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AgBioData ensures Standards and Best Practices for acquisition, display and retrieval of Genomic, Genetic & Breeding Data

12/02/2019

Given that agricultural research depends basically on data and analysis, governmental agencies, publishers and science funders now require data management plans for publicly funded experiments. This, along with the sheer volume of agricultural biological data being produced today makes good data management essential. In 2015,  AgBioData - a consortium of agricultural ...

METADATA for Description, Discovery & Contextualisation. Check RDA METADATA Catalog

11/02/2019

Metadata is a part of the global conversation and is already recognized as a necessity for interoperability, discovery and contextualisation. Given that metadata is essential for data science endeavors, different communitites of practice keep sharing their knowledge regarding metadata development, harmonisation and adoption to help perform better throughout the research ...

Submit an ABSTRACT at the IGAD RDA 13th pre-meeting: 'AGRICULTURE DATA Interoperability: Opportunities and Lessons Learnt from Sharing and Re-Using Data'

08/02/2019

WELCOME TO INTEREST GROUP ON AGRICULTURAL DATA (IGAD) MEETING:  MONDAY 1 APRIL 2019, PHILADELPHIA, USA For all interested in actively contributing with a short presentation (15 minutes), during the IGAD RDA pre-meeting (at the RDA's 13th Plenary Meeting; Philadelphia, USA) entitled 'Agricultural Data Interoperability: Opportunities and Lessons Learnt from Sharing and Re-Using Data', ...

Open Education Week (March 4-8, 2019). Submit Your Entry & Celebrate the global Open Education Movement!

08/02/2019

In 2018, over 2,500 participants from 98 countries contributed to Open Education Week... We are now very excited that Open Education Week 2019 is LESS that one MONTH from TODAY! The #OEWeek (4 - 8 March) 2019 is coordinated by the Open Education Consortium, an association of organizations from around the world that are committed to making ...

Free E-learning Module: Finding Research Data

07/02/2019

The Library of the Wageningen University has developed several free e-learning modules for self-study or to refresh your information literacy skills. FINDING RESEARCH DATA... A lot of research data is available online and ready to be reused. But how do you find that one data set you need for your ...