Vocabulary Services in SeaDataNet and EMODnet

Adam Leadbetter

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Concentration of tributyltincation {tributylstannyl TBT+ CAS 36643-28-4} per unit dry weight

of biota {Mytilus galloprovincialis(ITIS: 79456: WoRMS 140481)

[Subcomponent: flesh]}

http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/MMUSDTBT/

CAS 36643-28-4

per unit dry weight

biota

flesh

WoRMS: 140481

Concentration

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• Measurement: “Concentration”• Substance: “cadmium {Cd}”• Measurement Matrix Relationship: “per unit wet

weight”• Matrix: “biota”• Matrix Subcomponent: “liver”• Taxon: “Platichthys flesus (ITIS: 172894: WoRMS

127141)”• Organism Name: “Platichthys flesus”• Organism Specifics: “Sex: male Size: length 226-

250mm”• Technique: “inductively-coupled plasma mass

spectrometry”

EMODnet Chemistry

• Products for EMODnet

– Derived by mapping

• BODC Parameter Usage Vocabulary– http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/

• to EMODNET chemistry lot aggregated parameter names– http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P35 /current/

• to EMODNET Chemistry Lot chemical themes– http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P36/current/

– Implemented in ODV

EMODnet Chemistry

• 131 entries in P35

– Maps to 711 P01 concepts

– Maps to 5 P36 concepts

• Chlorophyll

• Dissolved gases

• Fertilisers

• Heavy metals

• Silicates

Status

• NERC Vocabulary Server remains live 24/7

– http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/

– http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/sparql

• Content

– 4,000 new codes added since September 2013

• Usage

– 730,000 calls from 2,070 IPs in last twelve months

– c.f. 639,000 calls from 1,146 IPs for previous year

Questions?