Slides for New York Branch Chief Meeting

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U.S. EPA Terminology Reference System (TRS) A
Repository of Environmental Concepts
Linda Spencer U.S. EPA January 19, 2000
Open Forum onMetadata Registries Santa Fe, NM
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Vision

• Cataloging data and documents
• Retrieving Web documents and data elements
• Developing data elements
• Integrating databases

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Terminology ReferenceSystem (TRS)
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Terminology ReferenceSystem (TRS)
User
TRS
US National Lists EPA Vocabularies
States
International Lists ISO Countries ISO
Languages
T R S
GEMET System shared
WG
Free Terms
Data Elements
Web Information
Databases
Documentation
EDR
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Collaboration
In collaboration with the
European Environment Agencys (EEAs) General
European Multilingual Environmental Thesaurus
(GEMET) system.
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Where Do the Sources Come From?
(The sources will be in the March release.)
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GEMET Collaboration

• Review/revise European product (GEMET)
• Expand international collaboration
• Asia
• Arabic-speaking world
• Provide American-English definitions

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GEMET Collaboration(continued)

• Use what exists and make it better
• Reference source of environmental concepts
• Multilingual
• Access to international and national
  subject-specific lists

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Sources of Terminology
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Progress and Plans

• Six European thesauri combined - 1997
• Phase 1 - 1999
• Include all European languages andU.S.
  equivalents
• Provide definitions (English)
• Provide synonyms
• Phase 2 - 2000
• Refine an international core
• Develop national branches
• Develop subject-specific lists

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EPA/State Collaboration

• Pilot Hazardous waste clean up concepts
• Partnership with states and tribal entities
• Data elementdevelopment
• Search engines
• Databaseintegration

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Collection of Lists

• Web Inventory
• Chemicals
• International lists

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Environmental Data Registry(EDR)
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http//www.epa.gov/edr/
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TRS and EDR
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Database Integration

• Environmental Data Exchange Network (EDEN) pilot
  project
• Collaboration DOE, DoD, EPA, EEA
• Map heterogeneous hazardous waste databases
• Innovative technology

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Web Information Retrieval

• Web metadata inventory
• Search engine
• Thesaurus function
• Topic sets

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Document Retrieval

• Cataloging
• Indexing
• Reference vocabulary

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Discussion
Linda Spencer, U.S. EPA Office of Environmental
Information Tel [phone] spencer.linda_at_epa.
gov
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