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31/03/2009
The FAO Country Profiles web site has recently unveiled its new look and feel following FAO's online corporate identity. Improved navigation as well as a new content are just some of the new features. To make it easier to bookmark and share information the AddThis button has been included at ...
26/03/2009
ICSD addresses two main questions: (1) How can digital libraries support Semantic Web functionality? (2) How can Semantic Web technology improve digital libraries? Ultimately the goal is an environment in which all functionality is available to the user without the perception of different systems or system boundaries. Contributions are sought that address ...
20/03/2009
A new version of the geopolitical ontology 0.8 (beta) has just been released. It includes updated group names: official, short, and names for lists; updated and extended list of predecessors: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, German Democratic Republic, Serbia and Montenegro, People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, and their corresponding ...
12/03/2009
Last week, representatives of over 115 countries met at FAO's Rome headquarters for the 28th Session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI). The 520 registered delegates discussed the program of work for FAO's Fisheries and Aquaculture Department and issues raised in the newly published "The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture".   D4...
09/03/2009
Popular global event extended over one week, October 19 – 23 Washington, DC – March 5, 2009 – To accommodate widespread global interest in the movement toward Open Access to scholarly research results, October 19 – 23, 2009 will mark the first international Open Access Week. The now-annual event, expanded from one day to a full week, presents an opportunity to ...

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