A compound controlled vocabulary used to define the biological entities (organisms or parts thereof) used in the BODC parameter semantic model
Terms and mappings available from: https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/S25/current/
Search interface: https://www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/vocabularies/vocabulary_search/S25/
S25 is made of the biological name (linked to authoritative taxonomic registries when a match is possible) combined with, when necessary, attributes that further describe the biological entity. There are 7 kinds of attributes, all defined in their specific controlled vocabulary. This includes terms related to the development stage (S11), biological sex category (S10), size (S09), subcomponent/organ/body part (S12), shape (S14), colour (S15) or any other kind of subgroups defined by the analyst (S13).
So, in summary, the biological entity defined in S25 is made of the following combination of terms (with all but the name being optional):
| Taxon | Stage | Sex | Size | Subcomponent | Shape | Colour | Subgroup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | S11 | S10 | S09 | S12 | S14 | S15 | S13 |
Below are quicklinks to the github repos and the BODC Search UI for the S25 term and for its components
| Link type | Taxon | Stage | Sex | Size | Subcomponent | Shape | Colour | Subgroup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub repo | S25 | S11 | S10 | S09 | S12 | S14 | S15 | S13 |
| NVS UI | S25 | S11 | S10 | S09 | S12 | S14 | S15 | S13 |
| Advanced Search UI | S25 | S11 | S10 | S09 | S12 | S14 | S15 | S13 |
Requests for new terms can be made directly in the relevant repository or via BODC Vocabulary Builder upon login