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Catalogue of Terminologies
Name Alternative Name Type Disciplines Keywords
ACM Computing Classification System CCS taxonomy Computer Science computer science
Activity Stream Vocabulary - vocabulary Subject Agnostic activity, resource interaction
Agri-Food Experiment Ontology AFEO ontology Agriculture experiments, agriculture, food processing, viticulture, winemaking
Agricultural Experiments Ontology AEO ontology Agriculture agricultural practices
Agriculture and Forestry Ontology AFO ontology Agriculture agriforest, forestry
Agroecology Knowledge Management Ontology GECO ontology Agriculture, Ecology agroecology, knowledge management, crop systems, application ontology
Agroecology thesaurus THESAE thesaurus Agriculture, Ecology agroecology, agricultural production systems
AgronomicTaxon ATC ontology Agriculture, Biodiversity taxon, linnean taxonomy
Agronomy Ontology AGRO ontology Agriculture, Economics agronomy, agronomic techniques, variables, agronomic experiments
Agrontology - ontology Agriculture agriculture
AGROVOC - thesaurus Agriculture agriculture
AIREO Glossary - glossary Computer Science, Remote Sensing remote sensing, artificial intelligence
Alien Species Thesaurus ALIENSPECIES thesaurus Biodiversity, Ecology specimen, alien species, invasive species
AnaEE Thesaurus ANAEETHES thesaurus Biodiversity, Ecology continental ecosystems, biodiversity
Analysis - vocabulary Geochemistry geochemical sample, geochemical analysis
Animal Disease Ontology ANDO ontology Agriculture, Biology animal diseases, production animals, pathogenic agents, pathogens
Animal Health Ontology for Livestock AHOL ontology Agriculture, Biology animal health, health livestock, phenotypes, environment
Animal Trait Ontology for Livestock ATOL ontology Agriculture, Biology, Ecology animal trait, livestock, environment
Bilingual lexicon of water related geophysical and textual data LEXEAU ontology Geophysics, Water Research lexicon, bilingual, geophysical data, water related, textual data
Biodiversity Thesaurus BIODIVTHES thesaurus Biodiversity, Ecology biodiversity, applied ecology
Biological Collections Ontology BCO ontology Biodiversity, Ecology, Omics biodiversity, museum collections, ecological surveys, environmental samples, metagenomic samples
Biorefinery BIOREFINERY ontology Other biorefinery, biomass transformation, samples
BoldSytems Taxonomy Kingdoms of Life Being Barcodes taxonomy Biodiversity specimen
Cell Ontology CL ontology Life Science cell types
CERIF-Vocabularies - structured vocabulary Subject Agnostic vocabularies, cerif
CHE Analystical Services Thesaurus CAST ontology Earth Science samples, units of measurement, determinands, filtration, analytical methodology, preservation
Chemical Entities of Biological Interest ChEBI structured vocabulary Life Science chemical entities, chebi, molecular entities, chemical compounds
Climate Thesaurus - thesaurus Climatology terminology, climate
COAR Controlled Vocabulary for Access Rights - vocabulary Subject Agnostic rights, access rights
COAR Controlled Vocabulary for Resource Type Genres - vocabulary Subject Agnostic resource type, publications, research data, audio objects, genre
COAR Controlled Vocabulary for Version Types - vocabulary Subject Agnostic version
Commodity Code - vocabulary Earth Science commodity descriptions, commodity property, earth resources
Comparative Data Analysis Ontology CDAO ontology Subject Agnostic evolutionary comparative analysis
Computer Science Ontology CSO ontology Computer Science computer science
Context Aware System Ontology CASO ontology Subject Agnostic context aware system, observation services, processing
Contributor Roles Taxonomy CRediT taxonomy Subject Agnostic scholary, contributor roles
Core Location Vocabulary CLV vocabulary Subject Agnostic location, place, place name, address, geometry
Core Person Vocabulary CPV vocabulary Subject Agnostic person, individual, identity
Core Public Organisation Vocabulary CPOV vocabulary Subject Agnostic organisations
Corine Land Cover Nomenclature CLC ontology Earth Science land cover, corine
Crop Research Ontology CO_715 ontology Agriculture crop study, experiments, trail, evaluation, experimental design, experimental conditions, methods
Data Integration for Grant Ontology DINGO ontology Subject Agnostic research grants, funding
Digital Europa Thesaurus - thesaurus Subject Agnostic european policies, policy
EarthResourceML vocabularies - vocabulary Earth Science earth resources, mineral occurances, mines, mining geology, waste materials
EDAM bioinformatics operations, data types, formats, identifiers and topics EDAM ontology Bioinformatics bioinformatics
