VEST Registry
Agricultural Information Management Registry
of Vocabularies, mEtadata Sets and Tools
The Vocabularies, mEtadata Sets and Tools (VEST) Registry for agricultural information management is a catalog of tools, created and maintained by AIMS. More specifically it contains:
- Controlled vocabularies: authority files, classification systems, concept maps, controlled lists, dictionaries, ontologies or subject headings.
- Metadata sets: metadata element sets, namespaces and application profiles.
- Tools: library management software, content management systems or document repository software.
The objective of the VEST Registry is to give a general overview of available tools in agricultural information management. It is thus primarily concerned with collecting and and maintaining a consistent set of metadata for each type of resource. The overall aim of the Registry is to increase the visibility and use of open access tools for agricultural information management.
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The VEST Registry already contains 110 vocabularies, 29 metadata sets and 33 tools, but many more can be added! Do you know of a resource not yet present in the VEST Registry, please send an e-mail to aims@fao.org providing the web address of the resource. We will add it to the Registry.
Assistance
For questions and assistance on AIMS tools, standards and services present in the VEST Registry, please visit the Community section of the AIMS website. Most AIMS resources have a proper community where you can post your questions/comments and receive feedback. For questions and assistance on the use of non-AIMS resources in the Registry, please consult the web addresses referred to in the records on the resources.
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Access to Biological Collection Data Schema
The Access to Biological Collections Data (ABCD) Schema is an evolving comprehensive standard for the access to and exchange of data about specimens and observations (a.k.a. primary biodiversity data).
The ABCD Schema attempts to be comprehensive and highly structured, supporting data from a wide variety of databases. It is compatible with several existing data standards. Parallel structures exist so that either (or both) atomised data and free-text can be accommodated. Version 1.2 is currently in use with the GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility) and BioCASE (Biological Collection Access Service for Europe) networks.
Apart from the GBIF and BioCASE networks, the potential for the application of ABCD extends to internal networks, or in-house legacy data access (e.g. datasets from external sources that shall not be converted and integrated into an institution' s own data, but be kept separately, though easily accessible). By defining relations between terms, ABCD is a step towards an ontology for biological collections.Vote
African Studies Thesaurus
A structured vocabulary of 12,100 English terms in the field of African studies, the African Studies Thesaurus is developed and maintained by staff at the library of the African Studies Centre Leiden. It is used for indexing and retrieving material in the library collection and is directly linked to the catalogue.
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Ag-Events Application Profile
This Application Profile defines the metadata elements for exchanging information about events within the Agricultural Community.
There is no DTD for this AP, as it is based on the RSS specification and extends it with event-specific elements and agriculture-specific schemes from the AgMES namespace.Vote
Ag-LR Application Profile
the Agricultural Learning Resources Application Profile (Ag-LR AP) defines the metadata elements recommended for the description of learning resources.
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Ag-Org Application Profile
The goal of this Application Profile is to define a standard exchange format for “basic” metadata about an organization. Metadata about an organization are a means to help identify regional, national and international organizations specializing in different agriculture-related domains.
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Agricultural Metadata Element Set
The Agricultural Metadata Element Set (AgMES) is the abbreviation for Agricultural Metadata Element Set. AgMES is the metadata standard developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations for the description and discovery of agricultural information resources
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Agriculture and Forestry Ontology (AFO)
The Agriculture and Forestry Ontology (AFO) is based in the Agriforest thesaurus and maintained by the Viikki campus library, of the University of Helsinki Library. It contains 6000 concepts in four languages (English, Finnish, Swedish and Latin) .
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AGRIFOREST Thesaurus
A tool for selecting terms for information retrieval from eViikki database. Subjects covered are agriculture, forestry, food, nutrition, household sciences, consumer research, rural development, environmental science. It contains Finnish and English index terms, scientific names of plants, plant diseases, and pests.
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AGRIMetamaker
The AGRIMetamaker is a web form developed using the Drupal CMS. It allows you to generate metadata as easily as possible. You can create new references and enter the information manually in a few minutes. You just need to fill in as many fields as you think are necessary to describe your document, save the reference, add as many you wish, review and edit the data, if necessary, and lastly export them to your computer.
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AGRIS Application Profile
The AGRIS Application Profile is a standard created specifically to enhance the description, exchange and subsequent retrieval of agricultural Document-Like Information Objects (DLIOs). It is a format that allows sharing of information across dispersed bibliographic systems and is based on well-known and accepted metadata standards.
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AGRIS/CARIS Categories
Available in all 6 FAO official languages. Can be consulted by Alphabetical Index and Categorized List.
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Agroforestree Database
The database provides detailed information on 670 agroforestry tree species in order to help field workers and researchers in selecting appropriate species for agroforestry systems and technologies. For each species, the database includes information on identity, ecology and distribution, propagation and management, functional uses, pests and diseases and a bibliography.
