Network Common Data Form
Unidata, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) |
Geospatial and geopolitical domain, Meteorology and Climatology, [Peripheral / neighbouring domains]
Datasets, Geospatial data / objects, Hydrological data, Weather / meteorological data, Resource-specific metadata, Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data
The Network Common Data Form, or netCDF, is an interface to a library of data access functions for storing and retrieving data in the form of arrays... more |
Binary / text data format
HTML, PDF |
NetCDF Climate and Forecast (CF) metadata conventions
Climate and Forecast metadata conventions |
Natural Resources, Earth and Environment, [Peripheral / neighbouring domains], Meteorology and Climatology
Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data, Weather / meteorological data
The conventions for CF (Climate and Forecast) metadata are designed to promote the processing and sharing of files created with the NetCDF API . The... more |
Binary / text data format, Model
HTML, PDF |
Open Development Mekong taxonomy
Open Development Mekong |
Agricultural Research, Technology and Engineering, Farms and Farming Systems, Government, Agricultural Law and Regulations
Administration and legislation resources, Land tenure data
Open Development Mekong has a development taxonomy, available in JSON format, with a top-tier hierarchy of 17 terms, with many terms under it. The... more |
Taxonomy
JSON |
Organic.Edunet IEEE LOM AP
Organic.Edunet |
Education and Agricultural Extension
Learning resources, Resource-specific metadata
The Organic.Edunet Metadata AP is an adapted version of the IEEE LOM. It adapts certain vocabularies and recommendations from the Learning Resource... more |
Schema / element set
RDF/XML, Turtle |
OSCAR Observing Systems Capability Analysis and Review Tool: list of variables
World Meteorological Organization |
Natural Resources, Earth and Environment, [Peripheral / neighbouring domains], Meteorology and Climatology
Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data, Soil data, Weather / meteorological data, Weather observations (live or historical), Research and agronomic data, Plants / germplasm, Location and Environmental, Soil research data, Soil profiles, Socio-economic data, Value chain data, Farm management data, Observed field data from the farm, [General / cross-cutting], Observations and measurement (all domains)
OSCAR is a resource developed by WMO in support of Earth Observation applications, studies and global coordination. It contains quantitative user-... more |
Data dictionary
HTML |
Plant Environment Ontology
Plant Ontology Consortium |
Plant Science and Plant Products
Plants / germplasm, Research and agronomic data
The Plant Environment Ontology describes the treatments,growing conditions, and/or study types used in various types of plant biology experiments... more |
Ontology
CSV, OWL/XML, RDF/XML |
Plant Ontology
Plant Ontology Consortium |
Plant Science and Plant Products, Plant Science and Plant Products
Plant Anatomy and Development, Biodiversity and ecological data, Plants / germplasm, Research and agronomic data, Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data
A non extensive collection of terms that describe structure and developmental stages of a plant. Arranged in a structured order/network based on the... more |
Ontology
CSV, OWL/XML, RDF/XML |
Plant Phenotype Experiment Domain Ontology
Cyril Pommier |
Plant Science and Plant Products
Phenotype and Trait, Research and agronomic data, Plants / germplasm
Domain ONtology for Phenotyping Experiments. Synchronized wih the Breeding API ( http://docs.brapi.apiary.io ) and MIAPPE compliant ( https://... more |
Ontology
CSV, OWL/XML, RDF/XML |