EIONET vocabularies - vocabulary Earth Science eionet data
ENCORE - thesaurus Atmospheric Science, Earth Science meteorology, fluxes, units of measurement
Endemisms Thesaurus ENDEMISMS thesaurus Life Science endemisms
Enviromental Applications Reference Thesaurus EARTh thesaurus Environmental Science environment
Environment Ontology ENVO ontology Environmental Science environment
Environment Ontology for Livestock EOL ontology Agriculture livestock breeding, breeding systems, livestock
Environmental Monitoring Facilities EF ontology Environmental Science environmental monitoring, monitoring facilties
Environmental Thesaurus EnvThes thesaurus Environmental Science ecosystem processes, ecosystems, observations, measurements
European Research Information Ontology EURIO ontology Subject Agnostic research information
Experimental Factor Ontology EFO ontology Biology, Life Science factor, biology, anatomy, diseases, chemical compounds
FAIRsharing Subject Resource Application Ontology SRAO ontology Subject Agnostic subjects, disciplines, FAIRsharing
Fish Traits Thesaurus FISHTRAITS thesaurus Life Science, Biology traits, fish traits, functional traits
Flora Phenotype Ontology FLOPO ontology Biology flora phenotype, phenotypes, plant traits, specimen
FoodOn FOODON ontology Agriculture food, farming
FRBR-aligned Bibliographic Ontology FaBiO ontology Subject Agnostic bibliography, publications
Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment Taxomomy FADA taxonomy Water Research, Biodiversity freshwater species, specimen
Funding, Research Administration and Projects Ontology FRAPO ontology Subject Agnostic funding, research, projects, adminstration, research grants
GBIF vocabularies - vocabulary Biodiversity, Ecology gbif
GCMD Combined Keywords - vocabulary Earth Science keywords, global change, earth science, services
GCMD Earth Science and Earth Science Services Keywords - vocabulary Earth Science keywords, global change, earth science, services
GCMD Measurement Name Keywords - vocabulary Earth Science keywords, global change, earth science, measurements
GCMD Platform/Sources Keywords - vocabulary Earth Science keywords, global change, earth science, platforms, sources
GCMD Temporal Data Resolution Keywords - vocabulary Earth Science keywords, global change, earth science, temporal data, data resolution
GCOS Essential Climate Variables - thesaurus Earth Science climate variables, climate variables, climate change, essential variables
Gene Ontology GO ontology Omics, Life Science genes, functions, organisms
GEneral Multilingual Environmental Thesaurus GEMET thesaurus Earth Science environment
Genomic Feature and Variation Ontology GFVO ontology Omics, Life Science genomic features, genomics, variation
Geological Timescale vocabulary - vocabulary Geology, Paleontology chronostratigraphy, chronostratigraphic time, geochronology, units
GeoNames - vocabulary Earth Science geonames, geographical names, place name
GeoSciML vocabularies - vocabulary Geology, Paleontology geological features, geoscience, geological time, mineral occurances, mining-related features
Global Agricultural Concept Scheme GACS ontology Agriculture agriculture
Gramene Taxonomy Ontology GR-TAX taxonomy Biodiversity, Biology taxonomy tree
InfraRisk Ontology INFRARISK ontology Geophysics, Earth Science critical infrastructures, risk, natural hazards
Integrated Modelling Platform - thesaurus Environmental Science LTER, integrated modelling, modelling platform
Irrigation Ontology IRRIG ontology Agriculture irrigation, experiments
ISO 19115 Topic Category - codelist Earth Science topic categories, codelist
ISO 19115-1 OnLine Function Code extension - vocabulary Subject Agnostic web functions
Kinetic Simulation Algorithm Ontology KISAO ontology Other kinetic simulation, algorithm, parameters
Linked Land Governance Thesaurus LANDVOC thesaurus Earth Science, Agriculture land administration, land community, land use, land governance
Lithologic classification of geologic map units - thesaurus Geology rock types, geology, genetic characteristics, samples
Livestock Product Trait Ontology LPT ontology Agriculture traits, product trait, livestock, agriculture, animal
LusTRE: Linked Thesaurus fRamework for Environment - vocabulary Environmental Science INSPIRE
Macroalgae Traits Thesaurus MACROALGAETRAITS thesaurus Life Science traits, macroalgae traits, functional traits, demographic traits
Marine Top-Level Ontology MarineTLO ontology Oceanology marine data
Matter Transfer Ontology TRANSMAT ontology Other matter transfer, mechanical properties
Multi-scale Multi-step ontology MS2O ontology Subject Agnostic transformation processes, processes
