The European Language Social Science Thesaurus (ELSST): Keeping it FAIR
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The European Language Social Science Thesaurus (ELSST) is a comprehensive multilingual thesaurus designed for the social sciences. ELSST is available in 15 languages, and facilitates research discovery worldwide, supporting access to social science data regardless of language or domain. ELSST is owned and developed by the Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA). This presentation will focus on the collaborative nature of ELSST, demonstrating how CESSDA partners work together to ensure ELSST reflects the changing nature of international, multilingual, social science research. It will also cover new ELSST developments that increase its profile and value as an easy-to-use, FAIR social science metadata vocabulary tool, such as the versioning of concepts, searchable linkage between ELSST and other CESSDA services, and updates to subject coverage of changing areas such as demography and family structure.
Authors: Bolton, Sharon, Beeken, Jeannine, Balkan, Lorna, Saji, Ami-Katherine, Vajda, Róza
Institutions: UK Data Service, Progedo
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6930870020
FWCI:
Cites:
Cited by:
Related to: