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This Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) keyword set combines keywords covering two broad areas: earth science, and earth science services.
For example: in the earth science area: EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO)
; in the earth science services area: GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS
.
The keywords are clustered by subject categories. In the earth science section, there are categories such as AGRICULTURE
, BIOSPHERE
, and OCEANS
. In the earth science services section, there are categories such as DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION
, EDUCATION/OUTREACH
, and HAZARDS MANAGEMENT
.
The keywords are used by organizations such as CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric research (CMAR), Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP), and the Australian Antarctic Data Centre (AADC).
Any person or organization may request an addition, modification or deletion to the keywords. A requester can be from the user community, a provider of metadata to GCMD, or any other GCMD stakeholder.
Further information is available in the Governance and community guide and at the GCMD Keywords Community Forum.
Generic information about the GCMD keywords follows:
The keywords help facilitate the classification and discovery of Earth Science data by providing a rich vocabulary for characterizing the data. The GCMD keywords are used by hundreds of data providers worldwide for categorizing the ~33,000 records stored in the Common Metadata Repository.
For more information about the keywords and how to access them, please visit the Keyword Landing Page. The GCMD User Support staff can be reached at gsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov. Questions can also be directed to Valerie Dixon at valerie.dixon@nasa.gov.
Languages
English
Notes
The RDF data in this vocabulary has been modified by ARDC as follows:
- Triples have been added to express
skos:hasTopConcept
andskos:topConceptOf
relations. - Triples have been added for the concept scheme(s) to provide suitable values for the
rdf:type
,skos:prefLabel
, anddcterms:title
properties.
NASA request that specific citation information be included whenever individuals and groups make use of the GCMD Keywords in any form of publication. For the specific text of the citation information to be included, please see the version notes for each individual version.
For general information about ARDC support for the publication of the GCMD Keywords, please see the GCMD Keywords documentation page.
Concept |
Example: Search for and select concepts in this vocabulary
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