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29. International Information Systems: Services & Products: AGRIS P- 05. Information Sources, Systems and Services

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29. International Information Systems: Services & Products: AGRIS


P- 05. Information Sources, Systems and Services *

By :Dr.Renu Arora,Paper Coordinator



MODULE 29: INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (AGRIS) 

Complied By Dr.( Mrs) Shalini R. Lihitkar Asst. Prof.And Head Department of Library and Information Science RashtrasantTukadojiMaharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur-440010 shanwaghmare@yahoo.com 09823886717 

Sub topic Contents Structure (Structure of Module/Syllabus of a module ) International System for Agricultural Science and Technology (AGRIS) · 

Objective · Introduction · History · Products and Services · AGRIS repository · AGROVOC · Limitations in AGRIS · The New Vision · OpenAGRIS · AgriMetaMaker Subject Library and Information Science Papaer Name Information Sources , Services and System Module Name International System for Agricultural Science and Technology (AGRIS) Module IS P 05 Pre-requisites Information Systems, Information Services, Agriculture Information system Objectives In this unit we will learn about International System for Agricultural Science and Technology

 (AGRIS), its history, Products and services, new vision AGROVOC,OpenAGRIS, AgriMetaMaker. After reading this module you will be able to know the importance of AGRIS and its services in Agricultural Science and Technology. Keywords Information Systems, Agriculture, Services

2 1. Introduction AGRIS became operational in 1975. It is sponsored by the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAQ). The AGRIS is designed to carry out the collection, storage and retrieval of information related to currently produce agricultural documents. AGRIS is a decentralized system of national and regional input centres throughout the world that provide bibliographic data to the AGRIS coordinating centre in Rome for integrating and computer processing. The subject areas of the AGRIS include agriculture, food, environment, animal science, fisheries, forestry and all other aspects related to agricultural sciences. 

2. History The AGRIS initiative was set up by the FAO in the 70s and created a worldwide cooperation for sharing access to agricultural science and technology information. Based on available technologies, AGRIS was initially collecting bibliographic references for a central database. However, since the advent of the Internet in the late 90s AGRIS has become the brand name for a network of centres, which are promoting the exchange of agricultural science and technology information through the use of common standards and methodologies. As information management flourished in the 1970s, the AGRIS metadata corpus was developed to allow its users to have free access to knowledge available in agricultural science and technology. 

AGRIS was developed to be an international cooperative system to serve both developed and developing countries. With the advent of the Internet, along with the promises offered by open access publishing, there was growing awareness that the management of agricultural science and technology information would have various facets: standards and methodologies for interoperability and facilitation of knowledge exchange; tools to enable information management specialists to process data; information and knowledge exchange across countries. 

Common interoperability criteria were thus adopted in its implementation, and the AGRIS AP metadata was accordingly created in order to allow exchange and retrieval of Agricultural information Resources. 3. Products and Services The AGRIS database, covering international agricultural literature is available online through ESA/IRS, DIMDI, DIALOG Information Services, Inc and the International Atomic Energy Agency. Keywords are searchable in English, French, Spanish. Online access and SDI Services are also available through the coordinating centre and some national and regional AGRIS centres. 

The coordinating centre in Rome offers the AGRIS output tape to participating centres on a monthly basis. The centre also provides a 

3.1 AGRIS CD-ROMs :A CD-ROM (Compact Disk Read-Only-Memory) uses an electro-optical technology for storing and retrieving large amounts of data. The whole collected AGRIS information is distributed using a series of CD-ROMs: o AGRIS CD-ROMs: all collected information, stored on archival CD-ROMs and one current CD-ROM, which contains the last collected information (quarterly updated) o AGRIS FHN CD-ROM: contains information in the domains of Food and Human Nutrition extracted from all AGRIS CD-ROMs (semi-annually updated) o AGRIS FORESTRY CD-ROM: contains information in the domains of forestry and primary forest products extracted from all AGRIS CD-ROMs. o AGRIS and AGRIS FHN CD-ROMs are produced by SilverPlatter Information Ltd., using data prepared by AGRIS Processing Unit Vienna; the SilverPlatter's software WinSPIRS is used for retrieving the information.

3 ß AGRIS FORESTRY CD-ROMs are produced by WAICENT/FAOINFO of the Library and Documentation Systems Division (GIL) of FAO; The retrieving software, HEURISKO (CDS/ISIS based), is included. ß For information retrieval from AGRIS CD-ROMs, the existing software (WinSPIRS, HEURISKO) permits different searching operations to accommodate different searching needs of users: - Searching by descriptors defined in the AGROVOC Thesaurus - Searching by subject category codes, authors, publication year, publication language, etc. - Searching free text in different description fields - Logical search operators (OR, AND, NOT, WITH, NEAR) - Limiting search operators (less than, greater then, range, etc.) - Truncation of words (to retrieve all variants) - Lateral searching (forward/backward) 

3.2 AGRIS DATABASE ON-LINE 

On-line access to the global AGRIS database is provided by: o AGRIS DATABASE ON-LINE (FAO/WAICENT, FAO Web Server) o DIALOG (Palo Alto, USA): non-USA portion only o DIMDI (Cologne, Germany) o AGROVOC Thesaurus (FAO/WAICENT, FAO Web Server) Information Services on request APU Vienna provides, if requested, in printed form or on magnetic media: · Retrospective searches through the entire data base; · Selective dissemination of information (SDI) service, by which users can request the AGRIS Processing Unit, to keep them informed of any new AGRIS entries on specific subjects of concern to them. · National bibliographies, containing all entries generated in a country and those concerning this country and published outside. Master copies can be prepared on a high resolution laser printer in Agrindex format, ready for reproduction by offset or photocopy. · Subject bibliographies, can also be prepared upon request from specialised cooperating centres such as the CGIAR IARC's, or FAO divisions. 


3.3 Other Services · Developing and distribution of AGRIS working methodologies · Developing and distribution of the AGROVOC Thesaurus · Distribution of the UNESCOs CDS/ISIS database software for PCs · Developing and distribution of software for AGRIS input data preparation (AGRIN/AGCHK) · Training material and courses · Other products on Web Server (APU Vienna):AGRIS Reference Series o Products available on FTP Server (APU Vienna): ß . Current monthly AGRIS output file . AGROVOC Thesaurus . Agrindex (AGRIS monthly bibliography in 4 English, French and Spanish;only up to December 1995) ß . Training materials (AGRIS Reference Series). 4. AGRIS repository Its content includes unique grey literature such as unpublished scientific and technical reports, theses, conference papers, government publications, and more. A growing number (around 20%) of bibliographical records have a corresponding full text document on the web which can easily be retrieved by Google. Access to the AGRIS Repository is provided through the AGRIS Search Engine. As such, it: · enables retrieval of bibliographic records contained in the AGRIS Repository, · allows users to perform either full-text or fielded, parametric and assisted queries. The AGRIS repository exploits the advantages of both open source search platform (Solr), and structured XML. It facilitates the exchange of information among developing countries and between developing and developed countries. Furthermore, it contains records from national journals - especially from developing countries that are not always represented in commercial indexing services. The AGRIS partners contributing to the AGRIS Database use several formats for exchanging data, including simple DC, from OAI-PMH systems. 

5. AGROVOC In traditional libraries, finding works of interest is directly related to how well they are catalogued. However, complex and born-digital works require substantially more effort.AGROVOC is a comprehensive multilingual agriculture thesaurusthat was developed with the cooperation of FAO member countries. It is used for indexing data in agricultural information systems and it strives for continuous improvement and updating. The first version of AGROVOC was produced in 1982 and distributed to all AGRIS centres.Vocabulary updating is done by FAO in collaboration with national AGRIS centres. Staff at the centres proposes new terms for the database to FAO subject specialists for consideration. The terms selected by the experts are added into AGROVOC. In the past, an AGROVOC supplement was then published and provided to the centres. Now the updated AGROVOC is available online. The proposing of new terms and corrections also can be done through the FAO/AGROVOC web site. 

6. Limitations in AGRIS An assessment of AGRIS was conducted in 2000. It was noted that the network had only been partially successful in achieving its goals. Limitations in AGRIS were identified in four areas: 1) difficult access to the original documents, 2) incomplete coverage, 3) independent systems and 4) structural and institutional constraints. As the AGRIS system aims to decentralise data processing and to prioritise national capacity building, enhancing autonomous management of national agricultural informationa new strategic vision has been developed. 

