Vocabulary

The EUPH Metadata Collection is an important tool for standardising and internationalising data and metadata. It consists of the EU Pollinator Hub Controlled Vocabulary (EUPH-CV) and the EU Pollinator Hub Metadata Collection (EUPH-MS). The EUPH Controlled Vocabulary is the core structure of the EUPH Metadata Collection. It contains a set of predefined terms with three different functions:

  1. Properties of these terms (referred to as 'classes'), such as the label, or the IRI, should be used as data or metadata within datasetes so that machines can interpret and process the data correctly;
  2. A subset of these terms provides the definition in human language for elements that are part of the Pollinator Metadata Standard (PMS);
  3. The definition of the terms and their translations are freely accessible to everyone as an enyclopedia and a translator.

If you find an error in the EUPH-CV or if you would like to help improve the EUPH-CV and you have an EUPH acccount, you may start a discussion related to any particular class or its translation. You may also submit an issue on GitLab.

The EU pollinator hub metadata collection is shared under the CC BY 4.0 license.

Controlled vocabulary

The EU Pollinator Hub Controlled Vocabulary (EUPH-CV) is a freely accessible, curated set of terms used for labeling or indexing. It can be viewed by class name (list view) and by dependency (tree view) and is accessible to everyone as an enyclopedia and translator.

Ontology

A subset of the EU Pollinator Hub Controlled Vocabulary (EUPH-CV) is part of the EUPH Ontology, which provides a logic-based model for pollinator-related concepts with machine-interpretable semantics. The ontology has been submitted for publication, and Version 1.1 will soon become available on GitHub. The ontology is built using the infrastructure of the controlled vocabulary.

Metadata standards

The EU Pollinator Hub Metadata Standard (EUPH-MS) is used to describe data elements that are part of the datasets stored in the EUPH. The conceptual model is based on the principles of the Darwin Core (DwC) metadata standard. It includes metadata standard elements which are considered relevant for pollinator related data and are not part of the Darwin Core metadata standard. These include the standard elements developed and maintained by the Apimondia Working Group 15 (Standardization of data on bees and beekeeping), known as the Pollinator Metadata Standard (PMS), as well as existing standards from international, supranational and national standardisation organisations such as ISO, UNSD, FAOSTAT, and the European Union, in particular Eurostat.

8,232
approved classes in the vocabulary
484
global descriptors
29,436
approved translations of classes