Main navigation menu - A proposal
Dear all,
As we announced last week, the next step is to bring into the discussion the AIMS main navigation menu.
You will find the proposed menu down below, which is slightly different to what was available in the last mock-up. It includes three levels:
- the first and the second level to be displayed on the left (due to FAO web guidelines we can only have two, not expandable levels in the menu on the left )
- the third level to be displayed horizontally on the homepage of the resource. Only some resources have a third level, like AGROVOC, AgriDrupal, etc...
For each element we have provided the URL of the existing page and added comments about the content that will be displayed. We hope that this will make the proposal more understandable.
With regard to the footer, our proposal is to use it for displaying information about communities, we will provide an example tomorrow when sending the final AIMS homepage mock-up.
Your turn! :-)
Imma & Sarah
AIMS main navigation menu
News & Events
Merge of http://aims.fao.org/latest_news & http://aims.fao.org/latest_events with an improved lay-out. The AIMS community group will be also linked from this webpage.
The current page at http://aims.fao.org/newsletter will be used
AOS Workshops
The current page at http://aims.fao.org/aos-workshop will be used
Open Access
New page using information from http://aims.fao.org/advice/open-access will be created. It will be an introductory text about the content available in this section. The link to Open Access group, a block with news, a block with publications, a block with events will be provided.
A new page with information about CIARD will be created with special remark to the objectives of CIARD on making agricultural research information publicly available and accessible.
Get started
A new page with information resources like 1.) Open Access in agricultural research information domain including existing OA repositories available in the CIARD Ring (it could be a link or also a RSS feeds with last new OA repositories included in the registry), and also a link to the survey on open access conducted in 2010; 2.) links to e-learning material available in IMARK and other resources like the Royal Tropical Institute ( KIT) toolkit; and 3.) links to resources on good practices and use cases, e.g. CIARD pathways.
Networks
A new page with information about VOA3R, AGRIS, OceanDocs, and other networks at national level working towards OA like AGRORED, GAINS or ZAR4DIN. A link to the AGRIS Network group should be provided in this section.
Vocabularies (or Terminologies? to be decided)
New page using information available at http://aims.fao.org/advice/controlled-vocabularies with an introduction to the elements available in this section. A block with news, a block with publications, a block with events will be included.
Browse Hierarchies
Current page at http://aims.fao.org/standards/agrovoc/functionalities/hierarchy to be used
Linked Data
Current page at http://aims.fao.org/standards/agrovoc/linked-open-data will to used
Contribute
Current page at http://aims.fao.org/standards/agrovoc/functionalities/suggest-term to be used
Copyright & Download
Current page at http://aims.fao.org/standards/agrovoc/functionalities/download to be used
Maintenance
Current page at http://aims.fao.org/standards/agrovoc/community to be used
Concept scheme
Current page at http://aims.fao.org/standards/agrovoc/concept-scheme to be used
Community
Current page at http://aims.fao.org/community/group/agrovoc to be used
Current page at http://aims.fao.org/tools/vocbench-2/partners to be used
Background
Current page at http://aims.fao.org/tools/vocbench-2/background to be used
Web Services
Current page at http://aims.fao.org/tools/vocbench-2/web-services to be used
Support material
Current page at http://aims.fao.org/tools/vocbench-2/support-material to be used
Web services
Current page at http://aims.fao.org/tools/vocbench-2/web-services to be used
Community
Current page at http://aims.fao.org/community/group/vocbench to be used
An introductory page with information about AgroTagger to be created
VEST: Vocabularies
A link to VEST registry providing access to other vocabularies and their description http://aims.fao.org/vest-registry/browse-by-vocabularies
Metadata
Information in this page will use the current at http://aims.fao.org/advice/assuring-quality-in-metadata-creation. Link to Agricultural Metadata Standards group, a block with news, a block with publications, a block with events will be included.
The page will be http://aims.fao.org/advice/metadata (in preparation, not published yet)
AgMES and APs
Current page at http://aims.fao.org/standards/agmes to be used
VEST: Metadata
A link to VEST registry providing access to other metadata and their description http://aims.fao.org/vest-registry/browse-by-metadata-sets
IM Tools
New page using information from http://aims.fao.org/advice/tools-using-aims. A block with news, a block with publications, a block with events will be included.
The page will be http://aims.fao.org/advice/software (in preparation, not published yet)
AgriDrupal
Current page at http://aims.fao.org/tools/agridrupal to be used
Current page at http://aims.fao.org/tools/agridrupal/background to be used
Partners
Current page at http://aims.fao.org/tools/agridrupal/partners to be used
Community
Current page at http://aims.fao.org/community/group/agridrupal to be used
Current page at http://aims.fao.org/tools/agriocean-dspace/background to be used
Partners
Current page at http://aims.fao.org/tools/agriocean-dspace/partners to be used
Support material
Current page at http://aims.fao.org/tools/agriocean-dspace/support-material to be used
Community
Current page at http://aims.fao.org/community/group/agriocean-dspace to be used
An introductory page with information about AgriMetamaker to be created
A link to VEST registry providing access to other IM Tools and their description http://aims.fao.org/vest-registry/browse-by-tools
Linked Data
New page using information from http://aims.fao.org/advice/linked-data. A block with news, a block with publications, a block with events will be included.
Current page at http://aims.fao.org/standards/agrovoc/linked-open-data to be used
LODE-BD
Current page at http://aims.fao.org/standards/lode-bd to be used
OpenAGRIS
An introductory page with information about openAGRIS to be created
CIARD RING
An introductory page with information about CIARD Ring and LOD to be created
About us
The page on http://aims.fao.org/about should be improved integrating last publications as a column on the right and a link to more publication to DocRep
The page http://aims.fao.org/projects should be improved splitting between ongoing and closed projects