AIMS

Insights of the Agricultural Data Interest Group (IGAD) Pre-Meeting and the RDA 6th Plenary Meeting

05/10/2015

The IGAD pre-Meeting took place on the 21st and 22nd of September 2015 and focussed on a wide range of topics within the agricultural research data management area as a preparation for the sixth RDA plenary meeting (RDA6). 45 people from 20 countries (representing Americas, Africa, Europe, Asia and Oceania) attended the event. ...

Joint GEMIM Recommends Inventory of Marine and Aquatic Repositories (IMAR)

05/10/2015

During the recently held First Session of the Joint IODE/IAMSLIC Group of Experts on Marine Information Management, on 4th and 5th September 2015 at Rome Italy, the group recommended setting up of a global Inventory of Marine and Aquatic Repositories (IMAR). This will be the first joint project between IODE ...

The role of LODE-BD for the long-term management of digital objects (DOs)

01/10/2015

Read about the role of LODE-BD for the long-term management of digital objects (DOs) in the article “Preserving digital heritage: At the crossroads of Trust and Linked Open Data” (Iryna Solodovnik and Paolo Budroni, p.251) :http://www.ifla.org/files/assets/hq/publications/ifla-journal/ifla-journal-41-3_2015.pdfLODE-BD stands for (Linked ...

2nd Workshop Creating Impact with Open Data in Agriculture and Nutrition

23/09/2015

Following the highly successful first workshop in January 2015, the Government of the Netherlands through the Ministry of Economic Affairs announced the 2nd Workshop "Creating Impact with Open Data in Agriculture and Nutrition" to be held in The Hague, The Netherlands on the 10 -11th of November, 2015.  The workshop is organised ...

Reflections of the Track on Metadata and Semantics for Agriculture, Food & Environment (AgroSEM'15)

23/09/2015

I had the opportunity to attend the Track on Metadata and Semantics for Agriculture, Food & Environment (AgroSEM' 15) at the Metadata and Semantics Research Conference (MTSR 2015) recently held at Manchester 2015. The FAO AIMS Team takes leadership in the organization of the Track: Metadata and Semantics for Open Access Repositories, Research and ...