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Terminology Framework preliminary draft (presentation to be revised)

This presentation provides an overview of the elements of terminology, focusing on the term "car" and its definition, context, and related thesaurus terms. It also discusses the importance of data elements, data representation, and access interfaces.

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Terminology Framework preliminary draft (presentation to be revised)

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  1. Terminology Framework preliminary draft (presentation to be revised)

  2. Presentation By: Bruce Bargmeyer EPA/OIRM/EIM Division Tel: (202) 260-5306 bargmeyer.bruce@epamail.epa.gov WWW URL: http://sdct-sunsrv1.ncsl.nist.gov/~bargmeye

  3. Terminology Thesaurus Data Elements Data Registry Ontology Terminology Sources Interface Access XML Overview

  4. Terminology Concept Terms Context C 1 C 2 Dictionary or Glossary

  5. Elements of Terminology DICTIONARY LISTING GLOSSARY LISTING Concept: transportation Term:car Context: railway automotive poetic elevator … Definition: (kär) n 1 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. ...

  6. Elements of Terminology car Term A ( = vehicle) Thesaurus Term B (sedan) Term C (convertible)

  7. Elements of Terminology DICTIONARY GLOSSARY Data Element VALUES CLASSIFICATION

  8. 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.

  9. Search Engine Concept Terms Context C 1 Text Data Thesaurus C 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Dictionary or Glossary Search Example: Pollution Acid Rain Interface Access Message: Keep text and data together!

  10. Concept Terms Context C 1 C 2 Dictionary or Glossary Data Element: STATE Name Name: State Name Definition: The name of a principal administrative subdivision of the United States, Canada, or Mexico. Values: Alabama Alberta Aquascalientes Classification: State

  11. System Envirofacts Packaged as: • EDI Message Sets • Web-based Form Oracle Data Base Management System (DBMS) Query Report Form Regulation Federal Register Concept Terms Context C 1 C 2 Interface Access Dictionary or Glossary

  12. System Envirofacts Packaged as: EDI Message Sets - Web-enabled Form Oracle Data Base Management System (DBMS) Query Report Forms Regulation Federal Register Concept Terms Context C 1 C 2 Interface Access Dictionary or Glossary

  13. EDEN Intelligent Information Services (IIS): Concept Terms Context Local Mapping C 1 Ontology C 2 Agent Broker Mediator Resource Agent Central Mapping Dictionary or Glossary or Interface Access

  14. Concept Terms Context C 1 C 2 Dictionary or Glossary Data Elements Facilitated Sessions: Government Federal State/Local Private Enterprise Academia Thesauri General European Multilingual Envir. Thesaurus (GEMET) TerminologySources Data Sources

  15. Terminology Sources Concept Terms Context C 1 C 2 Dictionary or Glossary Simplifed version of previous slide. Data Elements GEMET Facilitated Sessions Thesauri

  16. Interfaces Provide Access to: • Search Engines • Envirofacts via Queries • Systems via DBMS • Packaged EDI Web-based Forms • Report Forms • EDEN (Environmental Data Exchange Network)

  17. Database Queries Data Registry Data Registry Search Engine Thesaurus Ontology IIS Sources Summary

  18. Database Queries Data Registry Data Registry Search Engine Thesaurus Ontology IIS Ways to Organize and Deploy Terminology

  19. Environmental Data Registry ANSI Industry EPA Catalog of Data Sources Standard Data Intelligent Transportation System ISO Defense Data Dictionary Sources Health Care Finance Administration ISO/IEC 11179 Metadata Registry Standard Change As data changes world-wide, metadata changes can be recorded and effectively communicated between metadata registries. XML XML XML XML XML

  20. 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) What is XML? (Source: John McCarthy,Frank Olken, and Roy Tennant, April 1998)

  21. XML Example <?xml version =“1.0”?> Markup <book> Character Data <author> <name>Richard Light</name> <email>rlight@somewhere.com</email> </author> <title>PresentingXML</title> </book> (Source: John McCarthy,Frank Olken, and Roy Tennant, April 1998)

  22. 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 XML Goals & Philosophy (Source: John McCarthy,Frank Olken, and Roy Tennant, April 1998)

  23. 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)

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