http://2015.semantics.cc/florian-bauer

1. Using Open Data Thesauri to connect
Climate Platforms
SEMANTiCS 2015, Vienna

2. CLIMATE KNOWLEDGE:
THE INFORMATION EXPLOSION
1992
76,000
Articles related to
“climate
change” on
Google Scholar
2014
1.7m
Articles
300+
Think tanks
working on
climate change
(ICGG)

3. CLIMATE KNOWLEDGE:
OCEANS OF INFORMATION
CLIMATE KNOWLEDGE:
OCEANS OF INFORMATION

4. Image credit: lightwise / 123RF Stock Photo
Finding the right
information is
often difficult

5. Image credit: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1042408
Lots of data and
information silos

6. CONNECTING
CLIMATE KNOWLEDGE

7. 100s OF KNOWLEDGE BROKERS

8. CLIMATE KNOWLEDGE BROKERS:
FOUR CHALLENGES
Understanding
user
needs
Signposting
the right
platforms
Connecting
climate
websites
Learning
from each
other

9. Based on our experience we know:
Climate knowledge brokers worldwide use different
terminology in different languages to describe the
same things connection and understanding is
lost
Need to increase consistency and connections to
see the full picture
The answer is standardized tagging
CONSISTENCY IN TERMINOLOGY
IS KEY

10. REEEP’s climate smart thesaurus:
• is available in 5 languages (en, fr, es, pt, de)
• describes more than 4.000 terms
• covers renewable energy, energy efficiency, REDD, green
growth and climate compatible development
• based on „PoolParty“ by Semantic Web Company
• and offers:
• Definition and synonyms for each term
• Links to related, broader and narrower terms
• Links to and information from other sources like
Wikipedia, Climate-tech wiki, …. using LOD
• All information free for re-use in Linked Open Data
formats
The open data climate thesaurus

11. The thesaurus can be used for:
• Explaining terms (glossary)
• Showing relations between terms
• Supporting auto-complete features
in search boxes
• Provide definitions for extracted
terms of wordpress blog-articles
(plugin available)
• Support tagging & categorizing
Use-cases for the thesaurus

13. STEP 1:
Climate
Tagger is
installed on
knowledge
platforms

14. STEP 2:
Climate Tagger scans
unstructured information and
identifies relevant terms and
concepts …
… and “tags”
content based
on the expansive
Climate Tagger
Thesaurus

15. Added functionality via the enhanced Climate Tagger API
Geo-
Tagging
Connecting
content to
geographic
locations
Enriching
Content
Automatically adding
related information
(such as definitions) to
content
Content Pool
Connecting data and information related
documents from other Climate Tagger users.

16. Live Demonstration
http://www.climatetagger.net

17. Possibilities to join us to connect climate
data, information & knowledge
Join the CKB Community of Practice
http://climateknowledgebrokers.net/join
Use tools such as the Climate Tagger to
connect climate data and information
http://www.climatetagger.net
Make use of the LOD Climate Thesaurus:
http://data.reegle.info/thesaurus/guide

18. The knowledge café:
We would like to discuss the following topics with you in the
next 30 minutes:
• Barriers and challenges (operational, financial and
technical) to standardize “tagging” terminology and link
related content
• Thesaurus development + quality assurance
• In-depth discussion on climate tagger