AIMS

Focusing on effective science communication to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa

16/02/2016

Embracing and financing the Sustainable Development Goals through effective science communication - linked to  national, regional and global agenda - could help Africa develop. “Since the first United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in 1992 - known as the Earth Summit, it was recognized that achieving Sustainable Development would require ...

Our World in Data: the empirical evidence of how living standards are changing

15/02/2016

www.OurWorldinData.org is a web publication - authored by Max Roser -  that tells the social, economic, and environmental history of our world up to the present day – based on empirical data and visualized in interactive graphs and maps. “What will our future be like? Is there no or ...

The Zika & Arbovirus Outbreaks channel on F1000Research is launched

12/02/2016

The Zika & Arbovirus Outbreaks channel - recently launched by  F1000Research -  enables publishing research and clinical findings, data, protocols and presentations on all topics relating to Zika and other arboviruses, without limitation of article size, type or perceived impact. Submit free your Research to Zika & Arbovirus Outbreaks channel: all ...

New Research Data Alliance (RDA) Outcomes

11/02/2016

The period of review the new RDA outcomes has started. The three candidates here:Data Description Registry Interoperability. This is the outcome of the Data Description Registry Interoperability (DDRI) working group. The document includes the specification of the interoperability model implemented by the partners in this group and shows the ...

Transforming the Medical Subject Headings into Linked Data: a new article in the Journal of Library Metadata

11/02/2016

This article reviews the pilot project to convert the Medical Subject Headings from XML to linked data/RDF. The article examines the collaborative process, the technical and organizational issues tackled, and the future of linked data at the National Library of Medicine. In February 2014, the National Library of Medicine formed ...