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EPA Web Taxonomy
The EPA Web Taxonomy allows audiences easy access to relevant information from EPA programs, by using a common vocabulary to describe EPA web content. The specification includes the core metadata elements that are required to find, use and manage items on EPA's website. The controlled vocabularies and the metadata specification are collectively known as the EPA Web Taxonomy.
The Web Taxonomy supports the following information delivery goals:
-To allow users reliably search for all content on a public or internal website (or the CMS repository) for example, all content that is related to the “Endangered Species Act.”
-To provide grouped search results. For example, all content that is of the type “Basic Facts & Information” grouped by industries regulated by the EPA.
-To automatically gather and organize content for presentation on the public website. For example, the most current content item that is of the type “News & News Releases” that are related to “Hurricane” emergencies in “Louisiana.”
-To be applicable to content on public websites as well as content on intranets.
-To be readily implementable with a Content Management System (CMS).
The Web Taxonomy is closely tied to the Information Architecture, in that the selected terms help feed the content to the IA.
Taxonomy Facets
Use this search to search across all of the facets at once.
Functions- Function or Service of the Agency to which the content is related. For example, Prevent Pollution or Research and Development.
Content Types - Typology that indicates the type of information. This field choice drives the content review date cycle of either 90 days, one year or three years.
Environmental Laws, Regulations & Treaties - EPA specific regulation that is covered by or related to the content.
Industries- Industry that is covered by or related to the content.
Substance - Chemical or substance covered by or related to the content, included based on the amount of content at EPA on the specific substance.
Audiences - Controlled list of audience segments for whom the content is targeted.
Geographic Locations - Controlled list of Places which the content covers or is related to.
Topics - Environmental topics are divided into the following sub-facets:
-Emergencies & Cleanup
-Cooperation & Assistance
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Environmental Media
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Health Topics
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Regulatory & Industrial Topics
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Research, Analysis & Technology
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EPA Operations
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Pollution Prevention
