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  • Building the CIARD Framework for Data and Information Sharing

    In 2011, CIARD is addressing the topic of sharing and interoperability of data and information for agricultural research for development. There will be an international Expert Consultation in Beijing from 20 to 23 June 2011 with the title "Building the CIARD Framework for Data and Information Sharing". An electronic consultation will be held from 4 ...
  • Report on the agreement between DCMI and the FOAF Project

    In February, DCMI and the FOAF Project agreed in principle to tighten the alignment between DCMI Metadata Terms and the FOAF (Friend of a Friend) Vocabulary specifications. FOAF and DCMI Metadata terms are often used together in applications, and both are consistently listed among the top ten vocabularies Linked Data ...
  • AGRIS 2.1 Released

    The new AGRIS 2.1 has been released. The major improvement of the new AGRIS version is the autocomplete widget, which provides suggestions when users type information into the search box. Terms suggested come from the AGROVOC thesaurus. Additionally, some bugs have been fixed: the Google map in the result page now ...