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Vocabulary Name	Publishing Organization	Topics
Federal Enterprise Architecture Glossary	Office of Management and Budget	Information Management/Systems, Policy & Guidance	Description: Defines concepts in the Federal Enterprise Architecture practice guidelines. This is not an EPA specific glossary.
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Glossary	Office of Research and Development/Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment/Chemical and Pollutant Assessment Division	Health & Safety, Information Management/Systems, Science & Research	Description: This glossary contains definitions of terms used frequently in IRIS Program assessments and related materials. These definitions assumed that the user has some familiarity with risk assessment and health science.
Terminology Services Glossary	Office of Mission Support/Office of Information Management/Data Management Services Division	Information Management/Systems	Description: Glossary of terms pertaining to the discipline of terminology management
Docket-Related Terms	Office of Mission Support/Office of Enterprise Information Programs/Regulatory Support Division	Information Management/Systems, Laws, Regs, & Executive Orders, Policy & Guidance	Description: This glossary is associated with the EPA Dockets Center. EPA dockets provide the public with access to agency information in a wide variety of rulemaking and non-rulemaking areas. Dockets serve as a source of current and historical information on agency activities, including comments received from to public to inform agency decisions.
Health & Environmental Research Online (HERO) Glossary	Office of Research and Development/Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment	Health & Safety, Information Management/Systems, Science & Research	Description: This glossary will help you understand the terms and concepts used in HERO in the areas of library and information science and databases.
STORET Legacy Data Center Glossary	Office of Water/Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds	Information Management/Systems, Water	Description: The definitions of terms and acronyms used throughout the STORET Legacy Data Center site.
CADDIS Glossary	Office of Research and Development/Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment	Information Management/Systems, Policy & Guidance, Science & Research	Description: This glossary contains the terms and acronyms used in CADDIS. Some terms that are complex or controversial are discussed at length in Causal Concepts.
CADDIS: Causal Concepts	Office of Research and Development/Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment	Information Management/Systems, Policy & Guidance, Science & Research	Description: Explains how these concepts are addressed within the CADDIS methodology.
Web Guide Glossary	Office of Mission Support/Office of Information Management/Information Discovery Division	Information Management/Systems	Description: Terms to support the development of EPA web sites and web applications on the Intranet and Internet.
Benchmark Dose Software (BMDS) Glossary of Terms	Office of Research and Development/Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment	Chemicals/Toxics/Pesticides, Information Management/Systems, Science & Research	Description: Glossary of terms used in the Benchmark Dose Software (BMDS) Guide
Enterprise Content Management System Glossary	Office of Mission Support/Office of Records, Administrative Systems and eDiscovery	Information Management/Systems
RadNet Glossary	Office of Air and Radiation/Office of Radiation and Indoor Air/Radiation Protection Division	Air, Chemicals/Toxics/Pesticides, Health & Safety, Information Management/Systems	Description: Definition of terms used on the RadNet website.
Linked Data Glossary	W3C Government Linked Data Working Group	Information Management/Systems	Description: A glossary of terms defined and used to describe Linked Data, and its associated vocabularies and Best Practices (https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/gld/raw-file/default/bp/index.html).
Food and Feed Commodity Vocabulary	Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention/Office of Pesticide Programs	Chemicals/Toxics/Pesticides, Information Management/Systems	Description: The Food and Feed Commodity Vocabulary was developed to consolidate all the major Office of Pesticide Program Commodity Vocabularies into one standardized vocabulary. The vocabulary contains only human consumable commodities and livestock feeds.
EPA Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) Glossary	Office of Mission Support/Office of Information Management/Data Management Services Division	Information Management/Systems, Policy & Guidance	Description: Glossary supporting the description of EPA CUI categories used in READ.
Resilience and Adaptation in New England (RAINE) Glossary	Region 1	Climate Change, Information Management/Systems	Description: Definitions for data entry into Resilience and Adaptation in New England (RAINE)
Reusable Component Services (RCS) Glossary	Office of Mission Support/Office of Information Management/Data Management Services Division	Information Management/Systems	Description: Glossary of terms related to the use and services of the Reusable Component Services (these services is no longer available).
Information Directives Glossary	Office of Mission Support/Office of Customer Advocacy, Policy and Portfolio Management/Policy Planning and Evaluation Division	Information Management/Systems, Information Policy, Policy & Guidance	Description: A glossary of key terms related to EPA information directives that provides a common understanding among customers and promotes appropriate and standardized usage.
RCRA Corrective Action Event Codes	Office of Land and Emergency Management/Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery	Emergencies, Enforcement & Compliance, Information Management/Systems, Land, Waste, & Cleanup, Policy & Guidance
Exchange Network Glossary	Office of Mission Support/Office of Information Management/Information Exchange Services Division	Information Management/Systems	Description: Terms used by the Exchange Network.
