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 |
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 |
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 |
Data Catalog Vocabulary
W3C |
Resource-specific metadata, Datasets
DCAT is an RDF vocabulary designed to facilitate interoperability between data catalogs published on the Web. This document defines the schema and... more |
Schema / element set
RDF/XML, Turtle |
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) |
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/Bioversity Multi-Crop Passport Descriptors
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Bioversity International |
Plant Science and Plant Products
Research and agronomic data, Plants / germplasm, General Germplasm, Germplasm accessions, Phenotype and Trait, Plant Anatomy and Development
The FAO/Bioversity Multi-Crop Passport Descriptors (MCPD V.2) is the result of a thorough revision of the publication originally released by FAO/... more |
Schema / element set
PDF |
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 |
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
PDF |
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 |
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 |
INSPIRE Data Specifications for Coordinate reference systems
European Commission Joint Research Centre, INSPIRE Thematic Working Group Coordinate Reference Systems & Geographical Grid Systems |
Geospatial and geopolitical domain, [Peripheral / neighbouring domains]
Geospatial data / objects, Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data
The theme establishes a structure for spatial referencing of features by coordinates. It refers to ISO 19111 adding a higher accuracy level. more |
Data specification, Model
PDF |
INSPIRE Data Specifications for Geographical grid systems
European Commission Joint Research Centre, INSPIRE Thematic Working Group Coordinate Reference Systems & Geographical Grid Systems |
Geospatial and geopolitical domain, [Peripheral / neighbouring domains]
Geospatial data / objects, Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data
Geographical grids are an agreed, defined and harmonised grid net for Pan-Europe with standardised location and size of grid cells. Examples of cell... more |
Data specification, Model
PDF |
INSPIRE Data Specifications for Geographical names
European Commission Joint Research Centre, INSPIRE Thematic Working Group Coordinate Reference Systems & Geographical Grid Systems |
[Peripheral / neighbouring domains], Geospatial and geopolitical domain
Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data, Geospatial data / objects
A geographical name is a proper noun applied to a natural, man-made or cultural feature on Earth. A feature can have different names in one or... more |
Data specification, Model
PDF |
INSPIRE Data Specifications on Agricultural and aquaculture facilities
European Commission Joint Research Centre, INSPIRE Thematic Working Group Coordinate Reference Systems & Geographical Grid Systems |
Farms and Farming Systems
Socio-economic data, Value chain data, Farm management data
The theme "Agricultural and Aquaculture Facilities" concerns the description of all the physical instruments and constructions with permanent or semi... more |
Data specification, Model, Schema / element set
PDF, UML model, XML |
INSPIRE Data Specifications on Atmospheric Conditions and Meteorological Geographical Features
European Commission Joint Research Centre, INSPIRE Thematic Working Group Coordinate Reference Systems & Geographical Grid Systems |
[Peripheral / neighbouring domains], Meteorology and Climatology
Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data, Weather / meteorological data
Physical conditions in the atmosphere. Includes spatial data based on measurements, on models or on a combination thereof and includes measurement... more |
Data specification, Model
PDF, UML model |
INSPIRE Data Specifications on Meteorological Geographical Features
European Commission Joint Research Centre, INSPIRE Thematic Working Group Coordinate Reference Systems & Geographical Grid Systems |
Meteorology and Climatology, [Peripheral / neighbouring domains]
Weather / meteorological data, Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data
Weather conditions and their measurements; precipitation, temperature, evapotranspiration, wind speed and direction. The scope of 'Meteorological... more |
Schema / element set
UML model, 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 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 |
ISO 11783-10:2015 - Tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry -- Serial control and communications data network -- Part 10
International Standards Organisation |
Farms and Farming Systems
Socio-economic data, Value chain data, Farm management data, Crop management data from the farm, Farm sensors infrastructure
SO 11783 as a whole specifies a serial data network for control and communications on forestry or agricultural tractors and mounted, semi-mounted,... more |
Data specification, Messaging standard
PDF |
ISO 19144-2:2012 Geographic information - Classification systems -- Part 2: Land Cover Meta Language (LCML)
