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METADATA 2020 : details and crosswalks of the recommendations. Can we agree?

01/11/2017

(Image sources: METADATA 2020 initiative & UKSG Conference 2017) Is it possible to achieve high quality metadata at the institutional level? A new ambitious METADATA 2020 initiative's belief is that investing in richer metadata* should be the scholarly community’s top priority. Good, satisfactory, open, connected and re-usable metadata reduces mis-communication and mis-interpretation, fuels ...

W3C and ODI Questionnaire on Practices and Tooling for Open Data Standardization

01/11/2017

The World Wide Web Consortium together with the Open Data Institute are conducting a study of practices and tooling for Web data standardisation, with financial support from Innovate UK’s Emerging and Enabling Technologies programme. The purpose of this questionnaire is to get a better understanding of what kinds of ...

AGRIS Advanced Search Possibilities (Part I)

31/10/2017

Access to literature is an integral part of science and scholarly endeavors. However, there is a gap between accesses to literature and retrieving the right articles needed for the task at hand.Due to lack of information retrieval skills, most students and readers find themselves lacking the literature they need. ...

27-28 November : Join e-ROSA workshop for Open Science in agriculture !

31/10/2017

On November 27th and 28th 2017,  the second e-ROSA Stakeholder Workshop will take place in Wageningen !eROSA is a Horizon2020 project that elaborates a vision and a roadmap to develop e-infrastructures in agricultural research.The first workshop took place at the beginning of July 2017 in Montpellier and analyzed the current landscape. ...

RUFORUM's initiatives foster high-quality research and training in the agricultural sciences in Africa

31/10/2017

The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture RUFORUM’s mandate is to oversee graduate training and networks of specialization in the countries and universities where it works. The RUFORUM strongly believes in:* fostering innovative and responsive research* high performing and proactive graduates* a dynamic platform for university networking* ...