AIMS

FAO Geopolitical Ontology listed among the US Government Ontologies

18/08/2010

The FAO geopolitical ontology that facilitates data exchange and sharing in a standardized manner among systems managing information about countries and/or regions is listed among the US Government Ontologies in the Ontologies for e-government project.

Release of version 1.1 of the geopolitical ontology

11/08/2010

The version 1.1 of the geopolitical ontology includes a structured description of FAO, UN and internationally recognized data sources. It consists of source name, source identifier, source creator, source modified date. In addition, the new version also defines concepts using Dublin Core vocabulary (http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/description).

Meeting of SADC Network of AR&D Information Management Managers

11/08/2010

Just last week I received an invitation to participate in the Regional workshop on Agricultural Information, Communication and Knowledge Management (AICKM) Strategy Development and Meeting of SADC Network of AR&D Information Management Managers from the 30th August – 3rd September 2010, in Johannesburg/Pretoria (South Africa).The participation has been approved. ...

AgriDrupal presentation

10/08/2010

A first tentative Power Point presentation about AgriDrupal. It was used during an internal briefing in FAO. It will be revised after further discussion with the members of the community.

FRBR Implementation and User Research

09/08/2010

We have been invited to participate in the panel "FRBR Implementation and User Research" organized by Marcia Zeng, Yin Zhang and Athena Salaba at ASI&ST 2010. The presentation will be focused on FRBR/FAO Model Implementation and Benefits with regard to the FAO Open Archive and the Authority Control System ...