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Unfortunately, efficient and reliable searches are not currently possible because of eclectic application of keywords in LTER metadata. Most existing keywords are used by only a single LTER site, or worse yet, in only a single dataset, making them unsuitable for identifying data for cross-site syntheses. To address this problem, the LTER Information Management Committee (IMC) created a working group to help create a controlled vocabulary for use in LTER datasets (http://databits.lternet.edu/spring-2010/controlled-vocabulary-lter-datasets).

Products:

    Other Products:

    1)LTER_Keywords_V0.9.xls - The final list consists of 640 keywords

    Publications:

    2)Porter, J.H. 2010. A Controlled Vocabulary for LTER Datasets. LTER Databits Spring 2010. http://databits.lternet.edu/spring-2010/controlled-vocabulary-lter-datasets

    3)Porter, J. H. 2006. Improving Data Queries through use of a Controlled Vocabulary. LTER Databits Spring 2006. http://intranet.lternet.edu/archives/documents/Newsletters/DataBits/06sp...

    4)Porter, J.H. 2009. Developing a Controlled Vocabulary for LTER Data. LTER Databits Fall 2009. http://databits.lternet.edu/node/70

Start Date: November 30, 2010
Meeting Dates:
  • March 26, 2011 - March 27, 2011: ,
Participants:
  • Corrina Gries
  • Don Henshaw
  • Eda Melendez Colom
  • Margaret O'Brien
  • John Porter
  • Kristen Vanderbilt