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Open APC : datasets on fees paid for open access journal articles

23/05/2017

(Source: Treemaps-INTACT)The Open APC initiative releases datasets on fees paid for open access journal articles by universities and research insitutions under an open database license. Open APC - supported by the DINI Working Group Electronic Publishing - is part of the INTACT project and located at Bielefeld University Library. _________________________________________________________________________________________________...

Developing Food platforms Interoperability: from Data to Decisions

22/05/2017

With the development of foodtech, more and more services are being managed through digital tools that do not use common standards. To fill this gap, DATA FOOD CONSORTIUM aims to build an open and transparent food system that promotes cooperation among actors in the food chain._________________________________________________________________________________________________Food system actors are ...

Call for Applications ! Online Course on Access to Scientific Information Resources in Agriculture (ASIRA) for Low-Income Countries

19/05/2017

Please find below a Call for Applications to attend the Online Course on  Access to Scientific Information Resources in Agriculture (ASIRA) for Low-Income Countries._________________________________________________________________________________________________We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 3rd edition of the online ASIRA course for the period of June 19th - ...

The RDA Metadata Standards Catalog and the standard canonical set of metadata elements

19/05/2017

During the RDA 9th Plenary Joint Meeting, the Working Group Metadata Standards Catalog, Interest Group Metadata and Interest Group Data In Context, focused on two main areas: the Metadata Standards Catalog and the activity to develop a standard canonical set of metadata elements..._________________________________________________________________________________________________The Metadata Standards Catalog Working Group is ...

Guidelines for the optimal use of Digital Object Identifiers for germplasm samples

19/05/2017

These guidelines could be freely accessed and download from the site of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. This latter is a FAO initiative for sharing knowledge and resources about  the conservation and sustainable use of all plant genetic resources for food and agriculture and ...