WMO Codes Registry | Agrisemantics Map of Data Standards

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The WMO Codes Registry is the mechanism through which the authoritative terms required for WMO AvXML are published as web-accessible resources.
The Met Office operates this Service on behalf of WMO.

This Registry provides the WMO codes from BUFR and GRIB tables as linked data concepts.

Form

Core information

URL(s):

http://codes.wmo.int/

Publisher(s) / Maintainer(s):

World Meteorological Organization

Domain(s):

[Peripheral / neighbouring domains], Meteorology and Climatology

Type of standard:

Code list

Describes / models / annotates:

Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data, Weather / meteorological data

Segment of the value chain:

Conditions (weather, soli...)

Additional information

Publication year:

2013

Status:

Recommended

Technical information

Format of the data standard:

CSV, JSON-LD, RDF/XML

Namespace:

http://codes.wmo.int/

Download / dump:

http://codes.wmo.int?_format=rdf

Relations

Uses (link to vocabulary in the map):

BUFR - Binary Universal Form for the Representation of meteorological data, GRIB - General Regularly-distributed Information in Binary form

RDF vocabulary

RDF "language":

SKOS

SPARQL Endpoint:

http://codes.wmo.int/ui/sparql-form

VEST / AgroPortal integration

Original source:

VEST Registry

Assessment

An overview of criteria used for the assessment can be found here.

Total score:

2.27

assessment tabs

Fitness / adoption

Complete:

Yes, complete, consistent and granular

Authoritative:

Yes

Largely compatible:

Not clear - N/A

Known:

Yes, very well

Used in software:

Not clear - N/A

Used in datasets:

Yes, in many, by a few providers

Discoverable:

Yes

Regulatory:

Yes

Endorsed:

Yes, very strongly

Long-term, sustainable:

Yes, reasonably

Participatory, collaborative:

Not clear - N/A

Maintained:

Yes

Scores

Avg fitness:

2.67

Avg adoption:

2.56

Usability / openness

Available on the web:

Yes

Versatile:

Yes, 2-3 similar formats

Served by APIs:

Yes, to lookup terms / concepts using several parameters

Manageable:

Not clear - N/A

Documented:

Yes

Supported:

Not clear - N/A

Testable:

Not clear - N/A

Machine-readable:

Yes

Meaningful:

Yes

Annotated:

Not clear - N/A

Referenceable:

Yes

Linked:

Not clear - N/A

Clearly licensed:

Openly licensed:

Not clear - N/A

Scores

Avg usability:

2.14

Avg openness:

1.71

Notes on assessment:

First assessment by FAO

URI: https://vest.agrisemantics.org/node/20137

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