{"id":1750,"date":"2023-03-01T11:49:52","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T08:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/andmestikud\/ems\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T17:40:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T14:40:31","slug":"ems-en","status":"publish","type":"andmestikud","link":"https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/en\/datasets\/ems-en\/","title":{"rendered":"Estonian Subject Thesaurus EMS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-tabs uagb-block-8288cf10 uagb-tabs__wrap uagb-tabs__hstyle2-desktop uagb-tabs__vstyle6-tablet uagb-tabs__stack1-mobile\" data-tab-active=\"0\"><ul class=\"uagb-tabs__panel uagb-tabs__align-left\" role=\"tablist\"><li class=\"uagb-tab uagb-tabs__active\" role=\"none\"><a href=\"#uagb-tabs__tab0\" class=\"uagb-tabs-list uagb-tabs__icon-position-left\" data-tab=\"0\" role=\"tab\">Description<\/a><\/li><li class=\"uagb-tab \" role=\"none\"><a href=\"#uagb-tabs__tab1\" class=\"uagb-tabs-list uagb-tabs__icon-position-left\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\">API search<\/a><\/li><li class=\"uagb-tab \" role=\"none\"><a href=\"#uagb-tabs__tab2\" class=\"uagb-tabs-list uagb-tabs__icon-position-left\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\">API request<\/a><\/li><li class=\"uagb-tab \" role=\"none\"><a href=\"#uagb-tabs__tab3\" class=\"uagb-tabs-list uagb-tabs__icon-position-left\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\">API description<\/a><\/li><li class=\"uagb-tab \" role=\"none\"><a href=\"#uagb-tabs__tab4\" class=\"uagb-tabs-list uagb-tabs__icon-position-left\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\">Download<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"uagb-tabs__body-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-tabs-child uagb-tabs__body-container uagb-inner-tab-0\" aria-labelledby=\"uagb-tabs__tab0\">\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Estonian Subject Thesaurus<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;is a universal controlled vocabulary in Estonian for indexing and searching various library material.<br>The official name of the thesaurus is \"Eesti m\u00e4rks\u00f5nastik\" and its official abbreviation is&nbsp;EMS. In English the thesaurus is called \"Estonian Subject Thesaurus\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The subject terms from&nbsp;EMS&nbsp;are used<br><\/strong>- in the online catalogue&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ester.ee\/search\" target=\"_blank\">ESTER<\/a><br>- in the database of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/artiklid.elnet.ee\/\">Estonian articles ISE<\/a><br>- in the union catalogue&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lugeja.ee\/\" target=\"_blank\">URRAM<\/a>&nbsp;of the Estonian public libraries<br>- in various other catalogues and bibliographic databases of Estonia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EMS includes about&nbsp;<strong>61 000<\/strong>&nbsp;preferred and nonpreferred terms.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Estonian Subject Thesaurus is managed by the Estonian Libraries Network Consortium, areas of responsibility are divided between libraries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-tabs-child uagb-tabs__body-container uagb-inner-tab-1\" aria-labelledby=\"uagb-tabs__tab1\">\n<p><strong>Format:&nbsp;<\/strong>Machine-readable MARC21:<br><strong>Request syntax:&nbsp;<\/strong>https:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/teenus.php?vorming=M&amp;sona=[keyword]<br><strong>Sample request:&nbsp;<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/teenus.php?vorming=M&amp;sona=kaubam%C3%A4rgid\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/teenus.php?vorming=M&amp;sona=kaubam\u00e4rgid<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Format:&nbsp;<\/strong>Human-readable MARC21:<br><strong><strong>Request syntax<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/strong>https:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/teenus.php?vorming=i&amp;sona=[keyword]<br><strong><strong>Sample request<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/teenus.php?vorming=i&amp;sona=kaubam%C3%A4rgid\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/teenus.php?vorming=i&amp;sona=kaubam\u00e4rgid<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Format:&nbsp;<\/strong>MarcXML:<br><strong><strong>Request syntax<\/strong>:<\/strong>&nbsp;https:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/teenus.php?vorming=X&amp;sona=[keyword]<br><strong><strong>Sample request<\/strong>:<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/teenus.php?vorming=X&amp;sona=kaubam%C3%A4rgid\" target=\"_blank\"> https:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/teenus.php?vorming=X&amp;sona=kaubam\u00e4rgid<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Format:&nbsp;<\/strong>Multiple-word subject terms:<br><strong>Request syntax:&nbsp;<\/strong>https:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/teenus.php?vorming=I&amp;sona=[keyword]+[keyword]<br><strong><strong>Sample request<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/teenus.php?vorming=I&amp;sona=asutuste+arhiivid\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/teenus.php?vorming=I&amp;sona=asutuste+arhiivid<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All subject terms including a string(truncating mark %):<br><strong><strong>Request syntax<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/strong>https:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/teenus.php?vorming=I&amp;sona=%[keyword]%<br><strong><strong>Sample request<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/teenus.php?vorming=I&amp;sona=%arhiiv%\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/teenus.php?vorming=I&amp;sona=%arhiiv%<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-tabs-child