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CESSDA has launched version 3 of its Vocabulary Service (CVS), a significant upgrade from version 2. Accessible at https://vocabularies.cessda.eu, CVS offers users the capability to explore and download multilingual controlled vocabularies in formats like SKOS, HTML, and PDF. The Editor component empowers authorized individuals to manage and translate vocabularies. Many vocabularies have been shaped by the DDI Alliance and its Controlled Vocabularies Working Group, with multilingual content enriched by CESSDA members. Such vocabularies are instrumental in harmonizing data descriptions, as showcased in the CESSDA Data Catalogue. Primarily, the tool benefits administrators, translators, data repositories, and researchers. Administrators can benefit from using an easy and robust vocabulary management system to host their in-house vocabularies and access those provided by other agencies, for use in their data catalogues. Translators can use it to reduce the complexity of their processes. Data repositories and metadata catalogue maintainers can use the REST API to consume controlled vocabularies in machine readable format.
The aim of this presentation is to introduce the CVS and highlight its latest advancements. Version 3 introduces key features such as term deprecation, a 3-digit versioning system, and enhanced workflows. Updates to user guides illuminate these changes, optimizing the platform for users aiming for precision and efficient vocabulary management.
