AIMS

[New Publication] Bridging End Users’ Terms and AGROVOC Concept Server

15/04/2010

AGROVOC is one of the most important resources for covering the terminology of all subjects to interest the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (including agriculture, forestry, fisheries, food and related domains). AGROVOC is a multilingual thesaurus developed by FAO and the Commission of the European Communities ...

Draft report from Gail Hodge on AGROVOC Registries available

01/04/2010

Gail Hodge from IAA delivered a draft report regarding her analysis of the AOS registries. The report is attached and comments are welcome

Overview studies on OA citation advantage

31/03/2010

There is now a body of research on the citation advantage of Open Access publishing. Must admit that it makes me a bit tired as most studies are rather biased. But they are very nicely categorised  by Alma Swan in eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/18516/2/Citation_advantage_paper.pdf

REMINDER-Call for Papers: The International Symposium on Agricultural Ontology Service (AOS)

29/03/2010

The International Symposium on Agricultural Ontology Service (AOS) will be held in October 30th-31st, 2010, in Beijing, China. Important dates: Abstract submission deadline: April 15, 2010 Paper submission deadline: July 31, 2010 Paper submit: Please submit the abstract in the format of MS word via email address: [email protected]     

Zepheira presents Linked Data Model for FAO country profiles

26/03/2010

Still last year we had hired the Zepheira folks to make an analysis of the FAO country profiles and to show us where to go in the future. The attached report is highly relevant for our Product "F06G11302:  Linked data information services on agricultural science and technology"