Controlled Vocabularies (CV) can improve data discoverability, understanding, and reuse. Consider using terms from a CV when describing the contents of your data. Below is a list of CVs:
- US LTER
- LTER Controlled Vocabulary
- Keywords Distiller – A text mining service that suggests keywords from the LTER CV based on input text (e.g. abstract).
- NASA’s Global Change Master Director
- EnvThes (developed by LTER Europe and other EU projects)
- Environmental Ontology
- AGROVOC – A controlled vocabulary covering all areas of interest of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, including food, nutrition, agriculture, fisheries, forestry, environment
- Convention on Biological Diversity vocabulary
Environmental Data Initiative 