AIMS

Several PhD positions on Linked Data / Enterprise Information Integration at Uni Bonn & Fraunhofer IAIS

08/07/2014

The Enterprise Information Systems (EIS) group at the University of Bonn and the Organized Knowledge department at Fraunhofer IAIS  are hiring PhD students. We will soon be starting several research projects on applying Linked Data technology to information integration in enterprises and other organisations. The ideal candidate holds an MS ...

Old message circulated on AIMS today

08/07/2014

We would like to apologise to our users for the message regarding an old announcement for the Webinar entitled "KOHA the first open-source Intergrated Library System (ILS): An overview of its functions" sent today (08.07.2014). This was a result of an erroneous click by editors during their normal maintenance of your ...

TO AGROVOC editors: VocBench in read-only mode from July 8 until further notice

08/07/2014

We are preparing a new release of AGROVOC. In order to do so, we need to temporarily stop any new editing operation on AGROVOC. Starting from Wednesday, 8 July, 11 am CEST (UTC/GMT +2), VocBench will be accessible in read-only mode. You will be promptly informed as soon as new edits will ...

The Agro Ontology Plug-in tool integrated into Eprints Software

08/07/2014

The AIMS community is pleased to announce that the Ontology Plug-in has been integrated into the Eprints Software. The plug-in has been adapted for maximum interoperability, and also ease for new thesauri. The fully functioning version is constructed by installing an Eprints instance adding the newly created package (Eprints Bazaar)...

Call for Candidates for the Registration Authority for ISO 17316 International Standard Link Identifier (ISLI)

07/07/2014

***Announcement as circulated online*** ISO’s TC46/SC9 committee (Information and documentation/Identification and description) is in the final stages of approving a new standard, ISO 17316, Information and documentation – International Standard Link Identifier (ISLI). This standard will require a Registration Authority for its implementation and ongoing operation. A Call for ...