uagb-tabs__body-container uagb-inner-tab-2\" aria-labelledby=\"uagb-tabs__tab2\">\n<p><strong><strong>Format<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/strong>Record Marc21&nbsp;<em>Authority<\/em>&nbsp;in machine-readable format (see&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/marc\/specifications\/\">https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/marc\/specifications\/<\/a>):<br><strong><strong>Request syntax<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/strong>https:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/id\/[keyword ID]#marc21<br><strong><strong>Sample request<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/id\/EMS007185#marc21\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/id\/EMS007185#marc21<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Format<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/strong>Record Marc21 in human-readable format (Marc21-I):<br><strong><strong>Request syntax<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/strong>https:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/id\/[keyword ID]#marc<br><strong><strong>Sample request<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/id\/EMS007185#marc\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/id\/EMS007185#marc<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Format<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/strong>Record in MarcXML format (see&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/standards\/marcxml\/\">http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/standards\/marcxml\/\/<\/a>):<br><strong><strong>Request syntax<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/strong>https:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/id\/[keyword ID]#xml<br><strong><strong>Sample request<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/id\/EMS007185#xml\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/id\/EMS007185#xml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the ID is in an inappropriate format,the answer is \u201cTerms not found\u201d:<br><strong>Sample request:&nbsp;<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/id\/midaiganes#marc21\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/id\/midaiganes#marc21<\/a><br>If the ID is in an appropriate format but no such ID is found or the term has been deleted, the answer is 0:<br><strong>Sample request:<\/strong> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/id\/EMS999999#marc21\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/id\/EMS999999#marc21<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Format<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/strong>Machine-readable Marc21:<br><strong><strong>Request syntax<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/strong>https:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/teenus.php?id=[ID]&amp;vorming=M<br><strong><strong>Sample request<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/teenus.php?id=EMS005160&amp;vorming=M\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/teenus.php?id=EMS005160&amp;vorming=M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Format<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/strong>Human-readable Marc21:<br><strong><strong>Request syntax<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/strong>https:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/teenus.php?id=[ID]&amp;vorming=I<br><strong><strong>Sample request<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/teenus.php?id=EMS005160&amp;vorming=I\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/teenus.php?id=EMS005160&amp;vorming=I<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Format<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/strong>MarcXML:<br><strong><strong>Request syntax<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/strong>http:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/teenus.php?id=[ID]&amp;vorming=X<br><strong><strong>Sample request<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/teenus.php?id=EMS005160&amp;vorming=X\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/teenus.php?id=EMS005160&amp;vorming=X<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-tabs-child uagb-tabs__body-container uagb-inner-tab-3\" aria-labelledby=\"uagb-tabs__tab3\">\n<p>A field (except 00X fields) consists of the field number, two indicator positions and sub-fields for data content. An empty indicator position is marked by a slash. The sub-field sign consists of the sign $ and a letter or number. Below the most substantial elements are introduced, read more at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/marc\/authority\/ecadhome.html\">https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/marc\/authority\/ecadhome.html<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LDR<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>leader,e.g.<\/em>&nbsp;00000nza2200000n%00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>001&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>control number which is EMS ID, e.g.<\/em>&nbsp;EMS167171<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>003<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>code of the issuer of the control number<\/em>&nbsp;ErEMS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>008<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>fixed-length field for various coded info, the first 6 places indicate the compilation time of the record yymmdd, e.g.