AgriOcean Dspace is a joint initiative of the United Nations agencies of FAO and UNESCO-IOC/IODE to provide a customized version of DSpace using high standards for metadata, thesauri and other controlled vocabularies in oceanography, marine science, food, agriculture, development, fisheries, forestry, natural resources and other related sciences.
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The MODS/MADS Editorial Committee and the Library of Congress are pleased to announce a new version of the Metadata Authority and Description Schema, MADS version 2.0. This is the first major revision of MADS since its initial release in 2005.
Major changes in MADS 2.0 are:
Elimination of dependence on the MODS ...
Its my view that Open Access concept had not reached researchers in agriculture especially in India. From the time when first OA workshop was conducted by MSSRF in 2004 till date, we have only few journals are OA and very few OA repositories. When I suggest/ask my colleagues to make ...
The International Linked Open Data in Libraries, Archives, and Museums Summit (LOD-LAM) will convene leaders in their respective areas of expertise from the humanities and sciences to catalyze practical, actionable approaches to publishing Linked Open Data, specifically:
Identify the tools and techniques for publishing and working with Linked Open Data.
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The Library of Congress is launching a review of the bibliographic framework to better accommodate future needs. A major focus of the initiative will be to determine a transition path for the MARC 21 exchange format in order to reap the benefits of newer technology while preserving a robust data exchange ...
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