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  • Summary of the discussions

    The purpose of this e-consultation was to determine the scope and mode of operation of the AgriDrupal initiative. The e-consultation took place between 9 September and 12 October 2010. There were a total of 35 contributions from 12 participants. The discussion organized along three questions: What are the participants using Drupal for at the moment, ...
  • AGROVOC use case for Library Linked Data Incubator Group

    Dear All, Please find the  AGROVOC use case for Library Linked Data Incubator Group in the attachment. There will be face to face meeting on 23th of October at Pittsburg, USA. Your comments and suggestions are most welcome.   Best Regards, Ahsan
  • Welcome to Ilaria Fava

    Hi all, I would like to introduce you our new colleague Ilaria Fava. She is an information management specialist from Treviso currently living in Rome. She is working for CASPUR within the OpenAIRE European project. Ilaria is going to collaborate with our group specially with regard to information management standards ...
  • Automatic Indexing plugins for DSpace and E-prints

    AgroTagger, developed by the Indian Institute of Technology of Kanpur (IITK) in collaboration with FAO, is an automatic tagging procedure that allows to automatically identify the most pertinent Agrovoc keywords for indexing any text about any agricultural topics. Beside the online procedure that anybody can test, IITK has made available ...
  • [New Publication]Integration of language attributes in Metadata and Customization for Domain Specific Repositories

    The paper presents a system for customized metadata facility adapted to expose domain specific metadata along with language attributes. Quality metadata is crucial for efficient information retrieval. Use of standard and common vocabulary leads to normalization of differences that arise due geographic, cultural, domain specific environments even amongst digital libraries ...