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ACORD ACORD |
Farms and Farming Systems, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Government, Agricultural Law and Regulations, Natural Resources, Earth and Environment, Food and Human Nutrition Administration and legislation resources, Land tenure data ACORD International uses a set of 180 tags to classify their content on their website. There is no particular hierarchy between the terms, and they... more |
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Actuar Actuar |
Government, Agricultural Law and Regulations Administration and legislation resources, Land tenure data Actuar has 9 categories according to which they categorize their resources. These categories are resource types as well as topical categories. The... more |
List |
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AgEcon AgEcon |
Agricultural Research, Technology and Engineering, Farms and Farming Systems, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Forest Science and Forest Products, Government, Agricultural Law and Regulations, Food and Human Nutrition Administration and legislation resources, Land tenure data AgEcon is a repository for agriculture-related resources, using 81 "top-tier" subjects to enable the user to browse the website. To classify the... more |
List |
| AGRIS Subject Categories | AGRIS Subject Categories identifies AGRIS subjects and assigns a code to each category. The purpose of ASC is to specify the source of subject... more | Name authority list |
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AGRIS/CARIS Categorization Scheme Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) |
[General / cross-cutting] The scope of AGRIS and CARIS coincides with the scope of FAO and covers agriculture and its related fields, including fisheries, forestry, food,... more |
Classification scheme |
| Agroforestree Database |
Forest Science and Forest Products The database provides detailed information on 670 agroforestry tree species in order to help field workers and researchers in selecting appropriate... more |
Glossary, Taxonomy |
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AGTER AGTER |
Government, Agricultural Law and Regulations, Natural Resources, Earth and Environment Administration and legislation resources, Land tenure data AGTER has a list of 10 keywords that they use for their users to browse the website for relevant resources more easily. There is no hierarchy between... more |
List |
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Amigos de la Tierra Amigos de la Tierra |
Government, Agricultural Law and Regulations, Natural Resources, Earth and Environment Administration and legislation resources, Land tenure data Amigos de la Tierra has a short list of categories which they use to facilitate browsing for their users. There is no hierarchy between the... more |
List |
| AmphibiaWeb |
Farms and Farming Systems AmphibiaWeb is an online system that provides access to information on amphibian declines, conservation, natural history, and taxonomy.s=d... more |
Taxonomy |
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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 Diversity Web - Kingdom Animalia Classification |
Animal Science and Animal Products Research and agronomic data Animal Diversity Web (ADW) is an online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology at the University... more |
Taxonomy |
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ANZSoilML CSIRO Australia |
Natural Resources, Earth and Environment Research and agronomic data, Soil research data ANZSoilML is an application schema that specifies a set of feature-types and supporting structures for information used in the Australian and new... more |
Model UML model |
| Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Thesaurus |
Fisheries and Aquaculture Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data An indexing and searching tool. It contains the subject descriptors used to index the records contained in the Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries... more |
Thesaurus |
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Asian Farmers Association Asian Farmers Association |
Farms and Farming Systems, Government, Agricultural Law and Regulations Administration and legislation resources, Land tenure data The Asian Farmers Association, like many local organizations, does not classify its content topically at all, but merely categorizes its resources by... more |
List |
| Australian Emergency Management Terms Thesaurus |
Government, Agricultural Law and Regulations The Australian Emergency Management Terms Thesaurus provides a list of terms commonly used across the emergency management sector. The thesaurus... more |
Thesaurus |
| Australian Public Affairs Information Service Thesaurus |
Government, Agricultural Law and Regulations APAIS is a subject index to scholarly articles in the social sciences and humanities published in Australia, and to selected periodical articles,... more |
Thesaurus |
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Australian Soil and Land Survey Field Handbook CSIRO Australia |
Natural Resources, Earth and Environment The Australian Soil and Land Survey Field Handbook specifies methods and terminology for soil and land surveys. It has been widely used throughout... more |
Dictionary |
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Australian Soil Classification ASC CSIRO Australia |
Natural Resources, Earth and Environment The Australian Soil Classification provides a framework for organising knowledge about Australian soils by allocating soils to classes via a key... more |
Classification scheme |
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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 |
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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 |
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Bioethics Thesaurus Bioethics Research Library Kennedy Institute of Ethics |
