Metadata for the ADL Feature Type Thesaurus

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Title Alexandria Digital Library (ADL) Feature Type Thesaurus

Short title FTT

Responsible party Alexandria Digital Library Project, University of California at Santa Barbara.

Type of Knowledge Organization System: Thesaurus

Scope and purpose The Feature Type Thesaurus contains a hierarchical scheme of terms for typing gazetteer entries; that is, for typing named geographic places. It is intended for general use for many types of gazetteers and as a shared vocabulary for interoperability among gazetteers.

Update frequency No regular updating schedule.

Versions

• October 3, 2001 (will be kept up as long as it is being used by ADL)
  • Online Availability:
    • http://legacy.alexandria.ucsb.edu/gazetteer/FeatureTypes/ver100301/index.htm (HTML interface, includes an example entry)
    • http://legacy.alexandria.ucsb.edu/thesauri/FTT/servlets/ (ADL Thesaurus Protocol interface - forthcoming)
    • http://geo-nsdi.er.usgs.gov/feature (USGS Thesaurus Browser)
    • Experimental RDF versions created by Jason Cupp, ESRI. Note: There are two versions of the RDF. In one, the non-preferred terms are not reified; i.e., they appear only as text strings. In the other version, the non-preferred terms are reified). The latter file is much larger. OPEN WITH WORDPAD OR BROWSER THAT HANDLES RDF FILES.
      1. Cupp, J. (2004). RDF version of ADL Feature Type Thesaurus (version of July 3, 2002) (With preferred terms only reified.). ESRI. (95 KB)
      2. Cupp, J. (2004). RDF version of ADL Feature Type Thesaurus (version of July 3, 2002) (With preferred and non-preferred terms reified.). ESRI. (412 KB)
• July 3, 2002
  • Online Availability:
    • http://legacy.alexandria.ucsb.edu/gazetteer/FeatureTypes/ver070302/index.htm (HTML interface, includes an example entry)
    • XML version for downloading: http://legacy.alexandria.ucsb.edu/gazetteer/FeatureTypes/ftt2.zip (Note: for this XML version, the "US+" and "UF+" relationships have been changed to "USW" and "UFW" coding and all angle brackets have been removed from the definitions. The USW and UFW relationships are used when a non-preferred term is linked to two preferred terms.)
    • An Alphabetical Term List and a Hierarchical List of Preferred Terms are available from the HTML link above.
  • Release notes

Scope and usage

Subject coverage Type terms for administrative, hydrographic, manmade, physiographic, and regional places.

User community and applications

• Used as the type scheme for the ADL Gazetteer. See http://legacy.alexandria.ucsb.edu/gazetteer/
• Adopted by the USGS as a set of terms to use along with their Gateway Thesaurus. See http://geo-nsdi.er.usgs.gov/feat

Characteristics of terms

• Version of October 3, 2001

  Language English
  Number of Preferred Terms 210
  Number of Non-preferred Terms 946
  Number of Top Terms 6
  Number of Relationships unknown

  Labels for relationships

  USE USE
  USED FOR UF
  Broader Term BT
  Narrower Term NT
  Related Term RT

  Labels for decriptive notes

  Scope Note SN

• Version of July 3, 2002

Language English
Number of Preferred Terms 210
Number of Non-preferred Terms 1046
Number of Top Terms 6
Number of Relationships unknown

Labels for relationships

USE USE
USED FOR UF
USE With US+ (USW)
USED FOR With UF+ (UFW)
Broader Term BT
Narrower Term NT
Related Term RT

Labels for decriptive notes

Scope Note SN
Definition DF
History Note HN

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Last update for this metadata 2004-11-15

Contact

Linda Hill
Research Specialist
Alexandria Digital Library Project
University of California at Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California 93106
E-mail: lhill@alexandria.ucsb.edu
Phone: 805-893-8587