Program for the WEBAGRIS workshop (23-25 of September, FAO HQ, Rome, Italy)

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23 September

9:00-10:00 Introduction to the workshop

- Purpose of the workshop

- CIARD initiative

10:00-10:20 Coffee break

10:20-12:00 General aspects of WEBAGRIS

- Introduction and version history

- System functionalities and architecture

- The role of WEBAGRIS and where it should be used

- Advantages and disadvantages

- Recent upgrades of WEBAGRIS

- User community

 

12:00-14:00 Lunch break

14:00-16:00 Presentation of local application(s) based on WEBAGRIS  experience and usage:

- WEBAGRIS and local adaptations

- AGRISAP XML import

- OAI-PMH plug-in

- LISAGR

- Multilingual applications

- Other related to WEBAGRIS applications

 

16:00-16:20 Coffee break

16:20-17:00 Downloading and installing WEBAGRIS

- WEBAGRIS installation under Windows

- WEBAGRIS versions and upgrading from previous version

- Web servers (Xitami, Apache, IIS)

- WEBAGRIS installation under Linux


24 September

9:00-10:30 Data migration from/to WEBAGRIS

- Migration from other ISIS applications to WEBAGRIS

- Migration of data from AGRIN2 or AGRIN3 to WEBAGRIS

- Migration from other non ISIS systems to WEBAGRIS

- Export data from WEBAGRIS in different formats

 

10:30-10:50 Coffee break

10:50-12:00 Further developments of the software for metadata and repository management:

- Developments based on the ISIS platform

- Other developments

-- Eprints

-- Dspace

-- Fedora Commons

- Open Source Content management Systems

 

12:00-14:00 Lunch break

14:00-15:30 New features

- OAIAGRIS plug-in

- Import AGRIS AP XML to WEBAGRIS tool

- Web Services AGROVOC integration with WEBAGRIS

 

15:30-15:50 Coffee break

15:50-17:00 New features (continuation)

- Local adaptations of WEBAGRIS

- LISAGR Integrated Library Management System


25 September

9:00-10:30 WEBAGRIS community platform

- WEBAGRIS Web site

- Usage of WEBAGRIS dgroup

- Sustainability of WEBAGRIS

 

10:30-10:50 Coffee break

 

Cooperation and the role of FAO HQ and Regional/Subregional FAO offices

World café for “New technologies for better communication”

 

10:50-12:00 AGRIS services

- Data exchange and aggregation

- Data harvesting from AGRIS data providers

- AGRIS central database 

 

12:00-14:00 Lunch break

 

14:00-15:30 AGRIS services (continuation)

- Set up and future of the AGRIS services

- Use of AGRIS Search Engine for own applications

 

15:30-15:50 Coffee break

15:50-17:00 Exchange of the experience and planning for future collaboration (open space)

 

17:00 Closing of the workshop