How to Determine the Terms

To identify the terms of the vocabularyA set of terms (e.g., words) that are used in a specific community. Related Guide, you need to first examine the descriptions of your assets, looking for discrete (i.e., non continuous) content. Things that are measured are usually continuous, while things that have specific descriptions are usually discrete. Also, if you can count the total number of possible descriptions, it is likely to be discrete.

If the possible content of the metadataData about data. Metadata provides a context for research findings, ideally in a machine-readable format. It enables discovery of data via an electronic interface, and correct use and attribution of findings. Related Guide elementIndividual instance of a metadata label and value pair. For example, "creator: John Doe" is a metadata element. Related Guide is found to be discrete, then it is a likely candidate for a vocabulary. For example, if the descriptor was ocean_name and the content was the name of the ocean, then the ocean names could be added to the system as terms in a vocabulary. In this case, the vocabulary contains the five ocean names.

Once you have identified those elements that contain discrete terms, you must identify all possible terms to be contained in the elements as valuesMetadata values are the content connected to metadata labels in a metadata element. For example, if the metadata label is "date", the metadata value could be "May 13, 2007". Related Guide. This is the list of terms for your vocabulary. You should be able to provide a definition of each value, such that its definition is unique to that value. This definition development is a process of building a dictionaryIn the context of metadata, a dictionary is a type of controlled flat vocabulary, which provides a list of metadata terms, definitions and additional information within a specific domain. Related Guide of values for the vocabulary.

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