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 |
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 |
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 |