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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 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 |
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 |
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 |
Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange
Bank for International Settlements, European Central Bank, eurostat, International Monetary Fund, OECD, United Nations, World Bank |
Education and Agricultural Extension, Information Management
Socio-economic data, Other statistical data, Demographic and social statistics, Food consumption / dietary surveys, Health statistics, Income data, Population data
The BIS, ECB, EUROSTAT, IMF, OECD, UN, and the World Bank have joined together to focus on business practices in the field of statistical information... more |
Schema / element set
XML |
UN M.49 area codes (countries and regions)
United Nations (UN) |
Geospatial and geopolitical domain
[General / cross-cutting]
UN M.49 is a standard for area codes used by the United Nations for statistical purposes, developed and maintained by the United Nations Statistics... more |
Name authority list
HTML |
