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forest · knowledge · know-how · well-being IUFRO and Global Forest Decimal Classification - Status and future Jarmo Saarikko & Barbara Holder Finnish Forest Research Institute, Vantaa, Finland, [email protected] & FPInnovations, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, [email protected] SESSION: 227 Knowledge exchange and communication of forest research for human and community well-being GFDC, an update of the earlier Forest Decimal Classification, was printed and published in 2006. Main features of GFDC Global distribution Until today some 600 books have been sold or delivered. A few books are still available. There is less direct demand in libraries as the number of separate forestry departments and libraries has decreased during the last 20 years The GFDC top categories are available online in 51 languages through the UDC Summary An abridged list of categories is available in 5 languages in the UDC Master Reference File (MRF). FPInnovations has provided the online GFDC database. The categories can be searched by using the master numbers or any word or phrase in the database. It is not possible to print or download the categories. http://iufro.forintek.ca/GFDCDefault.aspx The GFDC classification should be published online in user-friendly formats. Easier access helps creating better subject specific metadata and search interfaces to forest related information resources. Library classifications are not dead. Decimal classifications are still used in information retrieval and in libraries. They have a new life in ordering and searching content online Linking GFDC terms and categories to existing agricultural ontologies could help in developing a forest (research) ontology. Custom designed by forest researchers Hierarchical subject divisions Standard for the industry International Developed over 100 years The classification provides a language independent numeric subject hierarchy with 2752 categories and an alphabetical subject index with 4579 (English) terms From classifications to ontologies 2 Publish online with open access GFDC proposals for IUFRO The online database Contact Author Jarmo Saarikko Finnish Forest Research Institute - Metla PO BOX 18, FI-01301 VANTAA, FINLAND Phone: +358053912050 E-mail: [email protected] PLEASE NOTE: Starting 01.01.2015 the organization name will change to Natural Resources Institute Finland with domain name “luke.fi” Established history with IUFRO 1903 Plans to create a universal decimal classification for forestry 1933 “Flury” system adopted by IUFRO Congress 1953 Oxford Decimal Classification for forestry adopted by IUFRO Congress 1954 ODC published by Commonwealth Forestry Bureaux, now CABI. 1981 IUFRO group P6.1-00 “Revision of the Oxford Decimal Classification for forestry” 1990 IUFRO published “Forest Decimal Classification: Trilingual short version ” 1992 IUFRO published revised German version of “FDK” 2000 IUFRO group 6.03.03 for GFDC 2006 IUFRO published Global Forest Decimal Classification in English and German The electronic data files have been requested by a few organizations in Germany and Canada. 1. Nominate an Editor and an editorial group 2. Publish as Linked Open Data (LOD) 3. Provide a browsing interface 4. Collaborate with other global groups for mapping and linking forest concepts 5. Start developing a forest research ontology Increase functionality The GFDC can be found easily with Google. Information about the book is available online and Google directs searches on “Forest Decimal Classification” to both to the IUFRO page and to iufro.forintek.ca database. However, we should increase the availability of the classification and functionality of the database. 1 The Editor and an editorial group As a long-term solution or for the next inter-congress term, IUFRO should grant the editorial decisions and maintenance responsibility to a nominated person or group: who are interested in the maintenance who relate to IUFRO Secretariat or a Unit the maintenance of SilvaVoc could be another possible model Tasks for the editors: Continue collaboration with the UDC Consortium Gather a network of volunteers Publish at least one update in five years Establish an action plan for developing GFDC into an ontology 3 Provide an easy and functional interface An easy browsing interface with a simple search facility is available at www.finto.fi, an ontology service by the National Library of Finland. 4 Collaborate with global groups There are several interoperability challenges in which the GFDC subject index headings would be useful: Linking with the SilvaVoc terms. Linking with concepts in AGROVOC and NAL thesauri, which are already provided as Linked Open Data. Linking with Library of Congress Subject Headings which are actively maintained 5 Start developing a forest (research) ontology Linking GFDC with the Finnish AFO ontology at the Finto service provides possibilities for further ontology development
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fore
st ·
know
ledg
e · k
now
-how
· w
ell-b
eing
IUFR
O a
nd G
loba
l For
est D
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al C
lass
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tion
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tus a
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ture
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ko &
Bar
bara
Hol
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of fo
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arch
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and
com
mun
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ell-b
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GFD
C, a
n up
date
of t
he e
arlie
r For
est D
ecim
al C
lass
ifica
tion,
was
pr
inte
d an
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blis
hed
in 2
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n fe
atur
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f GFD
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al d
istrib
utio
nU
ntil
toda
y so
me
600
book
s hav
e be
en so
ld o
r del
iver
ed. A
few
boo
ks
are
still
ava
ilabl
e.