Health and Pathology The foundation of the database is the original Bioethics Thesaurus, which was developed at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics and was used to index... more |
Thesaurus |
| CABI codes | CABICODES enable searchers to locate general subject categories which are not easy to retrieve using descriptors alone and help them to exclude... more | Classification scheme |
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CABI thesaurus Centre for Agricultural Bioscience Thesaurus |
The CAB Thesaurus is the essential search tool for all users of the CAB ABSTRACTS™ and Global Health databases and related products. The CAB... more |
Thesaurus HTML |
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Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights |
Government, Agricultural Law and Regulations Administration and legislation resources, Land tenure data LICADHO, the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights, has a set list of topics under which they categorize their content... more |
List |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Convention of Biological Diversity Controlled Vocabulary Convention of Biological Diversity |
Breeding and Genetic Improvement, Natural Resources, Earth and Environment, Plant Science and Plant Products [General / cross-cutting], General Germplasm, Phenotype and Trait, Plant Anatomy and Development, Research and agronomic data, Plants / germplasm "It facilitates searching and retrieving information by linking similar documents and on-line resources with unique terms. It standardizes... more |
Thesaurus |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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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 |
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FAO Fisheries Commodities Classification Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) |
Fisheries and Aquaculture Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data The FAO International Standard Statistical Classification of Fishery Commodities (ISSCFC) has been developed for the collation of national data in... more |
Classification scheme |
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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 |
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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 |
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FAO Technical Knowledge Classification Scheme Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) |
Classification scheme | |
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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 |
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FAOLEX Glossary Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) |
Government, Agricultural Law and Regulations Administration and legislation resources FAOLEX is a comprehensive and up-to-date computerized legislative database, one of the world's largest electronic collection of national laws and... more |
Glossary HTML |
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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 |
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Fisheries Global Information System Glossary (part of FAOTERM) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) |
Fisheries and Aquaculture Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data The fisheries glossary is a multilingual glossary which provides definitions related to the field of responsible (sustainable) fisheries development... more |
Glossary HTML |
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Fisheries Metadata Element Set Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department |
Fisheries and Aquaculture Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data The Fisheries Metadata Element Set is a proposed standard for the encoding of structured documents within the domain of fisheries research and policy... more |
Schema / element set XML |
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Fishing Gear types Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) |
Fisheries and Aquaculture Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data This ontology manages reference data about gear types needed for the fisheries fact sheets. The type of gear installed on a vessel determines the... more |
Classification scheme |
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Focus on Land in Africa Tags Focus on Land in Africa |
Government, Agricultural Law and Regulations Administration and legislation resources, Land tenure data Focus on Land in Africa has published a glossary of almost 100 key terms on land governance and land tenure. This glossary is used as a resource tool... more |
Glossary, List |
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Forestry Terms British Columbia Ministry of Forests and Range |
Forest Science and Forest Products Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data A compilation of forestry terms commonly used by the British Columbia Ministry of Forests and Range. The definitions are provided for information... more |
Glossary |
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Global Forest Decimal Classification International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) |
Forest Science and Forest Products The Global Forest Decimal Classification unit is a dynamic, open, user-driven community of individuals involved in forest-related research, committed... more |
Classification scheme |
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Global Land Indicator Initiative Global Land Tool Network |
Government, Agricultural Law and Regulations, Natural Resources, Earth and Environment Administration and legislation resources, Land tenure data The GLII glossary of terms is not available publicly yet, but will be published as a glossary of core land-related terms that will be used as a... more |
Glossary |
