The LODE Recommendations v.1.0 is ready to be distributed among a selected group of external advisors for feedback. The call for comments is open until the end of April when the LODE Recommendations v. 1.0 will be published on AIMS as an e-handbook based on all the feedback received. Any comments ...

Date: 10th March 2011Attendants: Imma Subirats & Iryna KuchmaObjective: to discuss possible lines of cooperation between OEKCS and eIFL with regard to open acces activitiesOutputs:1.) Iryna Kuchma presented the project Open Repository Handbook carried out by eIFL and the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) .  The Open Repository Handbook should be an online ...

The 6th newsletter of the FAO Country Profiles is now available. It includes an article on 'Embracing the W3C Linked Open Data initiative' emphasizing the recent release of the Geopolitical Ontology in RDF format. This issue features the latest list of Low-Income Food-Deficit Countries and also unveils the top 5 ...

The FAO Country Profiles portal is embracing the W3C Linked Open Data (LOD) initiative and recently released its Geopolitical Ontology in RDF format, including reference data used to manage country-based information and relevant key resources. The portal is also exposing some data in RDFa, which improves search and reuse....

Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) __________________________________________________________________ Draft 2011 Workplan for the CIARD RING__________________________________________________________________ 1. Increasing the coverage The usefulness of the RING as an infrastructure for interoperability is proportional to the number and relevance of the information services / sources featured in the system.      Currently, 130 services and 109 providers are featured in the RING. ...