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Dec 24, 2015
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Bruce Bargmeyer
EPA/OIRM/EIM Division
Tel: (202) 260-5306
WWW URL: http://sdct-sunsrv1.ncsl.nist.gov/~bargmeye
Presentation By:
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Data Elements
Overview
Terminology
Thesaurus
Data Registry
Ontology
Terminology Sources
Interface Access
XML
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Terms Context
Dictionaryor
Glossary
Concept
C 1
C 2
Terminology
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Concept: transportation
Term: car
Context: railwayautomotivepoeticelevator…
Definition: (kär) n1 A vehicle for use on tracks.2 Any wheeled vehicle, as an automobile.3 Poetic A chariot.4 The contents of a car; carload.5 The cage of an elevator....
DICTIONARY LISTING GLOSSARY LISTING
Elements of Terminology
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car
Elements of Terminology
Term A ( = vehicle)
Term B (sedan)
Term C (convertible)
Thesaurus
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GLOSSARY
DICTIONARY
VALUES
CLASSIFICATION
Data Element
Elements of Terminology
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Elements of Terminology
Data element: a unit of data for which the identification, meaning, representation, and permissible values are specified by means of a set of attributes
Data element concept: a concept which can be represented in the form of a data element, described independently of any particular representation
Data element representation: a data component consisting of a value domain and representation class
Source: ISO/IEC 11179, Information Technology -Specification and standardization of data elements.
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ThesaurusText Data1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SearchEngine
Search Example:Pollution Acid Rain
Terms Context
Dictionary or Glossary
Concept
C 1
C 2
Message: Keep text and data together!
InterfaceAccess
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Name: State Name
Definition: The name of a principal administrative subdivision of the United States, Canada, or Mexico.
Values: AlabamaAlbertaAquascalientes
Classification: State
Terms Context
Dictionary or Glossary
Concept
C 1
C 2
Data Element: STATE Name
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System
OracleData Base
ManagementSystem (DBMS)
EDI Message Sets Web-based Form
Report Form Regulation Federal Register
Packaged as:
Terms Context
Dictionary or Glossary
Concept
C 1
C 2
Envirofacts
Query
InterfaceAccess
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System
OracleData Base
ManagementSystem (DBMS)
OracleData Base
ManagementSystem (DBMS)
InterfaceAccess
EDI Message Sets- Web-enabled FormEDI Message Sets- Web-enabled Form
Report Forms Regulation Federal Register
Report Forms Regulation Federal Register
Packaged as:Envirofacts
QueryQuery
Terms Context
Dictionary or Glossary
Concept
C 1
C 2
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AgentBrokerMediatorResource Agent
IntelligentInformation
Services (IIS):OntologyOntology
Terms Context
Dictionary or Glossary
Concept
C 1
C 2
InterfaceAccess
CentralMapping
or
LocalMapping
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General EuropeanMultilingual
Envir. Thesaurus(GEMET)
Facilitated Sessions:Government
FederalState/Local
Private EnterpriseAcademia
Thesauri DataElements
Data Sources
Terms Context
Dictionary or Glossary
Concept
C 1
C 2
TerminologySources
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Terminology Sources
GEMET
FacilitatedSessionsThesauri
DataElements
Terms Context
Dictionary or Glossary
Concept
C 1
C 2
Simplifedversion ofprevious slide.
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Search Engines Envirofacts via Queries Systems via DBMS Packaged EDI Web-based Forms Report Forms EDEN (Environmental Data Exchange Network)
Interfaces Provide Access to:
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Summary
SourcesSources
DataRegistry
DataRegistry
OntologyOntology IISIISThesaurusThesaurusSearchEngine
Database Queries
DataRegistry
DataRegistry
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Ways to Organize and Deploy Terminology
DataRegistry
DataRegistry
OntologyOntology IISIISThesaurusThesaurusSearchEngine
Database Queries
DataRegistry
DataRegistry
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As data changes world-wide, metadatachanges can be recorded and effectively
communicated between metadata registries.
Change
ISO
ISO/IEC 11179Metadata Registry
Standard
DefenseData Dictionary
Sources
Catalog ofData Sources
HealthCare
FinanceAdministration
IntelligentTransportation
System
EnvironmentalData
RegistryANSI
IndustryEPAS
tan
dar
d D
ata
XML
XML
XML
XML
XML
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What is XML?
Extensible Markup Language (XML) Simplified SGML
(Standard Generalized Markup Language, ISO 1986)
Next generation HTML Semantic structure of document or data Extensible, industry-specific tag sets Display determined by style sheets
(CSS, XSL)
(Source: John McCarthy,Frank Olken, and Roy Tennant, April 1998)
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XML Example
Markup
Character Data
<?xml version =“1.0”?>
<book>
<author>
<name>Richard Light</name>
<email>[email protected]</email>
</author>
<title>PresentingXML</title>
</book>
(Source: John McCarthy,Frank Olken, and Roy Tennant, April 1998)
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XML Goals & Philosophy
Overcomes shortcomings of HTML Allows processing of Web documents by
sophisticated document processing software Overcomes shortcomings of SGML
Allows media-independent electronic publishing
Interoperates with HTML and SGML Provides vendor-neutral data exchange
(Source: John McCarthy,Frank Olken, and Roy Tennant, April 1998)
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Increasing industry interest and acceptance
Parsers in multiple computer languages JAVA, C++, Perl, Python, etc.
Additional industry-specific tag sets Full Web browser support Growing set of authorin/processing tools
Where is XML Going?
(Source: John McCarthy,Frank Olken, and Roy Tennant, April 1998)