7. The New Vision In order to address those limitations, a “new vision for AGRIS” has been under work since 2000. In 2009, AGRIS adhered to Coherence in Information for Agricultural Research for Development (CIARD), a global initiative of international partner organizations (such as, DFID, CIARD, GFAR, 5 etc.committed to working to increase the public benefits deriving from investment in agricultural research and innovation for development. The underlying principle shared by CIARD's stakeholders,[ which FAO is contributing to with its AGRIS portal, is that, information is to be made publicly "available", "accessible" and, "applicable". At the same time, all of CIARD stakeholders equally recognize the need to respect the roles of national, regional and international institutions, whilst aligning their efforts to develop better interlinked information collections and services. Currently, AGRIS continues its research into improving access to science technology and agricultural information globally available on the web, under the CIARD umbrella. 

8. Accessibility of the new AGRIS While AGRIS is striving to keep abreast of the technology available, enhanced resource accessibility may be identified as one of the core objectives of the new AGRIS. According to the new vision, the AGRIS search engine should be able to retrieve and interpret a wealth of diverse information sources including full-text documents, threads from discussion fora, blog entries, news articles, and organizational, regional, national, international information (re)sources. Partnerships with established search engine technology leaders such as Google, Yahoo or Scirus will be explored in order to provide customized search capabilities.


 8.1 OpenAGRIS: the new AGRIS Linked Open Data model AGRIS data was converted to RDF and the resulting linked dataset created some 80 million triples. AGRIS is also registered in the Data Hub at http://thedatahub.org/dataset/agris 8.2 OpenAGRIS OpenAgris is a Web application that aggregates information from different Web sources to expand the AGRIS knowledge providing much data as possible about a topic or a bibliographical resource. Using Agrovoc as backbone, OpenAgris can interlink with a lot of existing datasets (currently DBPedia, World Bank, Geopolitical Ontology, FAO fisheries dataset, AGRIS serials dataset, and so over), showing as much information as possible about a specific topic, as statistics about fish species or geographical distribution of plants. In this way, OpenAgris will be a centralized portal that will aggregate all information the Web knows about a specific topic, research area (in the agricultural sector) or bibliographic reference. OpenAgris is based on four internal FAO RDF datasets: · The AGRIS records dataset, the direct translation of AGRIS XML records to RDF. 

Considering that AGRIS contains more than 5 million of XML records, this new dataset consists of more than 130 million triples. · The Agrovoc RDF dataset: AGROVOC is the world’s most comprehensive multilingual agricultural vocabulary that contains close to 40,000 concepts in 22 languages covering subject fields in agriculture, forestry and fisheries together with cross-cutting themes such as land use, rural livelihoods and food security. 6 · The AGRIS journals dataset: since around 75% of AGRIS records are journal’s article, we created a dataset of more than 22,000 agricultural journals with complete information about each journal (ISSN, start date, frequency, publisher…). · The AGRIS centers dataset, which contains information about data providers, thus the AGRIS source of information. The external datasets which OpenAGRIS is currently linking to are: · DBPedia · World Bank · Google (Google Custom Search API) · nature.com · FAO Country Profiles · FAO fisheries dataset · GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility) · IFPRI · Europeana 

8.3 AgriMetaMaker The AGRIMetamaker is a web form developed using the Drupal CMS, that allows you to generate metadata as easily as possible. You can create new references and enter the information manually in a few minutes. You just need to fill in as many fields as you think are necessary to describe your document, save the reference, add as many you wish, review and edit the data, if necessary, and lastly export them to your computer. The same data, once delivered to FAO/AGRIS, is published in the AGRIS database. If your Institution or publishing company does not use a document management system and your articles have never been catalogued before, if you want to publish your data in AGRIS, you need to create blbliographic references from scratch. The AGRIS team simply receive your data and publish it in the internet in the AGRIS Database. Your data will surely acquire higher visibility, both given the international importance of the AGRIS portal as a hub of world-wide agricultural research information and to the fact that all the whole collection of 2.7 millions references is indexed by Google Scholar. 

