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Vocabularies
BGS geoscience vocabularies provide consistency in our classification systems by controlling the spelling and terms used in our data holdings. They are available for browsing and as web services
or downloads for use within your systems. We like to promote the use of these classification systems but ask users to read our IPR terms of use when
reproducing BGS materials.
Further information on BGS vocabularies.
Further information on BGS vocabularies.
Vocabularies — browse and downloadVocabularies —standardised terms covering a range of geoscience topics. Browse our vocabulary dictionaries and their terms.
Download the dictionaries as MS Excel files.
Vocabulary web serviceBGS vocabularies as a RESTful web service.
Providing programmatic access to our dictionaries and their terms.
Online browsers for our popular vocabularies
Lexicon
of Named Rock UnitsThe Lexicon of Named Rock Units database provides BGS definitions of terms that appear on our maps and in our publications.
Linked dataLinked data allows powerful and easy re-use of data by interconnecting data, putting it in to context and enabling comparisons.
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