Automated tagging of environmental data using a novel SKOS formatted environmental thesaurus

Daniel G. Wright, Kathryn A. Harrison, John Watkins
2014 Earth Science Informatics  
Article (refereed) -postprint Wright, Daniel G.; Harrison, Kathryn A.; Watkins, John. 2015. Automated tagging of environmental data using a novel SKOS formatted environmental thesaurus [in special issue: Semantic e-sciences] Earth Science Informatics, 8 (1). Abstract 18 There is increasing need to use the widest range of data to address issues of environmental 19 management and change, which is reflected in increasing emphasis from government 20 funding agencies for better management and access
more » ... to environmental data. Bringing 21 together different environmental datasets to confidently enable integrated analysis requires 22 extension of the thesaurus by the user community, in terms of both concepts included and 34 links to externally hosted vocabularies. By employing a Linked Open Data approach, we 35 anticipate that Web-based tools will be able to use concepts from the thesaurus to discover 36 and link data to other information sources, including use in national assessment of the extent 37 and condition of environmental resources. 38 39 40 41 environmental chemistry 43 retrospective creation of metadata (for example, after a project or period of work has come 70 to an end), can be an especially time consuming process with increased risk of errors 71 occurring in metadata and vocabulary tags. Further, early selection of vocabularies intended 72 for use in a project will enable identification of any missing concepts, for which there is no 73 acceptable existing vocabulary term. This allows adequate time to contact relevant
doi:10.1007/s12145-014-0183-1 fatcat:6vewf32vwve73jte7olfsr6aje