International Standards Organisation |
Natural Resources, Earth and Environment
Land cover data, Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data
ISO 19144-2:2012 specifies a Land Cover Meta Language (LCML) expressed as a UML metamodel that allows different land cover classification systems to... more |
Data specification, Model
UML model |
ISO 19156:2011 Geographic information - Observations and measurements
International Standards Organisation |
Natural Resources, Earth and Environment
Hydrological data, Soil data, Weather / meteorological data, Weather observations (live or historical), Soil profiles, Observed field data from the farm, Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data, Soil research data, Research and agronomic data, Farm management data, Value chain data, Socio-economic data, Observations and measurement (all domains), [General / cross-cutting]
ISO 19156:2011 defines a conceptual schema for observations, and for features involved in sampling when making observations. These provide models for... more |
Data specification
PDF |
ISO 639-1:2002, Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 1: Alpha-2 code
International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Austrian Standards Institute |
Language domain
[General / cross-cutting], Resource-specific metadata
It is the first part of the ISO 639 series of international standards for language codes. Part 1 covers the registration of two-letter codes. There... more |
Code list, Data specification, Name authority list
HTML |
ISO 8601 Data elements and interchange formats – Information interchange – Representation of dates and times
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) |
ISO 8601 describes an internationally accepted way to represent dates and times using numbers. more |
Data specification
HTML |
ISO Animal Identification
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) |
Animal Science and Animal Products, Food and Human Nutrition
Farm management data, Value chain data, Socio-economic data
“Contains the structure of the radio-frequency identification code for animals. Does not specify the characteristics of the transmission protocols... more |
Data specification, Messaging standard
PDF |
ISO/TS 19139:2007 Geographic information -- Metadata -- XML schema implementation
ISO/TC 211 Organization, International Standards Organisation |
Geospatial and geopolitical domain
Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data, Geospatial data / objects
XML schema (GMD) for the ISO 19115:2003 Geographic Information - Metadata..The objective of this International Standard is to provide a structure for... more |
Schema / element set
XML |
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 |
KML
Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) |
Geospatial data / objects, Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data
Google submitted KML (formerly Keyhole Markup Language) to the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) to be evolved within the OGC consensus process with... more |
Model, Schema / element set
XML |
Land Use categories in World Census of Agriculture
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) |
Farms and Farming Systems, Government, Agricultural Law and Regulations
Administration and legislation resources, Land tenure data, Socio-economic data, Farming practices / farm activities, Land use data
FAO guidelines for countries to compile ther agricultural census statistics. The use of these guidelines by member countries ensures that the census... more |
Classification scheme, Glossary
PDF |
MeSH - Medical Subject Headings
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
[Peripheral / neighbouring domains], Physical and Chemical Sciences
Animal diseases, Organisms, Structural and Functional Genomic, [Other / various types], Livestock research data, Research and agronomic data, Plants / germplasm
MeSH is the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus. It consists of sets of terms naming descriptors in a hierarchical... more |
Subject heading scheme
N-Triples |
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 |
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 |
OGC Geoscience Markup Language (GeoSciML)
Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) |
Natural Resources, Earth and Environment
Biodiversity and ecological data, Hydrological data, Soil data, Soil profiles, Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data, Soil research data, Research and agronomic data
GeoSciML is a model of geological features commonly described and portrayed in geological maps, cross sections, geological reports and databases. The... more |
Model, Schema / element set
UML model, XML |
OGC Observations and Measurements - XML Implementation
Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) |
Natural Resources, Earth and Environment, Meteorology and Climatology, [Peripheral / neighbouring domains]
Hydrological data, Soil data, Weather observations (live or historical), Weather observations, Soil profiles, Observed field data from the farm, Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data, Weather / meteorological data, Soil research data, Research and agronomic data, Farm management data, Value chain data, Socio-economic data, Observations and measurement (all domains), [General / cross-cutting]