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e is
less
dire
ct d
eman
d in
libr
arie
s as t
he n
umbe
r of s
epar
ate
fore
stry
dep
artm
ents
and
libr
arie
s has
dec
reas
ed d
urin
g th
e la
st 2
0 ye
ars
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GFD
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p ca
tego
ries a
re a
vaila
ble
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e in
51
lang
uage
s thr
ough
th
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mar
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An
abrid
ged
list o
f cat
egor
ies i
s ava
ilabl
e in
5 la
ngua
ges i
n th
e U
DC
M
aste
r Ref
eren
ce F
ile (M
RF)
.
FPIn
nova
tions
has p
rovi
ded
the
onlin
e G
FDC
dat
abas
e. T
he c
ateg
orie
s ca
n be
sear
ched
by
usin
g th
e m
aste
r num
bers
or a
ny w
ord
or p
hras
e in
th
e da
taba
se. I
t is n
ot p
ossi
ble
to p
rint o
r dow
nloa
d th
e ca
tego
ries.
http
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fro.
forin
tek.
ca/G
FDC
Def
ault.
aspx
The
GFD
C c
lass
ifica
tion
shou
ld b
e pu
blis
hed
onlin
e in
us
er-f
rien
dly
form
ats.
Eas
ier a
cces
s he
lps c
reat
ing
bette
r su
bjec
t spe
cific
met
adat
a an
d se
arch
inte
rfac
es to
fore
st re
late
d in
form
atio
n re
sour
ces.
Libr
ary
clas
sific
atio
ns a
re n
ot d
ead.
Dec
imal
cla
ssifi
catio
ns a
re st
ill
used
in in
form
atio
n re
triev
al a
nd in
libr
arie
s. Th
ey h
ave
a ne
w li
fe in
or
derin
g an
d se
arch
ing
cont
ent o
nlin
e
Link
ing
GFD
C te
rms a
nd c
ateg
orie
s to
exis
ting
agric
ultu
ral o
ntol
ogie
s co
uld
help
in d
evel
opin
g a
fore
st (r
esea
rch)
ont
olog
y.
C
usto
m d
esig
ned
by fo
rest
rese
arch
ers
H
iera
rchi
cal s
ubje
ct d
ivis
ions
St
anda
rd fo
r the
indu
stry
In
tern
atio
nal
D
evel
oped
ove
r 100
yea
rs
Th
e cl
assi
ficat
ion
prov
ides
a la
ngua
ge in
depe
nden
t num
eric
subj
ect
hier
arch
y w
ith 2
752
cate
gorie
s and
an
alph
abet
ical
subj
ect i
ndex
w
ith 4
579
(Eng
lish)
term
s
From
cla
ssifi
catio
ns to
ont
olog
ies
2 Pu
blis
h on
line
with
ope
n ac
cess
GFDC
pro
posa
ls fo
r IU
FRO
The
onlin
e da
taba
se
Cont
act A
utho
rJa
rmo
Saar
ikko
Finn
ish
Fore
st R
esea
rch
Inst
itute
-M
etla
PO B
OX
18,
FI-
0130
1 VA
NTA
A, F
INLA
ND
Phon
e: +
3580
5391
2050
E-m
ail:
jarm
o.sa
arik
ko@
met
la.fi
PLEA
SE N
OTE
: St
artin
g 01
.01.
2015
the
orga
niza
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rces
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itute
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land
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ain
nam
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uke.