AGRIS harvests and publishes data encoded in a specific XML format. The AGRIS Application Profile describes in detail the specifications of this metadata format including a data model for bibliographic description of resources in the domain of agriculture. One of the great advantages of the AGRIMetaMaker is that it can give you the opportunity to create AGRIS data on the fly, without even knowing what XML and metadata is. 9. Summary The international information system for the agricultural sciences and technology, created by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 

AGRIS provides worldwide bibliographic coverage of agricultural science and technology literature. Assembled by the AGRIS Co-ordinating Centre, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, AGRIS offers an international perspective on crucial agricultural research. The many aspects of agriculture, including forestry, animal husbandry, aquatic sciences and fisheries, and human nutrition from over 135 participating countries are covered. Literature includes unique material such as unpublished scientific 7 and technical reports, theses, conference papers, government publications, and more. Approximately 130,000 records are added each year with key words in English, French, and Spanish. The archival discs now cover 1975 through 1990. The current disc covers from 1991 to the present. - Chunk Text Text for Voice Narration Chunk text Multim edia Content AGRIS Stand for International System for Agricultural Science and Technology.

AGRIS became operational in 1975. It is sponsored by the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAQ). The AGRIS is designed to carry out the collection, storage and retrieval of information related to currently produce agricultural documents. AGRIS is a decentralized system of national and regional input centres throughout the world that provide bibliographic data to the AGRIS coordinating centre in Rome for integrating and computer processing. The subject areas of the AGRIS include agriculture, food, environment, animal science, fisheries, forestry and all other aspects related to agricultural sciences. Introduction · 

AGRIS · 1975 · UN’s Food and Agricultural Organisation · Storage and retrieval of agricultural documents · decentralized system · AGRIS coordinating centre in Rome · Related to agriculture subject areas NA The AGRIS initiative was set up by the FAO in the 70s and created a worldwide cooperation for sharing access to agricultural science and technology information. Based on available technologies, AGRIS was initially collecting bibliographic references for a central database. However, since the advent of the Internet in the late 90s AGRIS has become the brand name for a network of centres, which are promoting the exchange of agricultural science and technology information through the use of common standards and methodologies. As information management flourished in the 1970s, the AGRIS metadata corpus was developed to allow its users to have free access to knowledge available in agricultural science and technology. 

AGRIS was developed to be an international cooperative system to serve both developed and developing countries. With the advent of the Internet, along with the promises offered by open access publishing, there was growing awareness that the management of agricultural science and technology information would have various facets: standards and methodologies for interoperability and facilitation of knowledge exchange; tools to enable information management specialists to process data; information and knowledge exchange across countries. Common interoperability criteria were thus adopted in its implementation, and the AGRIS AP metadata was accordingly created in order to allow exchange and retrieval of Agricultural information Resources. History · FAO , 1970 · International cooperation for sharing · Creation of central database · use of common standards and methodologies. · Free access to knowledge for developed and developing countries · Open access · Common interoperability criteria adopted · allow exchange and retrieval of Agricultural information Resources.8 The AGRIS database, covering international agricultural literature is available online through ESA/IRS, DIMDI, DIALOG Information Services, Inc and the International Atomic Energy Agency. Keywords are searchable in English, French, Spanish. 

Online access and SDI Services are also available through the coordinating centre and some national and regional AGRIS centres. The coordinating centre in Rome offers the AGRIS output tape to participating centres on a monthly basis. The centre also provides a AGRIS CD-ROMs :A CD-ROM (Compact Disk Read-OnlyMemory) uses an electro-optical technology for storing and retrieving large amounts of data. The whole collected AGRIS information is distributed using a series of CD-ROMs: o AGRIS CD-ROMs: all collected information, stored on archival CD-ROMs and one current CD-ROM, which contains the last collected information (quarterly updated) o AGRIS FHN CD-ROM: contains information in the domains of Food and Human Nutrition extracted from all AGRIS CD-ROMs (semiannually updated) o AGRIS FORESTRY CD-ROM: contains information in the domains of forestry and primary forest products extracted from all AGRIS CD-ROMs. 

o AGRIS and AGRIS FHN CD-ROMs are produced by SilverPlatter Information Ltd., using data prepared by AGRIS Processing Unit Vienna; the SilverPlatter's software WinSPIRS is used for retrieving the information. 

