2018 All-Scientists’ Meeting Sessions and times are now confirmed. Locations may change, but will be updated on Sched.
**Please Note: If you sync you calendar, sessions will appear in your local time zone. This can be confusing until you arrive on site (when your local time zone will be the correct one).**
Search and browse capabilities are essential for data discoverability. These functions are enhanced by the use of semantic tools that promote consistent and efficient searches. This session is intended to educate the US information management and researcher community about the capabilities and goals of controlled vocabularies, thesauri, and ontologies. We hope to determine if there are potential cross-cutting or synergistic activities that could help promote data discoverability. We will have a panel of three: John Porter (VCR LTER) will discuss the US LTER Controlled Vocabulary, Barbara Magagna (Environment Agency Austria) will discuss Envthes, and Pier Luigi Buttigieg (Jacobs University Bremen, Germany) will discuss the ENVO ontology.
