This repository contains the source data for Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping's vocabularies, that is managed structured lists of terms.
The vocabularies are formulated according to the Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS) model and will be display online in human- and machine-readable form in Q1, 2025.
Some of the vocabularies here are in test display online at:
These vocabularies are all © ICSM, 2025, unless otherwise indicated within the vocabulary.
All content of this repository is licensed for reuse with the Creative Commons BY 4.0 licence, in accordance with Australian Government open data policy.
The following people are contacts for different aspects of this repository:
Overall administration
Land Parcel vocabularies
Roger Fraser
Victoria Department of Transport and Planning
[email protected]
Addresses vocabularies
Transport Networks vocabularies
Chair Addressing Working Group
Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping
[email protected]
Geographical Names vocabularies
Chair Place Names Working Group
Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping
[email protected]
Technical content
Nicholas Car
[email protected]
This listing of the resources in this repository is used by the Prez System to display the vocabularies correctly.
| Resource | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Catalogue Definition | catalogue.ttl |
|
| Items | ./vocabs/**/*.ttl |
Multiple ttl files in multiple subfolders |
| Profile Definition | Prez Records Profile | Default Prez profile for Records API |
| Context Resources | _background/*.ttl |
Multiple labels files for ontologies, licenses & agents |
- Install packages listed in tests/requirements.txt
- Use scripts top validate all vocabs:
pytest - Use
tests/labelify_all.pyto identify any missing labels- add any missing to
_background
- add any missing to
- Manually create/update the
cattalogue.ttlfile