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Updating AGROVOC Wikipedia article in different languages - call for collaboration!

15/10/2010

Dear all, The Wikipedia article about AGROVOC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGROVOC has been deeply updated! We are looking for collaborators among the AGROVOC partners for updating the articles in other languages already published in Wikipedia in the following languages: Deutsch Español Français 한국어 Italiano Magyar मराठी 日本語 ไทย Türkç...

Summary of the discussions

15/10/2010

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

11/10/2010

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

08/10/2010

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 ...

[New Publication]Integration of language attributes in Metadata and Customization for Domain Specific Repositories

30/09/2010

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 ...