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.
Simple
- Date (Creation)
- 2002
- Citation identifier
- http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13603129
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Chartered Information Services
not available
Resource provider British Geological Survey
Enquiries
Distributor British Geological Survey
Enquiries
Point of contact British Geological Survey
Enquiries
Custodian
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Irregular
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
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Thesauri
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data.gov.uk (non-INSPIRE)
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- dataCentre
- Keywords
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NERC_DDC
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- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- intellectualPropertyRights
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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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
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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.
- Language
- English
- Topic category
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- Geoscientific information
- Supplemental Information
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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
Reference System Information
- Distribution format
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Name Version multiple pages of html
ascii text
- Distributor contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role British Geological Survey
Enquiries
Distributor
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name HTTP
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/ BGS Homepage
- Hierarchy level
- Non geographic dataset
- Other
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non geographic dataset
Conformance result
- Title
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INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology
- Date (Publication)
- 2011
- Explanation
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See the referenced specification
- Pass
- No
Conformance result
- Title
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Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
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See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
- Pass
- No
- Statement
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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
Metadata
- File identifier
- 9df8df53-2a1d-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Hierarchy level
- Non geographic dataset
- Hierarchy level name
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non geographic dataset
- Date stamp
- 2024-11-05
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
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2.3
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role British Geological Survey
Point of contact
- Dataset URI