AIMS

A common path towards Linked Open Data

21/04/2011

Some 40 high-level representatives from EU Commission, Council of the EU, the United Nations, NATO, WCO, national ministries, universities and NGOs as well as leading experts in the field of LOD explored the importance of Linked Open Data for open and transparent governance at the office in Brussels on 12 April. The ...

The Agricultural Information Management Registry of Vocabularies, Metadata Sets and Tools (VEST Registry)

19/04/2011

The VEST Registry is a catalogue of controlled vocabularies, metadata sets and tools managed by the Agricultural Information Management Standards (AIMS)  team. AIMS shares and promotes the use of common methods­, standards and tools in agricultural information systems for the support of the right to food, sustainable agriculture and rural ...

agINFRA project negotiations successfully started, first meeting with iMarines

13/04/2011

On April 6th the begin of project/budget negotiations between the agInfra consortium and the EC started. Main point of the negotiations were: a) the EC had applied a 10%  budget code to all projects b) the evaluators had asked us - to cut travel costs - and to make IITKanpur ...

Meeting Open Government in Practice

13/04/2011

We had a very interesting event yesterday evening in Brussels.  It was organized by INIT, a IT company in Germany, that works for the EC-DIGIT-SEMIC.EU project.   Title of the event was  "Open Government in practice - tapping the potential of Linked Open Data".  It was a small event, but ...

E-Discussions on "Building the CIARD Framework for Data and Information Sharing" 4-15 April 2011

13/04/2011

Second & last week of online discussion CIARD Framework for Data and Information Sharing! The e-Consultation will be opened from 4 to 15 April at e-agriculture, with the title, Building the CIARD Framework for Data and Information Sharing, in preparation for an international Expert Consultation in Beijing from 20 to 23 June 2011. For those who ...