AIMS

SHARE: making research widely accessible, discoverable, and reusable

22/07/2016

SHared Access Research Ecosystem (SHARE) is a network of cross-institutional digital repositories providing access to and preserving the intellectual assets produced by the academy, in particular those that are made openly available.Research universities are long-lived and are mission-driven to generate, make accessible, and preserve over time new knowledge, in ...

SCHOLIX: A Global Framework for Publishing Data Services Linking Publications and Datasets

20/07/2016

Through the efforts of the ICSU-WDS and RDA Data Publishing Services Working Group, and a number of key global players in research information, the Scholix global framework was developed to present vision and guidelines for exchanging information about the links between scholarly literature and data, using a common, global approach....

What’s in a name?

20/07/2016

AGORA is about agriculture, but only in the broadest sense “Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture” might appear to have a strongly agricultural slant, but AGORA’s topical reach extends far beyond that. Did you know, for example, that there are 7,701 resources related to “food safety in the hospitality ...

Consultation on the 'Open Data for Agriculture' Charter Sector Package

19/07/2016

 GODAN (Global Open Data for Agriculture & Nutrition) invites GODAN Partners to participate in a consultation of the second Open Data Charter Sector Package: ‘Open Data for Agriculture’. Deadline for input is: 1st of August 2016GODAN Agricultural Sector Package Working Group invites you to take part in a consultation of the ...

Land Portal: improving land governance and securing land rights for landless and vulnerable people

18/07/2016

  “We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect” (The Land Portal Video). “There is a wealth of information and data online about land governance. ...