Thesaurus Sources
About the Source Vocabularies
In accordance with its modalities of operation, the Biosafety Clearing-House makes use, where appropriate, of a controlled vocabulary to describe records, which can be translated into the official United Nations languages, to facilitate the ability to search for records in all languages. Where possible, the translations are taken from existing sources, including international multilingual thesauruses. Where available, the source for a translation is indicated in its thesaurus entry.
Source Details
AGROVOC Multilingual agricultural thesaurus (AGROVOC)
| Information about the resource: |
AGROVOC is a multilingual, structured and controlled vocabulary designed to cover the terminology of all subject fields in environment, agriculture, forestry, fisheries, food and related domains. |
| Thesaurus domain(s): |
All |
| Owner / creator: |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| Languages: |
Arabic, Czech, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish |
| Reference: |
http://www.fao.org/aims/ag_intro.htm |
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
| Information about the resource: |
The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety is the primary source for all information used in the Biosafety Clearing-House. |
| Thesaurus domain(s): |
All |
| Owner / creator: |
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity |
| Languages: |
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Spanish, Russian |
| Reference: |
http://www.biodiv.org/biosafety/protocol.asp |
Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (COP-MOP)
| Information about the resource: |
Decisions made by the governing body of the Protocol, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol. |
| Thesaurus domain(s): |
All |
| Owner / creator: |
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity |
| Languages: |
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Spanish, Russian |
| Reference: |
http://www.biodiv.org/biosafety/cop-mop/search.aspx |
ENVOC Multilingual Thesaurus of Environmental Terms
| Information about the resource: |
EnVoc is a multilingual thesaurus with a controlled and structured vocabulary for use in indexing, storing and retrieval of environmental information. Envoc is no longer maintained, but has been used where relevant terms exist. |
| Thesaurus domain(s): |
All |
| Owner / creator: |
United Nations Environment Programme |
| Languages: |
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Spanish, Russian |
| Reference: |
4th edition (1997), ISBN: 9280712608 |
CABI Codes (CABC)
| Information about the resource: |
CABICODES have been derived from the classification schemes used in the AGRICOLA and AGRIS databases, with changes made to allow for differences in subject scope and emphasis. This resource is also used by ICGEB to classify their bibliographic records. |
| Thesaurus domain(s): |
Bibliographic resources |
| Owner / creator: |
CAB International |
| Languages: |
English |
| Reference: |
http://www.cabi.org/guides/cabicodes.htm |
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