BGS Geoscience Thesaurus

The BGS Geoscience Thesaurus contains approximately 6000 descriptor terms for concepts in the geoscience and related subjects. Some entries have scope notes to further explain the term. The original source of the data was the Australian Mineral Foundation thesaurus of geoscience; some terms have been added or updated to suit BGS needs and the content will continue to be updated as required. The thesaurus includes synonyms to descriptor terms, hierarchical relationships, symmetric (see also) relationships and lapsed (deprecated) term replacements.
 
Citation proposal
British Geological Survey. BGS Geoscience Thesaurus. https://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/api/records/9df8df53-2a1d-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98
 

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Date ( Creation )
2002
Identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13603129

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Maintenance and update frequency
irregular Irregular
GEMET - INSPIRE themes
  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • Thesauri
Keywords
  • NERC_DDC
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Use constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.
Other constraints
Either: (i) the dataset is made freely available, e.g. via the Internet, for a restricted category of use (e.g. educational use only); or (ii) the dataset has not been formally approved by BGS for access and use by external clients under licence, but its use may be permitted under alternative formal arrangements; or (iii) the dataset contains 3rd party data or information obtained by BGS under terms and conditions that must be consulted in order to determine the permitted usage of the dataset. Refer to the BGS staff member responsible for the creation of the dataset if further advice is required. He / she should be familiar with the composition of the dataset, particularly with regard to 3rd party IPR contained in it, and any resultant use restrictions. This staff member should revert to the IPR Section (ipr@bgs.ac.uk ) for advice, should the position not be clear.
Metadata language
English English
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Supplemental Information
The thesaurus is used to provide subject keyword terms for indexing and text mark up and can be used as a glossary. It is intended that in the future the thesaurus will include all terms used in scientific dictionaries or glossaries within BGS

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Distribution format
  • ascii text ()

  • multiple pages of html ()

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  +44 115 936 3276 
OnLine resource
BGS Homepage  

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Hierarchy level
nonGeographicDataset Non geographic dataset
Other
non geographic dataset

Conformance result

Date ( Publication )
2011
Explanation
See the referenced specification
Pass
false

Conformance result

Date ( Publication )
2010-12-08
Explanation
See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
Pass
false
Statement
The original source of the data was the Australian Mineral Foundation (AMF) thesaurus of geoscience 4th Edition which was purchased in July 2001. In December 2001 BGS received notification that the AMF was closing down. The BGS copy has been and will continue to be updated to suit BGS needs, and BGS has full ownership of the entire product (BGS IPR Ref IPR/24-25 and IPR58-17). Note that Chartered Information Services took over the publication of the AMF thesaurus subsequent to the closure of the AMF, which they publish under the name GeMPeT. See http://www.chartedinfo.com.au/thesaurus.html

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File identifier
9df8df53-2a1d-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98   XML
Metadata language
English English
Hierarchy level
nonGeographicDataset Non geographic dataset
Hierarchy level name
non geographic dataset
Date stamp
2020-07-14
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3

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Dataset URI
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13603129
 
 

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