EPA Public Access Glossary	Office of Research and Development	Information Management/Systems, Science & Research	Description: This glossary is to support the public access to peer-reviewed scholarly publications and the digital data underlying the publications resulting from EPA-funded scientific research.
Glossary of EJSCREEN Terms	Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights	General Environmental, Health & Safety, Information Management/Systems	Description: A glossary of EJSCREEN (Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool) Terms.
Environmental Information Quality Procedure Glossary	Office of Mission Support/Office of Enterprise Information Programs/Enterprise Quality Management Division	Information Management/Systems, Policy & Guidance	Description: Glossary of terms used in the EPA Directive No: CIO 2105-P-01.3, ASQ/ANSI E4 (2014) and CIO 2105.1 serve as the primary reference for the terms defined.
Web Taxonomy-Functions	Office of Mission Support/Office of Information Management/Information Access and Analytic Services Division	Information Management/Systems, Policy & Guidance	Description: Function or service that is covered by or related to the content.
Web Taxonomy-Industries	Office of Mission Support/Office of Information Management/Information Access and Analytic Services Division	General Environmental, Information Management/Systems, Land, Waste, & Cleanup	Description: Industry that is covered by or related to the content.
Web Taxonomy-Substances	Office of Mission Support/Office of Information Management/Information Access and Analytic Services Division	Chemicals/Toxics/Pesticides, Information Management/Systems	Description: Chemical or substance covered by or related to the content.
Web Taxonomy-Coop & Assistance Topics	Office of Mission Support/Office of Information Management/Information Access and Analytic Services Division	Enforcement & Compliance, Information Management/Systems, Policy & Guidance	Description: Extensible list of topics related to environmental economics and policy referred to or associated with content.
Web Taxonomy-Emergencies & Cleanup Topics	Office of Mission Support/Office of Information Management/Information Access and Analytic Services Division	Emergencies, Information Management/Systems	Description: Extensible list of topics related to environmental emergencies and cleanup referred to or associated with content.
Web Taxonomy-Environmental Media Topics	Office of Mission Support/Office of Information Management/Information Access and Analytic Services Division	Air, Information Management/Systems, Land, Waste, & Cleanup	Description: "Extensible list of topics related to environmental media--air
Web Taxonomy-Health Topics	Office of Mission Support/Office of Information Management/Information Access and Analytic Services Division	Health & Safety, Information Management/Systems	Description: Extensible list of topics related to human health conditions or concerns referred to or associated with content.
Web Taxonomy-Regulatory & Industrial Topics	Office of Mission Support/Office of Information Management/Information Access and Analytic Services Division	Enforcement & Compliance, Information Management/Systems, Laws, Regs, & Executive Orders	Description: Extensible list of topics related to industrial environmental issues and policies referred to or associated with content.
Web Taxonomy-Geographic Locations	Office of Mission Support/Office of Information Management/Information Access and Analytic Services Division	General Environmental, Information Management/Systems	Description: Place which the content covers or is related to.
Web Taxonomy-Audiences	Office of Mission Support/Office of Information Management/Information Access and Analytic Services Division	General Environmental, Information Management/Systems	Description: Audience segments for whom the content is targeted.
Web Taxonomy-Content Types	Office of Mission Support/Office of Information Management/Information Access and Analytic Services Division	Information Management/Systems	Description: Typology that indicates what type of content this is.
Web Taxonomy-Environmental Laws, Regulations & Treaties	Office of Mission Support/Office of Information Management/Information Access and Analytic Services Division	Information Management/Systems, Laws, Regs, & Executive Orders	Description: Regulation that is covered by or related to the content.
Web Taxonomy-Pollution Prevention Topics	Office of Mission Support/Office of Information Management/Information Access and Analytic Services Division	Information Management/Systems	Description: Topical terms that describe various aspects of pollution prevention.
Web Taxonomy-EPA Operations Topics	Office of Mission Support/Office of Information Management/Information Access and Analytic Services Division	Information Management/Systems, Policy & Guidance	Description: Topical terms that describe internal business operations of EPA
Web Taxonomy-Research,Analysis & Technology Topics	Office of Mission Support/Office of Information Management/Information Access and Analytic Services Division	Information Management/Systems, Science & Research	Description: Topical terms that describe various aspects of research, data analysis and types of technologies.
Web Taxonomy-EPA Channel	Office of Mission Support/Office of Information Management/Information Access and Analytic Services Division	Information Management/Systems	Description: Short list of content distribution and publication channels for the top level of EPA's Information Architecture.

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