&nbsp;<\/em>130823|n|anznnbabn||n|<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<strong>040&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><em>compilation&nbsp;<\/em><em>details of the record, do not vary:<\/em>&nbsp;$aErEMS$best$cErEMS$fems<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>072&nbsp; 7<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>EMS subject field number where the term belongs, and EMS code,<\/em>&nbsp;e.g. $a53$2ems<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>The field can be repeated<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>150&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><em>authorised thematic term, e.g.<\/em>&nbsp;$ainfokeskkond<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>151&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><em>authorised geographic term, e.g.&nbsp;<\/em>$aAbja-Paluoja<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>155&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><em>authorised form term, e.g.<\/em>&nbsp;$a\u00f5igusaktid&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>450, 451, 455&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>nonpreferred terms (synonyms) for authorised subject terms, e.g.<\/em>450 $ainforuum; 451&nbsp; $aAbja; 455 $anormatiivaktid&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>450, 451, 455&nbsp;9&nbsp;<\/strong><em>English-language equivalents, e.g.&nbsp;<\/em>450 9 $ainformation environment; 451 9 $aNarva river; 455 9 $alegal acts&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>550, 551, 555&nbsp;<\/strong><em>related subject terms and their URLs on sub-field $0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>$wg \u2013 broader term<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>$wh \u2013 narrower term<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>$w missing \u2013 other semantic connection<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>nt<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>150&nbsp; $aalal\u00f5ualuu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>450&nbsp; $amandibula<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>450&nbsp; 9$amandible<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>550&nbsp;$wg$al\u00f5ualuud$0https:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/id\/EMS029481<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>550&nbsp; $wh$aalal\u00f5uap\u00f5nt$0https:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/id\/EMS149978<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>550&nbsp;$aalal\u00f5ualiiges$0https:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/id\/EMS147267&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>670&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>source, e.g.<\/em>&nbsp;$aRegio Eesti Teede Atlas,Regio, 1998.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>680&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><em>explanation with the sub-field symbol $i, e.g.<\/em>&nbsp;$iIsikute, organisatsioonide ja s\u00fcsteemide kogum, milles kogutakse, t\u00f6\u00f6deldakse ja levitatakse infot. H\u00f5lmab ka informatsiooni ennast.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-tabs-child uagb-tabs__body-container uagb-inner-tab-4\" aria-labelledby=\"uagb-tabs__tab4\">\n<p>The subject thesaurus is constantly updated and can be downloaded in both MARC21 and MARCXML formats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Machine-readable MARC21:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/laadija.php?kuju=M&amp;valim_sisu=(select%20sona_id%20from%20sona%20where%20sona_kehtiv%20and%20sona_avalik)&amp;valim_txt=emstais\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Human-readable MARC21:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/laadija.php?kuju=I&amp;valim_sisu=(select%20sona_id%20from%20sona%20where%20sona_kehtiv%20and%20sona_avalik)&amp;valim_txt=emstais\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MarcXML:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ems.elnet.ee\/laadija.php?kuju=X&amp;valim_sisu=(select%20sona_id%20from%20sona%20where%20sona_kehtiv%20and%20sona_avalik)&amp;valim_txt=emstais\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">link<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2025,"template":"","format":[],"meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":""},"postcategory":[],"copyright":[],"tags":[],"paritolu":[],"andmestiku_tyyp":[],"class_list":["post-1750","andmestikud","type-andmestikud","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/andmestikud_ems.png",250,160,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/andmestikud_ems-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/andmestikud_ems.png",250,160,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/andmestikud_ems.png",250,160,false],"large":["https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/andmestikud_ems.png",250,160,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/andmestikud_ems.png",250,160,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/andmestikud_ems.png",250,160,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Laura Nemvalts","author_link":"https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/en\/author\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/andmestikud\/1750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/andmestikud"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/andmestikud"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/format?post=1750"},{"taxonomy":"postcategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/postcategory?post=1750"},{"taxonomy":"copyright","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/copyright?post=1750"},{"taxonomy":"tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1750"},{"taxonomy":"paritolu","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paritolu?post=1750"},{"taxonomy":"andmestiku_tyyp","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilab.rara.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/andmestiku_tyyp?post=1750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}