This standard specifies an XML implementation for the OGC and ISO Observations and Measurements (O&M) conceptual model (OGC Observations and... more |
Schema / element set
PDF, XML |
OGC Sensor Model Language (SensorML)
Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) |
Natural Resources, Earth and Environment, [Peripheral / neighbouring domains], Meteorology and Climatology
Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data, Weather / meteorological data, Weather monitoring infrastructure, Description and configuration of sensor networks, Observation and reporting facilities
The primary focus of the Sensor Model Language (SensorML) is to provide a robust and semantically-tied means of defining processes and processing... more |
Schema / element set
HTML, XML |
OGC W3C Semantic Sensor Network Ontology
W3C |
Natural Resources, Earth and Environment, [Peripheral / neighbouring domains], Meteorology and Climatology
Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data, Hydrological data, Soil data, Weather / meteorological data, Weather monitoring infrastructure, Description and configuration of sensor networks, Observation and reporting facilities, Observed field data from the farm, Observations and measurement (all domains), Farm management data, Value chain data, Socio-economic data, [General / cross-cutting]
The Semantic Sensor Network Ontology (SSN) is an ontology for describing sensors and their observations, the involved procedures, the studied... more |
Ontology
HTML, RDF/XML |
OpenGIS OGC Geography Markup Language
Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) |
Geospatial and geopolitical domain
Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data, Geospatial data / objects
The Geography Markup Language (GML) is an XML grammar for expressing geographical features. GML serves as a modeling language for geographic systems... more |
Schema / element set
XML |
The RDF Data Cube Vocabulary
W3C |
Information Management
Datasets, Socio-economic data, Other statistical data, Resource-specific metadata, Demographic and social statistics, Food consumption / dietary surveys, Health statistics, Income data, Population data
The standard provides a means to publish multi-dimensional data, such as statistics, on the web in such a way that it can be linked to related data... more |
Ontology
Turtle |
Schema.org
Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Yandex |
[General / cross-cutting]
Schema.org is an initiative launched on 2 June 2011 by Bing, Google and Yahoo! to introduce the concept of the Semantic Web to websites. On 1... more |
Schema / element set
JSON-LD, N-Quads, N-Triples, Turtle |
SEEA CF / SEEA AFF Land Cover Classification
Statistical Commission of the United Nations |
Natural Resources, Earth and Environment
Land cover data, Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data
Land cover being altogether the observed image of ecosystems and of the effects of land use, practical classification may put the emphasis either on... more |
Classification scheme, Glossary
PDF |
SEEA CF / SEEA AFF Land Use Classification
Statistical Commission of the United Nations |
Farms and Farming Systems, Rural and Agricultural Sociology
Socio-economic data, Land use data, Farming practices / farm activities
A consolidated land use classification to be used in the System of Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting (SEEA), based on the major LU... more |
Classification scheme, Glossary
PDF |
Simple Knowledge Organization System
W3C |
[Other / various types]
Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS) is a common data model for sharing and linking knowledge organization systems via the Web. Many knowledge... more |
Schema / element set
RDF/XML, Turtle |
SO 19152:2012 Geographic information -- Land Administration Domain Model (LADM)
International Standards Organisation |
Government, Agricultural Law and Regulations
Land tenure data, Administration and legislation resources
ISO 19152:2012 defines a reference Land Administration Domain Model (LADM) covering basic information-related components of land administration (... more |
Data specification, Model, Terminology
UML model |
UN Central Product Classification
Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations, United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) |
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
The Central Product Classification (CPC) is developed and maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). It constitutes a complete... more |
Classification scheme
MDB, PDF, Plain text |
UN Classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose (COICOP)
United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) |
Rural and Agricultural Sociology
Demographic and social statistics, Socio-economic data
The purposes defined in COICOP are based on the classifications of consumer expenditures which national statistical offices have developed for their... more |
Classification scheme
HTML |