NASA Thesaurus - thesaurus Earth Science nasa, space sciences, aerospace engineering, earth science, biological science, physics, natural space sciece
Nature Subjects Taxonomy - taxonomy Subject Agnostic subjects, disciplines
NCBI Taxonomy - taxonomy Life Science ncbi, organisms, phylogenetic lineages, molecular data
NERC Thesauri - vocabulary Earth Science nerc
NERC Vocabularies - vocabulary Earth Science bodc, controlled vocabularies
Observations Data Model Version 2 ODM2 vocabulary Subject Agnostic controlled vocabularies, observations
Ocean Data Ontology ODO ontology Oceanology oceanography
OECD Revised Fields of Science and Technology FOD taxonomy Subject Agnostic scientific fields, science, technology, subjects, disciplines
OntoBiotope ONTOBIOTOPE ontology Ecology, Life Science microorganism habitats, biotope classification, phenotypes
Ontology for Biomedical Investigations OBI ontology Life Science biomedical investigations, assays, devices, objectives
Ontology for Data Mining Investigations OntoDM-KDD ontology Computer Science data mining
Ontology for Experimental Phenotypic Objects OEPO ontology Life Science, Biology phenotypic objects, types, phenotypes, experiments
Ontology for Generic Dataset Metadata Template GDMT ontology Subject Agnostic metadata, generic, FAIR
Ontology of Data Mining Entities OntoDM ontology Computer Science data mining, information processing
Ontology of Datatypes ONTODT ontology Subject Agnostic data types, datatype qualiy, complex datatypes, data mining
Ontology of Datatypes OntoDT ontology Subject Agnostic data types, data, values, operations
Ontology of Experimental Events OEEV ontology Subject Agnostic experiments, events, experiments
Ontology of Units of Measure OM ontology Subject Agnostic units of measurement, science, research
OntoSoft Ontology OntoSoft ontology Computer Science software, publishing
Open Digital Rights Language Vocabulary and Ontology ODRL ontology Subject Agnostic policy, usage, rights
Open Information Linking for Environmental science research infrastructures OIL-E taxonomy Earth Science ENVRI, environment, resources
OWL for Observations OM-Lite ontology Subject Agnostic observations
P-PLAN Ontology - ontology Subject Agnostic provenance, scientific processes, plans, execution
Pan-european Species directories Infrastructure PESI, EU-nomen taxonomy Biodiversity, Biology taxonomic information, europe, specimen
Phenotype And Trait Ontology PATO ontology Life Science phenotypic qualities, anatomy, phenotypes
Phytoplankton Traits Thesaurus PHYTOTRAITS ontology Oceanology, Biology phytoplankton traits, traits, phytoplankton, morphological traits
Plant Environment Ontology EO ontology Agriculture, Ecology plant biology experiments, treatments, growing conditions, study types, plant environment, environment
Plant Experimental Assay Ontology PEAO vocabulary Agriculture, Biology, Ecology experimental procedures, biology, physical, data, products, relations, protocols
Plant Experimental Conditions Ontology PECO structured vocabulary Biology, Biodiversity experimental conditions, plant, experimental conditions
Plant Ontology PO vocabulary Biodiversity, Biology plant morphological structures, plant anatomical structures
Plant Phenology Ontology PPO ontology Earth Science, Remote Sensing, Biology plant phenology, plant life, ecosystems, phenology, life cycle
Plant Phenotype Experiment Ontology PPEO ontology Life Science, Biology plant phenotyping, phenotyping experiment
Plant Stress Ontology PSO vocabulary Biology, Ecology abiotic stresses, biotic stresses, plant, stress
Plant Trait Ontology TO ontology Biology phenotypic traits, phenotypic feature, traits, plant
Population and Community Ontology PCO ontology Subject Agnostic population, community, organisms
Process and Observation Ontology PO2 ontology Subject Agnostic transformation processes, observations, modeling
Protein Ontology PR ontology Life Science proteins
PROV Ontology PROV-O taxonomy Subject Agnostic provenance
Public Policy Taxonomy - ontology Subject Agnostic policy, research, public policy
Quality Ontology for IoT Data Sources QOI ontology Subject Agnostic data stream, quality, IoT
QUDT Ontologies - vocabulary Subject Agnostic qudt, quantities, units of measurement, dimensions, data types, engineering
RDF Data Cube Vocabulary - vocabulary Subject Agnostic multi-dimensional data, statistics, spatial data, spatio-temporal data
Registry Interchange Format - Collections and Services RIF-CS ontology Subject Agnostic research information, services, collections
Relations Ontology RO ontology Subject Agnostic biology
