# Presentation: 671419

## Larry Fitzwater and Linda Spencer 

- Terminology Reference System (TRS)

**Larry Fitzwater and Linda Spencer **
**September 29, 1999**

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## http://www.epa.gov/trs/

**http://www.epa.gov/trs/**

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## Vision

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

## Strategy

**Collaboration with GEMET**
**Development of EPA concepts**
**Collection of lists**
**Chemicals**
**Biological taxa**

## Collaboration

**Collaboration**

- In collaboration with the
- European Environment Agency’s
- General European Multilingual Environmental Thesaurus (GEMET) system.

## GEMET Collaboration

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

## GEMET Collaboration(Continued)

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

## Progress and Plans

**Six European thesauri combined - 1997**
**Phase 1 - 1998**
**Include all European languages and U.S. equivalents**
**Provide definitions (English)**
**Provide synonyms**
**Phase 2 - 1999**
**Refine an international core**
**Develop national branches**
**Develop subject-specific lists**

## Environmental ThesauriIncluded in GEMET

**ROME**

**MADRID**

**BILTHOVEN**

**STOCKHOLM**

**PARIS**

- HANNOVER
- ETC-CDS

- VIENNA ISEP

- LONDON

- DUBLIN

- Source:  Consiglio Nazionale Ricerche (CNR)

- Internat’l multilingual thesauri

- National multilingual thesauri

- National monolingual thesauri lists

## Framework for GEMETTerminology Organization

- Source:www.eea.dk./frdocu.htm

## GEMET Functionality

**Multilingual**
**Hierarchical **
**Alphabetical**
**Thematic**
**Relational**
**Polyhierarchical**

- Source:  Consiglio Nazionale Ricerche (CNR)

## References to GEMET

**Catalog of Data Sources (CDS)****http://www.mu.niedersachsen.de/cds/start_info.html**
**GEMET links to PDF tables****http://www.mu.niedersachsen.de/cds/agreepdf_a.html**

## Terminology ReferenceSystem (TRS)

## Sources of Terminology

**EDR**

**Terminology**
**Reference**
**System**

**1. Nominate****    Terms**

**2. Accept****    Terms**

**GEMET**

**EPA Programs**

**Library Network**

**Web Metadata Inventory**

- EPA-specific
- terminology

## EPA/State Collaboration

**Pilot–Hazardous waste clean up concepts**
**Partnership with states and tribal entities**
**Data element development**
**Search engines**
**Database integration**

## Collection of Lists

** ****Web Inventory**
** ****Chemicals**
** ****International lists**

## Source for data elements
Repository for reference terminology
Repository for lists

**Source for data elements**
**Repository for reference terminology**
**Repository for lists**

## Environmental Data Registry(EDR)

**User**

**Shared**
**Terms**

**Data Elements**

** ****Databases**

** ****Web Information**

**Documentation**

**TRS**

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*D*
*R*

**Data Groups**

**Data Standards**

**http://www.epa.gov/edr/**

## http://www.epa.gov/edr/

**http://www.epa.gov/edr/**

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## TRS and EDR

## Database Integration

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

## Web Information Retrieval

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

## Document Retrieval

**Cataloging**
**Indexing**
**Reference vocabulary**

## Discussion

**EPA/OIRM/EIMD**
**Tel: (202) 260-5451**
**spencer.linda@epa.gov**

**Larry Fitzwater**
**EPA/OIRM/EIMD**
**Tel:  (202) 260-3071**
**fitzwater.larry@epa.gov**

**Discussion**

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