AIMS

The Land portal: data aggregation and stakeholder dialog

27/11/2012

The Land Portal is the global gateway for land related information, aggregating and integrating information on land from multiple sources and building a specialized community of land experts. Its innovative approach to engaging stakeholders on the highly complex issue of land governance is the result of a partnership of many ...

First LOD@AIMS Webinar with Tom Baker on "Linking your resources to the Data Web"

26/11/2012

The AIMS Metadata Group of Interest is glad to announce the first Linked Open Data @ AIMS webinar entitled Linking your resources to the Data Web. The session will take place on 4th December 2012 - 16:00 Rome Time - and will be presented by Tom Baker, chief information officer (CIO) of the ...

The National Agricultural Information System/Network (NAIS)

23/11/2012

The CIARD Movement has published a third use case, this time about the National Agricultural Information System/Network (NAIS) of Jordan. This case study describes NAIS and  provides a brief on progress towards openness of agricultural research for innovation, as expressed by the CIARD Manifesto and Checklist. It also highlights ...

GCARD endorses CIARD

22/11/2012

A session at the Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD2) on “Access, Sharing and Transformation of Agricultural Data and Information” featured CIARD.  Several members of the CIARD Advocacy Task Force and representatives of CIARD partners attended in the session, as chair, panelists, facilitators, and participants. In terms ...

Mark your agenda! New Free Webinars @ AIMS on Linked Open Data

22/11/2012

The AIMS Metadata Group of Interest is glad to announce a series of webinars called Linked Open Data @ AIMS that will take place from December 2012 to February 2013. The traditional approach of sharing data within silos seems to have reached its end. From governments and international organizations to local cities and ...