REPRODUCE-ME Ontology - glossary Subject Agnostic reproducibility, provenance, scientific experiment, data, agents, activity, plans, steps, instruments
Research Data Management Glossary CASRAI RDM glossary vocabulary Subject Agnostic research data management
Resource Description and Access Vocabularies RDA Vocabularies vocabulary Subject Agnostic rda
Resource Type vocabulary - vocabulary Subject Agnostic resource type, genre, publications, research data
Sample type vocabulary - vocabulary Earth Science, Biology sample type, specimen, samples, sampling method
Sampling method vocabulary - ontology Earth Science, Biology physical specimen, physically sampled, specimen, observations
Scientific Variables Ontology SVO vocabulary Earth Science scientific variables
SeaVox Device Catalogue SeaVox vocabulary Oceanography seavox, oceanography, devices, instruments, sensors
SeaVox Device Theaurus SDNDEV ontology Subject Agnostic devices, sensors, instruments
Semantic Publishing and Referencing Ontologies SPAR ontology Subject Agnostic publishing, referencing, bibliography
Semantic Sensor Network Ontology SSN ontology Subject Agnostic sensors, observations, observed properties, samples, actuators
Semantic Sensor Network Ontology Extensions SSN-ext ontology Subject Agnostic sensors, observations, observed properties, samples, actuators
Semantic Types Ontology STY ontology Subject Agnostic semantic types, semantic relations
Semantic Web for Earth and Environmental Terminology Ontologies SWEET ontology Earth Science earth science
Semanticscience Integrated Ontology SIO ontology Subject Agnostic semantic science, objects, types, processes
Sensor, Observation, Sample, and Actuator Ontology SOSA ontology Subject Agnostic sensors, spatial data, observations
Sequence Types and Features Ontology SO structured vocabulary Omics, Life Science sequence annotation, annotation data, sequence objects
SIREN - ontology Agriculture food
Stream Annotation Ontology SAO ontology Subject Agnostic data stream, IoT
Sustainable Development Goals Interface Ontology SDGIO ontology Subject Agnostic sustainable development goals, targets, indicators, SDG
Systems Biology Ontology SBO taxonomy Biology, Bioinformatics biology, systems biology, computational modelling
TAXREF-LD - ontology Biodiversity, Biology taxonomic register, organisms
terms4FAIRskills terminology - ontology Subject Agnostic FAIR, skills, competencies
The CSDCO Ontology - ontology Geology, Paleontology scientific drilling, continental drilling
The Extensible Observation Ontology OBOE thesaurus Subject Agnostic observations, measurements, characteristics
The OBO Foundry - ontology Biology biological science
The Organization Ontology ORG ontology Subject Agnostic organizational information, organizational structures, organizational activities
Thesaurus for Animal Physiology and Livestock Systems TRIPHASE thesaurus Life Science animal physiology, livestock
Thesaurus of Plant Characteristics for Ecology and Evolution TOP ontology Ecology, Biodiversity plant characteristics, plant traits, ecology, evolution, plant diversity, environemental associations
Time Ontology in OWL OWL-Time vocabulary Subject Agnostic time, temporal concepts, durations, temporal positions
UDUNITS Units Database - thesaurus Subject Agnostic SI, units of measurement, units
UNESCO Thesaurus - vocabulary Earth Science usgs, categories, scientific information products, relations, unesco
Unified Astronomy Thesaurus UAT thesaurus Other astronomy, astrophysics
Units Ontology UO ontology Subject Agnostic metrical units, units of measurement
USGS Thesaurus - thesaurus Earth Science usgs, science, categories, topics, time periods, organizational structures, activity, methods
Variation Ontology VARIO ontology Life Science variation, effects
Vertebrate Trait Ontology VT ontology Biology vertebrate trait, traits, morphology, physiology, organisms
VIVO-ISF ontology - ontology Subject Agnostic vivo, types, relations, researchers
Wheat Trait and Phyenotype Ontology WHEATPHENOTYPE ontology Biology wheat phenotype, environmental factors, traits
Wind Energy Parameters - ontology Earth Science wind energy, parameters
Wind Energy Taxonomy of Topics - vocabulary Earth Science wind farm development, wind energy
Wind Lidar Ontology - ontology Earth Science wind lidar, wind energy
WMO Codes Registry - codelist Climatology wmo codes, codes registry
World Register of Marine Species WoRMS taxonomy Oceanography marine organisms, marine species, organisms
XEML Environment Ontology XEO thesaurus Environmental Science plant science, abiotic
Zooplankton Traits Thesaurus ZOOPLANKTRAITS thesaurus Biology zooplankton traits, traits, morpho-functional traits