1. SDC-0055-057-JE-8020 February 18, 1999 Bruce Bargmeyer EPA/OIRM/EIM Division Tel: (202) 260-5306 bargmeyer.bruce@epa.gov WWW URL: http://sdct-sunsrv1.ncsl.nist.gov/~bargmeye

2. SDC-0055-057-JE-8020 Topics Sharing Data Between Registries Terminology Data Elements Ontology Sources Need for Tracking Data Deployment

3. SDC-0055-057-JE-8020 Biological terms New species New classification Scientific Name Vernacular Name Taxonomic Serial Number ISO ANSI Industry Gov’t Impacts of Data Change

4. SDC-0055-057-JE-8020 Chemicals New chemical Systematic Name Synonym CAS Number ISO ANSI Industry Gov’t Impacts of Data Change

5. SDC-0055-057-JE-8020 Impacts of Data Change ISO ANSI Industry Gov’t Country Country changes CZ Czechoslovakia* CZ Czech Republic** LO Slovakia** * FIPS PUB 10-3 ** FIPS PUB 10-4 Change

6. SDC-0055-057-JE-8020 Sharing Metadata Between Registries ISO/IEC 11179 Metadata Registry Standard Defense Data Dictionary System Catalog of Data Sources Health Care Finance Administration Intelligent Transportation System Environmental Data Registry Standard Data

7. SDC-0055-057-JE-8020 As data changes world-wide, metadata changes can be recorded and effectively communicated between metadata registries. ISO ANSI Industry Gov’t ISO/IEC 11179 Metadata Registry Standard Defense Data Dictionary System Catalog of Data Sources Health Care Finance Administration Intelligent Transportation System Environmental Data Registry Standard Data Change

8. SDC-0055-057-JE-8020 Terminology fish = fish

9. SDC-0055-057-JE-8020 Concept SignObject Elements of Terminology trout Salmo trutta brown trout truite any of several game fishes of the genus Salmo, related to the salmon...

10. SDC-0055-057-JE-8020 Terminology TermsContextConcept trout Salmo trutta truite common name scientific name French name any of several game fishes of the genus Salmo, related to the salmon... UIN=6349

11. SDC-0055-057-JE-8020 Search Example: Trout FishTrout DocumentsData 12345678 Search Engine TermsContext Concept Brown trout Salmo trutta truite common name scientific name French name UIN=6349 Thesaurus Salmo trutta Brown Trout trout fish

12. SDC-0055-057-JE-8020 TermsContext Concept Brown trout Salmo trutta truite common name scientific name French name UIN=6349 Data Elements Name Name: trout species Definition: The names of species of trout. Values: brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis brown trout Salmo trutta cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii

13. SDC-0055-057-JE-8020 Systems: STORET Envirofacts... DBMS Query TermsContext Concept Brown trout Salmo trutta truite common name scientific name French name UIN=6349 Web-enabled Forms EDI Messages Data Interchange Federal Register Regulations Reports Documents Publishing

14. SDC-0055-057-JE-8020 EPA EEA DOE DoD TermsContext Concept Brown trout Salmo trutta truite common name scientific name French name UIN=6349 Local Mapping Central Mapping Query Agent Broker Mediator Resource Agent Intelligent Information Services (IIS): Ontology Example: fishtroutbrown trout

15. SDC-0055-057-JE-8020 General European Multilingual Environmental Thesaurus (GEMET) Facilitated Sessions: Government Federal State/Local Private Enterprise Academia Thesauri Data Elements Data Sources TermsContext Concept Brown trout Salmo trutta truite common name scientific name French name UIN=6349

16. SDC-0055-057-JE-8020 Dictionary Keyword Terminology Deployment OntologyThesaurus Data Elements Search Engine DBMS/EDI/ Documents IIS a category of vertebrate, cold-blooded craniate animals with permanent gills...

17. SDC-0055-057-JE-8020 As data changes world-wide, metadata changes can be recorded and effectively communicated between metadata registries. ISO ANSI Industry Gov’t ISO/IEC 11179 Metadata Registry Standard Defense Data Dictionary System Catalog of Data Sources Health Care Finance Administration Intelligent Transportation System Standard Data Change EDR

18. SDC-0055-057-JE-8020 February 18, 1999 Bruce Bargmeyer EPA/OIRM/EIM Division Tel: (202) 260-5306 bargmeyer.bruce@epa.gov WWW URL: http://sdct-sunsrv1.ncsl.nist.gov/~bargmeye

19. SDC-0055-057-JE-8020 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.

20. SDC-0055-057-JE-8020 u Search Engines u Envirofacts via Queries u Systems via DBMS u Packaged EDI Web-based Forms u Report Forms u EDEN (Environmental Data Exchange Network) Interfaces Provide Access to: