The European Language Social Science Thesaurus (ELSST)

www.cessda.eu ELSST Content Coordination European Language Social Science Thesaurus (ELSST) Documentation Document info Dissemination Level PU Release Date 03/11/25 Version November 2025 Number of Pages p.1-24 www.cessda.eu 1 Version history Version Date Comment Revised by 1.0 03.11.25 Released to accompany ELSST Version 6 UKDS Author List Organisation Name Contact information UKDS Lorna Balkan [email protected] UKDS Jeannine Beeken [email protected] UKDS Sharon Bolton [email protected] www.cessda.eu 2 Contents Executive Summary 3 Abbreviations and Acronyms 3 1. Introduction to ELSST 4 2. Licensing of ELSST 4 3. Background to ELSST 5 4. Structure of ELSST 6 5. Bibliography of Definition Sources 6 6. Using ELSST 10 7. ELSST Concept Scheme 12 8. Release Notes 14 November 2025 release (ELSST Version 6) 14 September 2024 release (ELSST Version 5) 15 September 2023 release (ELSST Version 4) 17 September 2022 release (ELSST Version 3) 18 September 2021 release (ELSST Version 2) 20 November 2020 release (ELSST Version 1) 21 9. Inclusivity statement 23 www.cessda.eu 3 Executive Summary The European Language Social Science Thesaurus (ELSST) is a broad-based, multilingual thesaurus for the social sciences. It is owned and published by the Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA) and its national Service Providers. The thesaurus consists of over 3,400 concepts and covers the core social science disciplines: politics, sociology, economics, education, law, crime, demography, health, employment, information and communication technology, and environmental science. ELSST is used for data discovery within CESSDA and facilitates access to data resources across Europe, independent of domain, resource, language or vocabulary. ELSST is currently available in 15 languages: Czech, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Romanian, Slovenian, Spanish, and Swedish. This document covers the licensing and structure of ELSST, and how to use the thesaurus. It also includes information on changes made to ELSST over time. Abbreviations and Acronyms CC-BY-SA Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License CESSDA Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives ELSST European Language Social Science Thesaurus FAIR Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable (FAIR Principles) HASSET Humanities and Social Science Electronic Thesaurus LIMBER Language Independent Metadata Browsing of European Resources RDF Resource Discovery Framework SKOS Simple Knowledge Organization System VOICE Vocabulary Services Multilingual Content Management project UKDS UK Data Service XKOS Extended Knowledge Organization System www.cessda.eu 4 1. Introduction to ELSST The European Language Social Science Thesaurus is a broad-based, multilingual thesaurus for the social sciences. It is owned and published by the Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA) and its national Service Providers. The thesaurus consists of over 3,400 concepts and covers the core social science disciplines: politics, sociology, economics, education, law, crime, demography, health, employment, information and communication technology, and environmental science. ELSST is used for data discovery within CESSDA and facilitates access to data resources across Europe, independent of domain, resource, language or vocabulary. ELSST is currently available in 15 languages: Czech, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Romanian, Slovenian, Spanish, and Swedish. 2. Licensing of ELSST ELSST is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Attribution: Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA) and its national Service Providers . Recommended Citation: CESSDA and Service Providers (2025) The European Language Social Science Thesaurus (ELSST) (Version 6), https://elsst.cessda.eu. The translations have been contributed under CC-BY-SA 4.0 by the following institutions: The Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic; Data Archiving and Networked Services, The Netherlands; University of Essex, United Kingdom; Tampere University Foundation sr, Finland; Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences (FORS), Switzerland; GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Germany; National Centre for Social Research, Greece; Centre for Social Sciences Research Documentation Centre (TK KDK), Hungary; DATICE - The Icelandic Social Science Data Service, Iceland; Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania; Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research – Sikt, Norway; Romanian Social Data Archive, Romania; University of Ljubljana, www.cessda.eu 5 Faculty of Social Sciences, Slovenia; and The Swedish National Data Service, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. 3. Background to ELSST The European Language Social Science Thesaurus (ELSST) is a broad-based, multilingual thesaurus for the social sciences. It is currently available in 15 languages: Czech, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Romanian, Slovenian, Spanish, and Swedish. ELSST is owned and published by the Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA). ELSST was originally developed in 2000 as part of the EU-funded Language Independent Metadata Browsing of European Resources (LIMBER) project and has been further enhanced and extended through additional funding from the EU and the UK government. Since 2012, ELSST development has been funded by CESSDA through the CESSDA ELSST, VOICE and Metadata Office projects. ELSST is used for data discovery within CESSDA and facilitates access to data resources across Europe, independent of domain, resource, language or vocabulary. The thesaurus covers the core social science disciplines: politics, sociology, economics, education, law, crime, demography, health, employment, information and communication technology, and environmental science. ELSST was originally based on the monolingual thesaurus, Humanities and Social Science Electronic Thesaurus (HASSET), of the UK Data Archive at the University of Essex. The thesauri remain closely related. The latest version of ELSST was released in November 2025. ELSST became available under the terms of the CC-BY-SA licence on the current CESSDA ELSST platform in November 2020. The previous version dates from September 2024. ELSST is available as a SKOS concept scheme. www.cessda.eu 6 4. Structure of ELSST A thesaurus is a controlled and structured vocabulary where concepts are represented by terms. In a multilingual thesaurus like ELSST, the same concept is represented by a single Preferred Term in each of the languages of the thesaurus. Optionally, one or more alternative labels or Entry Terms can be linked to a Preferred Term in each language translation of the thesaurus. Each concept in ELSST is identified by a dereferenceable Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) (= URL). Each concept of the thesaurus can be semantically related to other concepts within the thesaurus. Hierarchical relations are represented by Broader Concepts and Narrower Concepts, while non-hierarchical associative relations are represented by Related Concepts. ELSST concepts may also be associated with different types of note field: Definition, Definition Source, Scope Note, and History Note. A Definition describes the meaning of the concept within the thesaurus, while a Scope Note provides advice on term usage to either indexers or searchers. A Scope Note may also clarify the meaning of the concept with respect to other concepts in the thesaurus. A History Note records the date of introduction of, changes made to, or deprecation of, an existing term. A full list of Definition Sources can be found in the Bibliography of Definition Sources (see below). 5. Bibliography of Definition Sources The following source references were used to provide provenance for ELSST Definitions. Where no definition source is shown, the definition has either been created in-house, or the original source no longer applies or cannot be determined. Unattributed definitions are checked periodically and may be updated with new definition sources. Definition Sources appear in the thesaurus only for the source language (English), and not for the other language versions of the thesaurus, unless they are official translations from a multilingual source. All other translations of Definitions have been provided by ELSST partners. Some of the references in this bibliography may have alternative acronyms. The acronyms provided below are those used within ELSST. ADED Wallace, S. (ed.) (2015) A dictionary of education, 2nd edn., (Online version) Oxford: Oxford University Press. ADOE Allaby, M. (2015) A dictionary of ecology, 5th edn ., (Online version) Oxford: Oxford University Press. www.cessda.eu 7 ATED Australian Thesaurus of Education Descriptors. Retrieved 9 September 2025 from http://cunningham.acer.edu.au/multites2007/index.html BRITANNICA Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 9 September 2025 from https://www.britannica.com/ BRUNDTLAND World Commission on Environment and Development (1987) Our Common Future. Oxford: Oxford University Press. CDB Pass, C., Lowes, B., Pendleton, A. and Chadwick, L. (1991) Collins dictionary of business, 2nd edn., Glasgow: Harper Collins. CLOSER CLOSER topics. Retrieved 9 September 2025 from https://wiki.ucl.ac.uk/display/CLOS/Topics CODL Matthews, P. (ed.) (1997) Concise Oxford dictionary of linguistics, Oxford: Oxford University Press. CODP McLean, I. (ed.) (1996) Concise Oxford dictionary of politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. CODS Marshall, G. (1994) The concise Oxford dictionary of sociology, Oxford: Oxford University Press. DE-2002 Black, J. (2002) A dictionary of economics, 2nd edn., Oxford: Oxford University Press. DE-2003 Dictionary of economics (2003), A & C Black, London. DE-2017 Hashimzade , N., Myles, G. and Black, J. (2017) A dictionary of economics, 5th edn., (Online version) Oxford: Oxford University Press. DEC Park, C. and Allaby, M. (2017) A dictionary of environment and conservation, 3rd edn., (Online version) Oxford: Oxford University Press. DEST Porteous, A. (1996) Dictionary of environmental science and technology, 2nd edn., Chichester: J. Wiley. DFN Bender, D. A. (2014) A dictionary of food and nutrition, 4th edn., (Online version) Oxford: Oxford University Press. DHG Rogers, A., Castree, N. and Kitchin, R. (eds.) (2013) A dictionary of human geography. (Online version) Oxford, Oxford University Press. DL-1997 Martin, E. A. (ed.) (1997) A dictionary of law, 4th edn ., Oxford: Oxford University Press. www.cessda.eu 8 DL-2018 Law, J. (2018) A dictionary of law, 9th edn., (Online version) Oxford: Oxford University Press. DMC Chandler, D. and Munday, R. (2020), A dictionary of media and communication, 3rd edn., (Online version), Oxford: Oxford University Press. DN Martin, E. A. and McFerran, T. A. (eds.) (2017) A dictionary of nursing, 7th edn., (Online version) Oxford: Oxford University Press. DOE Porta, M. (ed). (2016) A dictionary of epidemiology, 6th edn., (Online version) Oxford: Oxford University Press. DOSS Tomlinson, A. (2010) A dictionary of sports studies, (Online version) Oxford: Oxford University Press. DPH Porta, M. and Last, J. M (eds.) (2018) A dictionary of public health, 2nd edn., (Online version) Oxford: Oxford University Press. DSS Calhoun, C. (ed.) (2002) Dictionary of the social sciences, (Online version) Oxford: Oxford University Press. EIGE European Institute for Gender Equality thesaurus. Retrieved 9 September 2025 from https://eige.europa.eu/thesaurus/ ERIC ERIC Thesaurus (n.d.). Retrieved 9 September 2025 from https://eric.ed.gov/?ti=J EUROSTAT EUROSTAT: The Statistical Office of the European Union (n.d.). Retrieved 9 September 2025 from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/home FAF Kent, M. (2016) Food and fitness: a dictionary of diet and exercise, 2nd edn., (Online version) Oxford: Oxford University Press. GEMET GEMET Thesaurus (n.d.). Retrieved 9 September 2025 from https://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/en/about/ ICPSR ICPSR Thesaurus (n.d.). University of Michigan. Retrieved 9 September 2025 from https://www.vocabularyserver.com/icpsr/ ILO ILO Thesaurus (n.d.). June 2024 version at https://metadata.ilo.org/thesaurus.html IOM International Organization for Migration. Retrieved 9 September 2025 from https://www.iom.int ISCED-1997 International Standard Classification of Education: ISCED (1997). Retrieved 9 September 2025 www.cessda.eu 15 • Deprecated concepts are as follows: HOUSEHOLDERS, DEMOGRAPHIC STATISTICS (replaced by VITAL STATISTICS) and MORBIDITY (replaced by ILL HEALTH) • Relabelled Preferred Terms include the following: NUMBER OF BIRTHS instead of NATALITY; NUMBER OF DEATHS instead of MORTALITY, and NUMBER OF MARRIAGES instead of NUPTIALITY • New Entry Terms include FLATSHARING as Entry Term for HOME SHARING; FOOD POVERTY as Entry Term for FOOD INSECURITY and UNPLANNED PREGNANCY as Entry Term for UNINTENDED PREGNANCY • Deleted Entry Terms: include PARTNERS (PERSONAL) as Entry Term for SPOUSES and CHILD REARING as Entry Term for CHILD CARE • New or changed Definitions include the addition of a Definition to the term SEPARATED ( PERSONS WHO ARE CURRENTLY MARRIED OR IN A CIVIL PARTNERSHIP, BUT WHO NO LONGER CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE A COUPLE. THEY MAY EITHER LIVE SEPARATELY OR LEAD SEPARATE LIVES WITHIN THE SAME HOUSEHOLD. SEPARATION MAY BE BY MUTUAL AGREEMENT OR BY JUDICIAL DECREE. ) and the change of the Definition of EDUCATIONAL MIGRATION (from MIGRATION FOR PURPOSES OF TERTIARY EDUCATION to THE MOVEMENT OF INDIVIDUALS, TYPICALLY STUDENTS, ACROSS REGIONAL OR NATIONAL BORDERS TO PURSUE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ) • Broader/Narrower Concept changes include the change of the Broader Concept of FOOD BANKS from CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS to FOOD AID (DOMESTIC) and the Broader Concept of HOME SHARING from HOUSING to HOUSEHOLDS September 2024 release (ELSST Version 5) In the last year we have worked closely with developers of the CESSDA Data Catalogue (CDC) and have now established a link from ELSST to the CDC and vice versa. The CDC contains descriptions of more than 40,000 data collections held by CESSDA’s Service Providers, originating from over 20 European countries. The link finds all CDC catalogue records that have been assigned the term in question as a keyword, or which have a keyword from another vocabulary that matches the ELSST term. Links are also provided from the CDC back to the ELSST thesaurus. These innovations aim to enhance the discoverability of data in the CDC by enabling users to learn more about the concepts and navigate through the thesaurus structure. Further details can be found in a presentation given at the International Association for Social Science Information Service and Technology (IASSIST) and Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives (CARTO) 2024 conference in May 2024. Content development work in the past year has focused on updating terms relating to civil status, family structure, disability, and the education of students with special educational www.cessda.eu 16 needs and disabilities. We have also made a start at updating the science and technology hierarchy. All language versions have been updated except for Finnish and Romanian where no new translations have been added to this release. Translation of Preferred Terms for all target languages is between 97 -100% complete. ELSST previously contained a Danish translation, which is no longer available. The following changes were made to the English source language version: • 13 new concepts • 3 deprecated concepts • 12 relabelled Preferred Terms • 39 new Entry Terms • 21 deleted Entry Terms • 55 new or changed Definitions • 14 new or changed Scope Notes • 36 changes to the Broader/Narrower Concepts • 46 changes to Related Concepts • 34 new or changed History Notes Examples • New concepts are as follows: NUCLEAR FAMILY; BLENDED FAMILIES; SINGLES (LIFESTYLE); SINGLEHOOD (LIFESTYLE); GLOBAL HEALTH; CO-PARENTING; JOINT CUSTODY; ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKS; APPRENTICESHIPS; INCLUSIVE EDUCATION; DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY; DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION; DIGITAL DIVIDE • Deprecated concepts are as follows: MARRIED WOMEN WORKERS, SPECIAL EDUCATION, SURVIVING CIVIL PARTNERSHIP • Relabelled Preferred Terms are as follows: FOOD AID (INTERNATIONAL) instead of FOOD AID; EDUCATION OF STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND DISABILITIES instead of SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION; STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND DISABILITIES instead of SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS; TEACHERS OF STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND DISABILITIES instead of SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS; SPECIAL SCHOOLS instead of SCHOOLS FOR THE DISABLED; TEACHING ASSISTANTS instead of CLASSROOM ASSISTANTS; JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES instead of REFORMATORY SCHOOLS; DIGITALIZATION instead of DIGITIZATION; DIGITAL LITERACY instead of COMPUTER LITERACY; PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES instead of DISABLED PERSONS; SINGLES (CIVIL STATUS) instead of SINGLES; SINGLEHOOD (CIVIL STATUS) instead of SINGLEHOOD www.cessda.eu 17 • New Entry Terms include DIGITAL EXCLUSION as Entry Term for DIGITAL DIVIDE and MAINSTREAM SCHOOLS as Entry Term for INCLUSIVE EDUCATION • Deleted Entry Terms: include SPINSTERS and BACHELORS as Entry Terms for SINGLES (CIVIL STATUS) and SLOW LEARNERS as Entry Term for STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND DISABILITIES • New or changed Definitions include the addition of a Definition to the term DIGITAL LITERACY (AN INDIVIDUAL’S ABILITY TO USE DIGITAL INFORMATION AND RELEVANT TECHNOLOGIES TO FIND, EVALUATE, CREATE AND COMMUNICATE INFORMATION), and the change of the Definition of CIVIL STATUS (from A PERSON'S RELATIONSHIP STATUS, SUCH AS SINGLE, MARRIED, CIVIL PARTNER, DIVORCED OR WIDOWED to A PERSON'S LEGAL RELATIONSHIP STATUS, SUCH AS SINGLE, MARRIED, CIVIL PARTNER, DIVORCED OR WIDOWED) • Broader/Narrower Concept changes include the change of the Broader Concept of COHABITING from CIVIL STATUS to PARTNERSHIPS (PERSONAL), and the Broader Concept of DIGITALIZATION from INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY to DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY September 2023 release (ELSST Version 4) A major focus in the latest content development phase of ELSST was to increase diversity and inclusivity of our terms. Our approach is outlined in our new Inclusivity statement and described in a presentation we gave at the International Association for Social Science Information Service and Technology (IASSIST) 2023 conference in May. This release also includes the revision of the CIVIL STATUS hierarchy, and the introduction of new terms reflecting changes in working and learning/teaching environments associated with the Covid pandemic. All language versions have been updated except for Danish and Romanian where no new translations have been added to this release. Translation of Preferred Terms for all target languages is between 96-100% complete. The following changes were made to the English source language version: • 33 new concepts • 23 deprecated concepts • 18 relabelled Preferred Terms • 67 new Entry Terms • 17 deleted Entry Terms • 55 new or changed Definitions • 4 new or changed Scope Notes www.cessda.eu 18 • 89 changes to the Broader/Narrower Concepts • 79 changes to Related Concepts • 87 new or changed History Notes Examples • New concepts include the following terms: HYBRID EDUCATION, HYBRID WORK, DIGITAL NOMADS, CIVIL PARTNERSHIP DISSOLUTION, DATA BREACHES • Deprecated concepts: METHODOLOGY terms have been deprecated, as well as the following terms: SENILE DEMENTIA, ILLEGITIMATE PERSONS, BEREAVEMENT (replaced by the new term GRIEF), VAGRANTS (replaced by the new term HOMELESS PERSONS), OUTWORK (replaced by HOME-BASED WORK) and OUTWORKERS (replaced by HOME-BASED WORKERS) • Relabelled Preferred Terms include the following: BIRTHS OUTSIDE OF A MARRIAGE OR CIVIL PARTNERSHIP instead of ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS, CIVIL STATUS instead of MARITAL STATUS, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES instead of INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS, IRREGULAR MIGRANTS instead of ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS • New Entry Terms include ALCOHOL ADDICTION as Entry Term for ALCOHOLISM and HYBRID LEARNING as Entry Term for HYBRID EDUCATION • Deleted Entry Terms: include ALIENS as Entry Term for FOREIGNERS and DISSOLUTION OF CIVIL PARTNERSHIP as Entry Term for MARRIAGE DISSOLUTION • New or changed Definitions include the addition of Definitions to the following two terms: FOOD BANKS (NON-PROFIT, CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS THAT DISTRIBUTE FOOD TO THOSE IN NEED) and STREET CHILDREN (CHILDREN WHO DEPEND ON THE STREETS TO LIVE AND/OR WORK, WHETHER ALONE OR WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY) • Broader/Narrower Concept changes include the change of the Broader Concept of SEPARATED from FAMILY COHESION to CIVIL STATUS, and the Broader Concept of COHABITATION from SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR to COHABITING September 2022 release (ELSST Version 3) We are pleased to announce that two new languages, Hungarian and Icelandic, have been added to ELSST with this release. This brings the total number of languages in ELSST to 16. The remaining language versions have all been updated, with the exception of Danish, Dutch, Romanian and Slovenian. Translation of Preferred Terms for all target languages is between 98-100% complete. The Lithuanian version of ELSST now also contains Definitions and Scope notes. www.cessda.eu 19 This release also sees a number of technical innovations that are designed to promote ELSST’s compliance with the FAIR principles. Firstly, concepts deprecated from the previous version are now available to view in ELSST. FAIR principles indicate that metadata such as URIs should always remain accessible even though the object may no longer be in use. To ensure that URIs remain resolvable, obsolete concepts are no longer deleted from ELSST, but are deprecated instead. This means that they remain viewable online, with a link to the concept that has replaced or superseded them, if applicable - not all concepts have a replacement. Secondly, versioning of ELSST has also been refined, with a new URI formatting and the move to a simpler and more streamlined SKOS concept scheme, from the previous SKOS-XL concept scheme for lexicalisations. This improves interoperability by making the ELSST concept scheme easier to interpret. Content development work in this period has focused on completing the revision of terms related to sexuality, as well as updating terms relating to migration. The following changes were made to the English source language version: • 44 new concepts • 8 deprecated concepts • 3 relabelled Preferred Terms • 42 new Entry Terms • 30 deleted Entry Terms • 35 new or changed Definitions • 5 new or changed Scope Notes • 84 changes to the Broader/Narrower Concepts • 57 changes to Related Concepts • 59 new or changed History Notes Examples • New concepts include the following terms related to sexuality including GENDER EXPRESSION, TRANSGENDER PERSONS, MASCULINITY, FEMININITY, LGBTQI+ RIGHTS, HOMOPHOBIA, and TRANSPHOBIA. Other new terms include FORCED MIGRATION, REFUGEE POLICY, ASYLUM SEEKERS, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL POLARIZATION and SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCE • Deprecated concepts: The following four concepts have been deprecated: SEXUAL AND GENDER GROUPS, RIGHTS OF SPECIAL GROUPS, GREEN BELT AREAS and BRITISH HISTORY. We have also deprecated the following concepts that were previously reported as deleted in the September 2021 release: CONSERVATION, QUALITY, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION (now an Entry Term of www.cessda.eu 20 ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES), PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (now an Entry Term for POLLUTANTS) • Relabelled Preferred Term: GENDER DISCRIMINATION instead of SEX DISCRIMINATION; TRADESPEOPLE instead of TRADESMEN, and HEATWAVES instead of HEAT WAVES • New Entry Terms include MARGINALISATION as Entry Term for SOCIAL EXCLUSION, and MOBILE MONEY as Entry Term for MOBILE PAYMENTS • Deleted Entry Terms: include REFUGEE POLICY as Entry Term for IMMIGRATION POLICY • New or changed Definitions include the addition of Definitions to the following two terms: FORCED MIGRATION ( THE MIGRATION OF PEOPLE IN WHICH AN ELEMENT OF COERCION EXISTS, INCLUDING THREATS TO LIFE AND LIVELIHOOD, WHETHER ARISING FROM NATURAL OR MAN-MADE CAUSES, E.G. WAR, NATURAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS, FAMINE OR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ) and SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCE ( THE POWER OF SOCIAL MEDIA TO SHAPE THE ATTITUDES AND BELIEFS OF INDIVIDUALS ) • Broader/Narrower Concept changes include the change of the Broader Concept of NON-BINARY PERSONS from SEXUAL AND GENDER GROUPS to GENDER IDENTITY, and the Broader Concept of WOMEN’S RIGHTS from GENDER EQUALITY to HUMAN RIGHTS September 2021 release (ELSST Version 2) Development work in this period has focused on the revision of the ENVIRONMENT hierarchy, and of terms related to sexuality. The latter work is still in progress. Out of the 14 available languages, all have been updated, with the exception of Spanish, Danish and Czech. Translation of Preferred Terms for all target languages is between 98100% complete. The following changes were made to the English source language version: • 19 new concepts • 4 deprecated concepts • 9 relabelled Preferred Terms • 37 new Entry Terms • 11 deleted Entry Terms • 22 new or changed Definitions • 7 new or changed Scope Notes • 54 changes to the Broader/Narrower Concepts • 58 changes to Related Concepts • 32 new or changed History Notes www.cessda.eu 21 Examples • New concepts include ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS, BIODIVERSITY, EMISSIONS TRADING, CARBON OFFSETTING, WEATHER HAZARDS, NON-BINARY PERSONS, and LGBTQI+ • Deprecated concepts: CONSERVATION, QUALITY, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION (now an Entry Term of ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES), and PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (now an Entry Term for POLLUTANTS) • Relabelled Preferred Terms include GENDER IDENTITY instead of SEXUAL IDENTITY, and DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION instead of DISCRIMINATION AGAINST HOMOSEXUALS • New Entry Terms include TELECOMMUTING, REMOTE WORKING and E-WORKING as Entry Terms for TELEWORK, and COVID-19 VACCINATION for VACCINATION • Deleted Entry Terms: include TRUTH, HONESTY and TRUSTWORTHINESS as Entry Terms for TRUST • New or changed Definitions include the addition of Definitions to the following two terms: ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS (AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, AND OF THE IMPACT HUMAN ACTIONS HAVE ON THESE) and BIODIVERSITY (BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, ESPECIALLY AT ECOSYSTEM, SPECIES AND GENETIC LEVEL) • New or changed Scope Notes include GENDER IDENTITY (DO NOT CONFUSE WITH THE TERMS 'SEX' OR 'SEXUAL ORIENTATION'.) • Broader/Narrower Concept changes include the change of the Broader Concept of SMOKING RESTRICTIONS from POLLUTION CONTROL to PUBLIC HEALTH, and the Broader Concept of DROUGHTS from WEATHER to WEATHER HAZARDS November 2020 release (ELSST Version 1) The focus of the work in this period was on the creation of a new hierarchy, TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, and the inclusion of new topical concepts such as COVID-19 and DISINFORMATION. Out of the 14 available languages, 12 have been updated. The exceptions are Spanish and Danish. Translation of Preferred Terms for all target languages is between 98-100% complete. The following changes were made to the English source language version: • 14 new concepts • 6 deleted concepts • 6 relabelled Preferred Terms • 21 new Entry Terms • 2 deleted Entry Terms • 18 new or changed Definitions www.cessda.eu 22 • 1 new Scope Note • 46 changes to the Broader/Narrower Concepts • 14 changes to Related Concepts • 16 new or changed History Notes • 16 new or changed Definition Sources Examples • New concepts include TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, COVID-19, CROWDFUNDING, and DISINFORMATION • Deleted concepts include STRUCTURES, WATER SERVICES (BUILDINGS), PIERS and PYLONS • Relabelled Preferred Terms include DISRUPTION OF INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES instead of DISCONNECTION OF SERVICES, and WASTEWATER DISPOSAL AND HANDLING instead of SEWAGE DISPOSAL AND HANDLING • New Entry Terms include FAKE NEWS as an Entry Term for DISINFORMATION, and GENERATING PLANTS as an Entry Term for POWER PLANTS • Deleted Entry Terms: ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICAL ENERGY • New or changed Definitions include the addition of Definitions to the following two terms: WASTEWATER DISPOSAL AND HANDLING ( INFRASTRUCTURE FOR HANDLING AND DISPOSING OF WASTEWATER FROM INDUSTRIAL, DOMESTIC AND STORM RUN-OFF SOURCES ), and COMPETITION LAW ( THE BRANCH OF LAW CONCERNED WITH THE REGULATION OF ANTICOMPETITIVE PRACTICES, RESTRICTIVE TRADE PRACTICES, AND ABUSES OF A DOMINANT POSITION OR MARKET POWER ) • New Scope Note: WATER INFRASTRUCTURE: FOR TRANSPORT USE EITHER “SEA TRANSPORT” OR “INLAND WATER TRANSPORT” • Broader/Narrower Concept changes include the change of the Broader Concept of DAMS from STRUCTURES to WATER SUPPLY, and the Broader Concept of NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS from NUCLEAR POWER to POWER PLANTS www.cessda.eu 23 9. Inclusivity statement The ELSST service aims to be inclusive and recognise the diversity of all people. We are working to make sure the terminology used across ELSST is appropriate, inclusive, unbiased and respects diversity and equality. We recognise that ELSST may contain historic terminology that is no longer considered respectful and we are actively working to change this. Due to the time it takes to translate new and updated content, changes may not appear as quickly as we would like. At present, one annual release of updated content is made, usually in mid-September each year. In some cases, translation updates may take longer if resources for a particular language are not available. Please note that historical or obsolete terms may still be found in earlier versions of ELSST or in deprecated concepts. In ELSST, concepts are deprecated, not deleted. It is important to maintain links to deprecated concepts to ensure that external metadata resources that have not been updated to use the latest ELSST terminology remain findable and accessible (see the FAIR Principles recommendations on Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reusability of digital assets). We encourage all ELSST users to update their metadata resources to use the current terms where possible. We welcome your suggestions and comments. Please contact us using the ELSST feedback form.