Transportation Research Thesaurus

Submitted by drupalAdmin on Thu, 2009-11-19 08:49

“The Transportation Research Thesaurus (TRT) is a tool to improve the indexing and retrieval of transportation information. The thesaurus covers all modes and aspects of transportation.”

General information
Vocabulary type: 
Thesaurus
Author or Editor: 
Amanda Wilson
Vocabulary URL: 

http://trt.trb.org/trt.asp

Was vocabulary created as a course project: 
No
Scope and Usage
Languages: 

English

Major subjects covered: 

Transportation; Transportation operations; Management and organization; Communication and control; Planning and design; Construction and maintenance; Testing; Safety and security

Purpose: 

“The TRT's purpose is to provide a common and consistent language between producers and users of transportation information.”

Used By: 

DOT, State DOTs

Vocabulary characteristics
Type of display : 
Hierarchy
Alphabetical list
Permuted, tab delimited
Permuted, comma delimited
Relationship types: 
Equivalence (Primary/variant terms or Preferred/non-preferred)
Hierarchical (Broader/narrower terms)
Associative (Related terms)
Number of classes: 

21

Terms and Conditions
Import/download instructions : 

http://trt.trb.org/trt_download.asp

Provider
Vocabulary provider name: 
Transportation Research Board (of the National Academies)
Provider URL: 

http://www.trb.org/

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