AIMS

Joint Meeting of VOA3R with euroCRIS

14/07/2011

A joint meetingof VOA3R with the euroCRISassociation took place in Bologna, 25th of May 2011. The aims of the meeting were twofold. On the one hand, VOA3R partners presented the implementation of EuroCRIS’ CERIF standard in VOA3R for the storage of information about researchers, projects and organizations. The ...

Linked Open Data. LODE Recommendations for Bibliographic Data

14/07/2011

For the last 10 years, the main goal of the AIMS team has been to enhance information sharing and interoperability in the area of agricultural and rural development.This goal is based on the AGRIS experience, which FAO and its member countries started in the  mid-70s.  AGRIS was thought of ...

Release plan for the FAO Open Archive and follow-up projects

13/07/2011

The new FAO Open Archive (FAO OA) is a digital repository that will manage all official FAO publications, integrating both cataloguing and electronic publishing workflows. It will replace the existing Electronic Information Management System (EIMS) and Corporate Document Repository (CDR) that have been in place now for over 10 years. As ...

Facebook Group 'Open Access India' Formed

13/07/2011

For creating more awareness on open access to publicly funded research in India, a facebook group 'Open Access India' is formed. This group would be a platform for advocating open access and sharing success stories of open access movement in the world and India. It invites anyone who is involved ...

Implementing the FAO Open Archive based on Fedora Commons and FRBR

12/07/2011

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has more than 50 years of experience in the collection, production and diffusion of information on agriculture and related sciences. To facilitate access to FAO publications the Organization has implemented two document repositories: the FAO Online Catalogue (FAODOC) and the FAO ...