AIMS

Call for Input on GODAN's Open Data Challenge Programme

18/04/2016

GODAN is launching an Open Data Challenge across its network and is looking for input from GODAN partners. The aims is make sure that the submissions for the challenge are aligned with GODAN priorities and approach, and do respond to specific, concrete needs (with concrete solutions).Two tracks are being ...

Three years of IGAD: progression and evolution

15/04/2016

Original version: http://blog.f1000research.com/2016/04/15/three-years-of-igad-progression-and-evolution/Three years of IGAD: progression and evolutionThe Interest Group on Agricultural Data (IGAD) came to life in Gothenburg (Sweden) in 2013 at the beginning of the Research Data Alliance (RDA) and has since grown to include over 100 members, from across continents. IGAD is ...

Panellists confirmed for the Forum on Open Science and Open Data in Agriculture in Namibia next Monday 18 April

15/04/2016

The half-day forum is based around two senior-level panel discussions that will look at issues of open data and science in agriculture in the light of Sustainable Development Goals. Panelists are attending from a mixture of agriculture-related institutions in Namibia and the sub region (see below) and the morning will ...

Figshare: simplify your research workflow and make it more visible!

14/04/2016

Figshare allows you easily manage all your research outputs and make them available in a citable, shareable and discoverable manner. Just try it!“As governments and funders of research see the benefit of open content, the creation of recommendations, mandates and enforcement of mandates are coming thick and fast. figshare ...

OpenMinTed: new EU project for text and data mining. Behind the scenes.

13/04/2016

OpenMinTeD aspires to enable the creation of an infrastructure that fosters and facilitates the use of text mining technologies in the scientific publications world, builds on existing text mining tools and platforms, and renders them discoverable and interoperable through appropriate registries and a standards-based interoperability layer. Text and data mining ...