fi”
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blis
hed
hist
ory
with
IUFR
O
1903
Plan
s to
crea
te a
uni
vers
al d
ecim
al c
lass
ifica
tion
for f
ores
try19
33“F
lury
” sy
stem
ado
pted
by
IUFR
O C
ongr
ess
1953
Oxf
ord
Dec
imal
Cla
ssifi
catio
n fo
r for
estry
ado
pted
by
IUFR
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Con
gres
s19
54O
DC
pub
lishe
d by
Com
mon
wea
lth F
ores
try B
urea
ux, n
ow C
AB
I.19
81IU
FRO
gro
up P
6.1-
00 “
Rev
isio
n of
the
Oxf
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Dec
imal
C
lass
ifica
tion
for f
ores
try”
1990
IUFR
O p
ublis
hed
“For
est D
ecim
al C
lass
ifica
tion:
Tril
ingu
al sh
ort
vers
ion
”19
92IU
FRO
pub
lishe
d re
vise
d G
erm
an v
ersi
on o
f “FD
K”
2000
IUFR
O g
roup
6.0
3.03
for G
FDC
20
06IU
FRO
pub
lishe
d G
loba
l For
est D
ecim
al C
lass
ifica
tion
in E
nglis
h an
d G
erm
an
The
elec
troni
c da
ta fi
les h
ave
been
requ
este
d by
a fe
w o
rgan
izat
ions
in
Ger
man
y an
d C
anad
a.
1.N
omin
ate
an E
dito
r an
d an
edi
tori
al g
roup
2.
Publ
ishas
Lin
ked
Ope
n D
ata
(LO
D)
3.Pr
ovid
ea
brow
sing
inte
rfac
e 4.
Colla
bora
tew
ith o
ther
glo
bal g
roup
s for
m
appi
ng a
nd li
nkin
g fo
rest
con
cept
s5.
Star
t dev
elop
ing
a fo
rest
res
earc
h on
tolo
gy
Incr
ease
func
tiona
lity
The
GFD
C c
an b
e fo
und
easi
ly w
ith G
oogl
e.
Info
rmat
ion
abou
t the
boo
k is
ava
ilabl
e on
line
and
Goo
gle
dire
cts
sear
ches
on
“For
est D
ecim
al C
lass
ifica
tion”
to b
oth
to th
e IU
FRO
pag
e an
d to
iufr
o.fo
rinte
k.ca
dat
abas
e.
How
ever
, we
shou
ld in
crea
se th
e av
aila
bilit
y of
the
clas
sific
atio
n an
d fu
nctio
nalit
y of
the
data
base
.
1 Th
e Ed
itor a
nd a
n ed
itoria
l gro
up
As a
long
-term
solu
tion
or fo
r the
nex
t int
er-c
ongr
ess t
erm
, IU
FRO
shou
ld g
rant
the
edito
rial d
ecis
ions
and
mai
nten
ance
re
spon
sibi
lity
to a
nom
inat
ed p
erso
n or
gro
up:
w
ho a
re in
tere
sted
in th
e m
aint
enan
ce
who
rela
te to
IUFR
O S
ecre
taria
t or a
Uni
t
the
mai
nten
ance
of S
ilvaV
occo
uld
be a
noth
er p
ossi
ble
mod
el
Task
s for
the
edito
rs:
C
ontin
ue c
olla
bora
tion
with
the
UD
C C
onso
rtium
G
athe
r a n
etw
ork
of v
olun
teer
s
Publ
ish
at le
ast o
ne u
pdat
e in
five
yea
rs
Est
ablis
h an
act
ion
plan
for
deve
lopi
ng G
FDC
into
an
onto
logy
3 Pr
ovid
e an
eas
y an
d fu
nctio
nal i
nter
face
An
easy
bro
wsi
ng in
terf
ace
with
a si
mpl
e se
arch
faci
lity
is
avai
labl
e at
ww
w.fi
nto.
fi, a
n on
tolo
gy se
rvic
e by
the
Nat
iona
l Li
brar
y of
Fin
land
.
4 Co
llabo
rate
with
glo
bal g
roup
sTh
ere
are
seve
ral i
nter
oper
abili
ty c
halle
nges
in w
hich
the
GFD
C su
bjec
t ind
ex h
eadi
ngs w
ould
be
usef
ul:
Li
nkin
g w
ith th
e Si
lvaV
octe
rms.
Li
nkin
g w
ith c
once
pts i
n A
GR
OV
OC
and
NA
L th
esau
ri,
whi
ch a
re a
lread
y pr
ovid
ed a
s Lin
ked
Ope
n D
ata.
Li
nkin
g w
ith L
ibra
ry o
f Con
gres
s Sub
ject
Hea
ding
s whi
ch
are
activ
ely
mai
ntai
ned
5 St
art d
evel
opin
g a
fore
st (r
esea
rch)
ont
olog
yLi
nkin
g G
FDC
with
the
Finn
ish
AFO
ont
olog
y at
the
Fint
ose
rvic
e pr
ovid
es p
ossi
bilit
ies f
or fu
rther
ont
olog
y de
velo
pmen
t