This project has been funded by the British Department for International Development (DFID), the European Union and the World Agroforestry Centre.
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AGROVOC Multilingual agricultural thesaurus
AGROVOC is a multilingual structured and controlled vocabulary designed to cover the terminology of all subject fields in agriculture, forestry, fisheries, food and related domains (e.g. environment). The AGROVOC Thesaurus was developed by FAO and the Commission of the European Communities in the early 1980s. Since then it has been updated continuously by FAO and local institutions in member countries. AGROVOC is mainly used for indexing and retrieving data in agricultural information systems both inside and outside FAO. Its main role is to standardize the indexing process in order to make searching simpler and more efficient, and to provide the user with the most relevant resources.
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AGROVOC Thesaurus Maintenance Tool
The AGROVOC Maintenance Interface is a web based Thesaurus Management System developed by FAO. The system allows for interaction with the database storing the AGROVOC thesaurus. Technical details: PHP, MySQL. The AGROVOC thesaurus is multilingual, however the tool interface is currently available only in English. To get the latest version, contact us at FAO-Agris-Caris@fao.org.
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AGROVOC Thesaurus Refinement Tool
This tool, developed by the Department of Computer Engineering, Kasetsart University, presents a hybrid approach to detect ill-defined relationships of terms and suggesting more precisely defined relationships. The system consists of three main modules: Refinement rule Acquisition, Detection and Suggestion, and Verification. The rule acquisition module is a tool used for acquiring the refinement rules from experts and by machine learning.
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AmphibiaWeb
AmphibiaWeb is an online system that provides access to information on amphibian declines, conservation, natural history, and taxonomy.
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Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Thesaurus
An indexing and searching tool. It contains the subject descriptors used to index the records contained in the Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) bibliographic database.
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ARABTERM United Nations Multilingual Terminology Database of the Arabic Translation Service
ARABTERM is a multilingual terminology database which provides United Nations nomenclature and special terms in four of the official UN languages - Arabic, English, French and Spanish. The database is mainly intended for use by the language and editorial staff of the United Nations to ensure consistent translation of common terms and phrases used within the Organization.
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Australian Government Locator Service
The Australian Government Locator Service (AGLS) is a set of 19 descriptive elements which government departments and agencies can use to improve the visibility and accessibility of their services and information over the Internet. The National Archives of Australia is the maintenance agency for the AGLS Metadata Standard.
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Australian Public Affairs Information Service Thesaurus
APAIS is a subject index to scholarly articles in the social sciences and humanities published in Australia, and to selected periodical articles, conference papers, book and newspaper articles on Australian economic, social, political and cultural affairs. It is used to index articles for APAIS: Australian Public Affairs Information Service and to search it and other Australian Public Affairs
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BCH Controlled vocabulary and Thesaurus
The BCH Thesaurus provides a pre-defined list of terms, related synonyms and translations used in the specific context of records registered with the Biosafety Clearing-House. It establishes the relationships between these terms to facilitate retrieval of records. The BCH Controlled Vocabulary uses the ‘preferred’ terms from the BCH Thesaurus to classify records in the BCH, which allows users to consistently register and search for information in the databases in multiple languages.
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Bibliographic Ontology
The Bibliographic Ontology (BIBO) describe bibliographic things on the semantic Web in RDF. This ontology can be used as a citation ontology, as a document classification ontology, or simply as a way to describe any kind of document in RDF. It has been inspired by many existing document description metadata formats, and can be used as a common ground for converting other bibliographic data sources.
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BioGlossary
BioGlossary a life science glossary of over 3,700 definitions in the following fields:
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Biological Entities
This ontology manages reference data about biological species needed for fisheries fact sheets and statistical information, among other resources. Species items are organized and maintained in the Aquatic Science and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) and currently includes nearly 11.000 species items related to Fisheries and Aquaculture.
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Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture
Other languages are planned; printed version available; contact in SDRR: Andrea Sonnino
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CABI codes
CABICODES enable searchers to locate general subject categories which are not easy to retrieve using descriptors alone and help them to exclude irrelevant information from their searches. CABICODES have been derived from the classification schemes used in the AGRICOLA and AGRIS databases, with changes made to allow for differences in subject scope and emphasis.
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CABI thesaurus
The CAB Thesaurus is the essential search tool for all users of the CAB ABSTRACTS™ and Global Health databases and related products. The CAB Thesaurus is not only an invaluable aid for database users but it has many potential uses by individuals and organizations indexing their own information resources for both internal use and on the Internet..
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Catalogue of Life Annual Check List
The Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life is planned to become a comprehensive catalogue of all known species of organisms on Earth.
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Chimaera
An online software system that takes as input pieces of taxonomies and ontologies in different formats and merges them.
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