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The CIESIN Indexing Vocabulary is composed of two entities:
CIESIN Indexing Terms consist of a controlled thesaurus of socioeconomic and environmental parameters or indicators arranged according to CIESIN's nine Science Data Domains or "Topics":
Within each of the Topics, the parameters are organized in a hierarchical relationship of "Term" (broader term) and "Variable" (narrower term).
The general structure of CIESIN Indexing Terms is thus:
Example:
The CIESIN Location Indexing Terms is a controlled list developed to represent the geographical, geopolitical, and spacial coverage of socioeconomic and environmental data resources.
The location terms are arranged by Continents/Regions as follow:
Within each of the Continent/Region, the location terms are organized in a hierarchical relationship of "Country" (broader term) and "State/Province/Territory" (narrower term).
The general structure of the CIESIN Location Indexing Terms is:
Example:
Example:
Additional location terms from the National Space Science Data Center are included at the end of the location list.
CIESIN Indexing Vocabulary's USMARC source code is: "ciesiniv". The thesaurus is listed in the USMARC Code List for Relators, Sources, Description Conventions (1996).
Please send comments or inquiries to:
Email: Internet > metadata@ciesin.org
Phone: +1-517-797-2700
Fax: +1-517-797-2622
URL: http://www.ciesin.org/metadata/metadata.html
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