ß AGRIS FORESTRY CD-ROMs are produced by WAICENT/FAOINFO of the Library and Documentation Systems Division (GIL) of FAO; The retrieving software, HEURISKO (CDS/ISIS based), is included. ß For information retrieval from AGRIS CD-ROMs, the existing software (WinSPIRS, HEURISKO) permits different searching operations to accommodate different searching needs of users: - Searching by descriptors defined in the AGROVOC Thesaurus - Searching by subject category codes, authors, publication year, publication language, etc. - Searching free text in different description fields Products and Services · AGRIS database · Keywords are searchable in three languages. · 

Online access and SDI Services · Centre provides access to · AGRIS CD-ROMs · AGRIS FHN CDROM: · AGRIS FORESTRY CD-ROM: · AGRIS and AGRIS FHN CD-ROMs · AGRIS FORESTRY CD-ROMs9 - Logical search operators (OR, AND, NOT, WITH, NEAR) - Limiting search operators (less than, greater then, range, etc.) - Truncation of words (to retrieve all variants) - Lateral searching (forward/backward) AGRIS DATABASE ON-LINE On-line access to the global AGRIS database is provided by: o AGRIS DATABASE ON-LINE (FAO/WAICENT, FAO Web Server) o DIALOG (Palo Alto, USA): non-USA portion only o DIMDI (Cologne, Germany) o AGROVOC Thesaurus (FAO/WAICENT, FAO Web Server) · 

AGRIS DATABASE ON-LINE · DIALOG · DIMDI · AGROVOC Thesaurus APU Vienna provides, if requested, in printed form or on magnetic media: · Retrospective searches through the entire data base; · Selective dissemination of information (SDI) service, by which users can request the AGRIS Processing Unit, to keep them informed of any new AGRIS entries on specific subjects of concern to them. · National bibliographies, containing all entries generated in a country and those concerning this country and published outside. Master copies can be prepared on a high resolution laser printer in Agrindex format, ready for reproduction by offset or photocopy. · Subject bibliographies, can also be prepared upon request from specialised cooperating centres such as the CGIAR IARC's, or FAO divisions. Information Services on request ·

 Retrospective searches · Selective dissemination of information (SDI) · National bibliographies, · Subject bibliographies10 Other Services · Developing and distribution of AGRIS working methodologies · Developing and distribution of the AGROVOC Thesaurus · Distribution of the UNESCOs CDS/ISIS database software for PCs · Developing and distribution of software for AGRIS input data preparation (AGRIN/AGCHK) · Training material and courses · Other products on Web Server (APU Vienna):AGRIS Reference Series o Products available on FTP Server (APU Vienna): o Current monthly AGRIS output file . AGROVOC Thesaurus . 

Agrindex (AGRIS monthly bibliography in English, French and Spanish;only up to December 1995) · Training materials (AGRIS Reference Series). Other Services · AGRIS working methodologies · AGROVOC Thesaurus · UNESCOs CDS/ISIS database · AGRIS input data preparation (AGRIN/AGCHK) · Training material and courses · Web Server (FTP Server)(AGROVOC Thesaurus Agrindex AGRIS repository Its content includes unique grey literature such as unpublished scientific and technical reports, theses, conference papers, government publications, and more. A growing number (around 20%) of bibliographical records have a corresponding full text document on the web which can easily be retrieved by Google. 

Access to the AGRIS Repository is provided through the AGRIS Search Engine. As such, it: · enables retrieval of bibliographic records contained in the AGRIS Repository, · allows users to perform either full-text or fielded, parametric and assisted queries. The AGRIS repository exploits the advantages of both open source search platform (Solr), and structured XML. It facilitates the exchange of information among developing countries and between developing and developed countries. Furthermore, it contains records from national journals - especially from developing countries that are not always represented in commercial indexing services. The AGRIS partners contributing to the AGRIS Database use several formats for exchanging data, including simple DC, AGRIS repository · It includes unique grey literature · It can retrieve by Google. · Access through AGRIS Search Engine · Having open source search platform (Solr), and structured XML. · Uses format like DC, from OAI-PMH systems. 11 from OAI-PMH systems.


