10135
Reporter: omeyn
Type: Technical
Summary: See how IPT uses it
Priority: Major
Resolution: Fixed
Status: Closed
Created: 2011-11-07 15:38:02.902
Updated: 2013-12-06 13:16:02.364
Resolved: 2011-11-07 15:38:34.207
Author: omeyn@gbif.org
Created: 2011-11-07 15:38:11.197
Updated: 2011-11-07 15:38:11.197
from kyle:
The IPT loads a list of potential vocabularies from the Registry. For a list of vocabularies see:
http://gbrds.gbif.org/registry/thesauri.json
http://gbrdsdev.gbif.org/registry/thesauri.json
Currently the same 33 vocabularies are registered in GBRDS as in GBRDSDEV. This might not always be the case though.
The original vocabularies are stored in XML format in the project rs.gbif.org, a sub-project of the “gbif-registry” project. Each vocabulary has a public URI such as http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/agent_role.xml. This is how the IPT ultimately reads-in a vocabulary.
When a new vocabulary gets added to rs.gbif.org, a script Markus wrote (a cron job on b3g4) registers the vocabulary on GBRDS and GBRDSDEV. Registration consists of saving a new entry to the thesaurus table.
How exactly does the IPT use XML vocabularies? The IPT uses them in the following ways:
To populate drop down menus in the metadata and admin pages. For example, on the associated party page, the role drop down is populated from the EML Agent Role Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/agent_role.xml. Most helpful is that the description field in each concept can be loaded into a help dialog.
To populate drop down menus in the mapping page used for setting default values. For example, the basis of record drop down on Darwin Core Occurrence core mapping page, is populated from the Darwin Core Type vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/dwc/basis_of_record.xml. Most helpful is that a styled version of the vocabulary’s concepts can be opened up inside a window for the user’s reference.
Author: omeyn@gbif.org
Created: 2011-11-07 15:38:20.595
Updated: 2011-11-07 15:38:20.595
from markus
It also uses them for i18n translations which is helpful
Author: omeyn@gbif.org
Created: 2011-11-07 15:38:29.756
Updated: 2011-11-07 15:38:29.756
from markus
A vocabulary has an identifer which is a URI, for example http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/agentRole
The vocabulary xml definition then has also a location, which is http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/agent_role.xml ;
The registry lists both, the id/uri and url (together with more metadata)