standards & formats

  • News

    New AGROVOC plugin for Open Journal Systems

    In the framework of the "OpenMinted" initiative, funded by H2020 (grant id 654021), Arvo Consultores has developed and implemented a new plugin for: "Forest Systems" and"Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research" journals of the Spanish National Institute of Agricultural Research and Technology and Food, managed in the electronic journal platform Open ...
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    25-29 March 2018: APAN Join Session on Web API, Open Data & Interoperability

    From March 25 to March 29 takes place the 45th meeting of the Asia-Pacific Advanced Network (APAN) in Singapore. In the context of the APAN meeting the AgGateway Global Network, GODAN and the APAN Agriculture WG are organizing a joint session on Web API, Open Data and Interoperability.  Access to field and ...
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    ICTs for Resilience : ongoing online forum

    The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and e-Agriculture are carrying out an online forum discussion on "Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) on Resilience". How can ICTs help resilience programmes or projects?Are there any specific constraints in the use of ICTs for resilience?What are the ...
  • RIOXX: the pragmatic development of a metadata application profile

    Developed by Paul Walk and colleagues at EDINA, RIOXX is designed to provide a mechanism to help UK institutional repositories comply with the national funders' requirements for reporting on open access outputs from public funding. RIOXX focuses on applying consistency to the metadata fields used to record research funder and ...
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    Very successful final evaluation of agINFRA

    On Friday,  March 27, the final evaluation of the agINFRA project took place in the premises of DG Cnect in Brussels.  The evaluators gave a very positive judgement about the project saying that excellent work has been done with the European funds. They were particularly impressed by the sustainability plans for ...
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    agINFRA open access recommendations for agri-food research community

    The agINFRA project, supported by the Agriculture Information Management Standards of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (AIMS FAO) and the CIARD global initiative, introduces a set of recommendations applying to agri-food research community for data management, sharing and dissemination. Additionally, these recommendations aim to provide a ...