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AIMS Newsletter June out now!

The June issue of the AIMS Newsletter is now available. The monthly spotlight is dedicated to  the ontology plug-in recently developed by the Hasselt University. Highlighted this month are  the latest on VocBench, AGRIS, AIMS, CIARD, AgriDrupal, but also LINQ 2013, aWhere, DAAN, EIFL-PLIP and REDIAGRO.

The glossary highlights the term "Ontology" and the "5 Questions in 5 Minutes" are answered this month by Carmen Reverté, information scientist at Institute for Food and Agricultural Research and Technology (IRTA) in Catalonia, Spain.

What is?

Taxonomy

A collection of controlled vocabulary terms organized into a hierarchical structure. Each term in a taxonomy is in one or more parent/child (broader/narrower) relationships to other terms in the taxonomy  (ANSI/NISO Z39.19 standard)

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