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Richard Ferrers
ANDS Vocabulary Service: an overview
ANDS Data Specialist | UTAS ANDS Liaison
29 June 2016
The Australian National Data Service (ANDS) makes Australia’s research data assets more valuable for researchers, research institutions and the nation.
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Controlled vocabs are relevant in research
data reuse data linking
Organising body that
manages vocabulary
ANDS Vocabulary Service
Research Institute A
University A
Research Institute B
University B
Government
Agency A
Government
Agency B
Publish vocab & info about vocab in a
machine-readable format; update when
changes are made
ANDS Vocabulary Service Editor
ANDS Vocabulary Service PortalResearch
Vocabularies
Australia
an example:discovering data
by selecting
relevant
controlled
vocabulary
terms in
Research Data
Australia
ANDS Vocabulary Service Widget
Vocabulary ConsumersVocabulary Creators/Providers
How you can use the Service
● Find, learn about and integrate vocabularies into
your own internal system
○ For description of digital content
○ For discovery of digital content
○ For re-use of digital content
● Access vocabularies and use and adapt them
● Receive automated updates about the vocabulary
from the vocabulary provider
● Upload and describe a vocabulary to share with
others
○ To advocate for the use of already-existing
vocabularies
○ For multiple consumers from one updatable &
automated access point
○ To reduce duplication of effort
● Format a vocabulary so that it can be understood by a
computer (machine readable) and more easily
integrated into others’ systems
● Create or import existing vocabularies and manage
them with your community’s input
User support resources
ANDS vocabulary services liaison
User support documentation online in ANDS Guides
System setup
System access for your team
User & project management
Using ANDS-hosted vocabularies
How to integrate the widget
user help at documentation.ands.org.au
A ‘use only what you need’ service
Vocabulary discovery portal:
available publicly online at vocabs.ands.org.au
Vocabulary creation, management & integration:
free for use by our partners
get involved!
email us at [email protected]
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