AIMS

[New Publication] Linked Data for Fighting Global Hunger: Experiences in setting standards for Agricultural Information Management

04/11/2010

FAO, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, has the global goal to defeat hunger and eliminate poverty. One of its core functions is the generation, dissemination and application of information and knowledge. Since 2000, the Agricultural Information Management Standards (AIMS) activity in FAO’s Knowledge Exchange and Capacity Building ...

DSpace OAI Extended AddOnDSpace

02/11/2010

The version 2 of the DSpace OAI Extended AddOn is available, developed within the Portuguese RCAAP project (www.rcaap.pt). The OAI Extended Addon is currently available at http://bit.ly/adI3k1.   The OAI Extended Addon is an Addon (or a patch to be more precise) to the DSpaceplatform that ...

FAO Country Profiles Newsletter No. 04

28/10/2010

Welcome to the fourth newsletter of the FAO Country Profiles portal. This edition gives a focus on the large Catalog of data sources available in the FAO Country Profiles. You will find background information about the completed Photo gallery. Also included are tips on where to find the list of ...

Slides about FAO's geopolitical ontology

28/10/2010

A couple of slides on FAO's geopolitical ontology and web services have been prepared and shared on http://www.slideshare.net/faoaims/faos-geopolitical-ontology-and-services. The purpose of these slides is to summarize some background information about the FAO Country Profiles and to introduce the Geopolitical Ontology. The presentation contains detailed material ...

Updating AGROVOC Wikipedia article in different languages - call for collaboration!

15/10/2010

Dear all, The Wikipedia article about AGROVOC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGROVOC has been deeply updated! We are looking for collaborators among the AGROVOC partners for updating the articles in other languages already published in Wikipedia in the following languages: Deutsch Español Français 한국어 Italiano Magyar मराठी 日本語 ไทย Türkç...