Vocabularies & Standards References

Titlesort iconDescriptionReference TypeReference Topics
ABCD: Access to Biological Data CollectionsA metadata standard for the exchange of biological collections and observations
ACT Sensors ListList of sensors developed by the Alliance for Coastal Technologies
Agency PortalsAgency portals which enable discovery and download of marine geoscience metadata and data.
AGU Index TermsThesaurus for indexing AGU journal articles and meeting abstracts, covering earth science concepts
Alexandria Digital Library (ADL) GazetteerGazetteer services provided by Alexandria Digital Library from Map and Imagery Lab, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).
All Ontologies hosted at MMIComing soon: List of all the ontologies hosted at MMI
All References at MMIAll MMI metadata references
Amazon Web Services (AWS)REST-based Web Services to search Amazon product data.
Animal Behavior OntologyOntology describing animal behavior.
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA)Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) is a paid service providing references to international literative covering marine environments.
Arctic Observing Network Data QuestionnaireSummary results of the AON data questionnaire (link to details provided).
Argo Instrument ListInstrument code list from Argo
Argo Parameters and quality control code listsList of parameter and quality control codes from Argo
Auxiliary Description of InstrumentsThis is a project under development in GCMD to allow instrument metadata in GCMD data submissions that use the Directory Interchange Format.
AxisAxis is an open-source implementation of SOAP; part of the Apache Web Services project.
BIDMBasic Interoperability Data Model (BIDM) is a IEEE standard (1420.1) for interoperable software cataloging on the Internet; it defines the minimal set of information about assets that reuse libraries should be able to exchange to support interoperability.
Biodiversity Resource Information OntologyAn ontology describing resources important in biodiversity information management.
BioPortal 2.0
BODC (British Oceanographic Data Centre) UnitsThe BODC units table, consisting of all the units codes used in BODC parameter lists.
BODC Instruments ListList of instruments used by the British Oceanographic Data Centre
BODC Parameter Ontology ProjectThe British Oceanographic Data Centre is creating an ontology to link the BODC Parameter Discovery Vocabulary, the CF Standard Names and the GCMD Science Keywords
BOG CTD Bottle Data Field NamesMBARI's Biological Ocean Group (BOG) CTD Bottle Data Field Names
BOG CTD Profiling Data Field NamesMBARI's Biological Ocean Group (BOG) CTD Profiling Data Field Names
British Oceanographic Data Centre Parameter Discovery VocabularyThe BODC Parameter Dictionary has been completely overhauled during 2004 and now consists of an integrated data markup and parameter discovery vocabularies.
British Oceanographic Data Centre Parameter Usage VocabularyThe BODC Parameter Usage Vocabulary may be used as a tool to label a measurement with information on what it is and how it was obtained or to describe parameters (phenomena in GML terminology) in 'use' metadata.
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