The Dag
Hammarskjöld Library is pleased to announce the launch of their new linked data
services platform: metadata.un.org.
Linked data is structured data interlinked with other data, making it more
discoverable and searchable through semantic queries.
Metadata.un.org
currently hosts the Library’s UNBIS Thesaurus and the
Department of Economic and Social Affairs’ taxonomy of Sustainable Development Goals identifiers. More linked data services
and taxonomies will be hosted on metadata.un.org as they become available.
The UNBIS
Thesaurus is a database of controlled vocabulary used by UN programmes, funds,
and regional commissions to describe the UN’s published output (parliamentary
documents, publications, reports, etc.). The new platform provides a revamped
interface with increased functionality in the six official UN languages.
Its controlled vocabulary makes subject searches possible by identifying
materials on the same concept consistently, despite terminology changes over
time.
DESA’s SDG
Taxonomy was produced in collaboration with groups from across the UN
system. They developed a system of Internationalized Resource Identifiers
(IRIs) for the SDGs, the related targets and indicators, related entities
linking to UNBIS
Thesaurus terms, as well as the SDG Interface Ontology, maintained by UN
Environment. These common identifiers are deployed to provide a key
element of infrastructure that will allow UN system organizations and relevant
stakeholders to map their SDG resources to the growing pool of knowledge about
the SDGs available on the semantic web.
We welcome feedback on this new
service.
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