 AGROVOC In traditional libraries, finding works of interest is directly related to how well they are catalogued. However, complex and born-digital works require substantially more effort. AGROVOC is a comprehensive multilingual agriculture thesaurusthat was developed with the cooperation of FAO member countries. It is used for indexing data in agricultural information systems and it strives for continuous improvement and updating. The first version of AGROVOC was produced in 1982 and distributed to all AGRIS centres. Vocabulary updating is done by FAO in collaboration with national AGRIS centres. Staff at the centres proposes new terms for the database to FAO subject specialists for consideration. The terms selected by the experts are added into AGROVOC. In the past, an AGROVOC supplement was then published and provided to the centres. Now the updated AGROVOC is available online. The proposing of new terms and corrections also can be done through the FAO/AGROVOC web site. AGROVOC · It is a comprehensive multilingual agriculture thesaurus · 

Used for indexing data · The first version in 1982 and distributed to all AGRIS centres. · terms selected by the expert · It is online and terms and corrections can be done through website The New Vision In order to address those limitations, a “new vision for AGRIS” has been under work since 2000. In 2009, AGRIS adhered to Coherence in Information for Agricultural Research for Development (CIARD), a global initiative of international partner organizations (such as, DFID, CIARD, GFAR, etc.committed to working to increase the public benefits deriving from investment in agricultural research and innovation for development. The underlying principle shared by CIARD's stakeholders,[ which FAO is contributing to with its AGRIS portal, is that, information is to be made publicly "available", "accessible" and, "applicable". At the same time, all of CIARD stakeholders equally recognize the need to respect the roles of national, regional and international institutions, whilst aligning their efforts to develop better interlinked information collections and services. Currently, AGRIS continues its research into improving access to science technology and agricultural information globally available on the web, under the CIARD umbrella. The New Vision · In 2000 new vision developed. · In 2009 it adhere to CIARD and DFID, CIARD, GFAR. · It is based on the principle of information is to be made publicly "available", "accessible" and, "applicable".12 Accessibility of the new AGRIS While AGRIS is striving to keep abreast of the technology available, enhanced resource accessibility may be identified as one of the core objectives of the new AGRIS.According to the new vision, the AGRIS search engine should be able to retrieve and interpret a wealth of diverse information sources including full-text documents, threads from discussion for a, blog entries, news articles, and organizational, regional, national, international information (re)sources. Partnerships with established search engine technology leaders such as Google, Yahoo or Scirus will be explored in order to provide customized search capabilities. OpenAGRIS: the new AGRIS Linked Open Data model AGRIS data was converted to RDF and the resulting linked dataset created some 80 million triples. 

AGRIS is also registered in the Data Hub at http://thedatahub.org/dataset/agris OpenAGRIS OpenAgris is a Web application that aggregates information from different Web sources to expand the AGRIS knowledge providing much data as possible about a topic or a bibliographical resource. Using Agrovoc as backbone, OpenAgris can interlink with a lot of existing datasets (currently DBPedia, World Bank, Geopolitical Ontology, FAO fisheries dataset, AGRIS serials dataset, and so over), showing as much information as possible about a specific topic, as statistics about fish species or geographical distribution of plants. In this way, OpenAgris will be a centralized portal that will aggregate all information the Web knows about a specific topic, research area (in the agricultural sector) or bibliographic reference. OpenAgris is based on four internal FAO RDF datasets: · The AGRIS records dataset, the direct translation of AGRIS XML records to RDF. Considering that AGRIS contains more than 5 million of XML records, this new dataset consists of more than 130 million triples. · The Agrovoc RDF dataset: AGROVOC is the world’s most comprehensive multilingual agricultural vocabulary that contains close to 40,000 concepts in 22 languages covering subject fields in agriculture, Accessibility of the new AGRIS through · OpenAGRIS: the new AGRIS Linked Open Data model · OpenAGRIS · It is based on four internal FAO RDF datasets: 1. AGRIS records dataset 2.Agrovoc RDF dataset 3. AGRIS journals dataset 4.

 AGRIS centers dataset · External datasets · DBPedia · World Bank · Google (Google Custom Search API) · nature.com · FAO Country Profiles · FAO fisheries dataset · GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility) · IFPRI · Europeana13 forestry and fisheries together with cross-cutting themes such as land use, rural livelihoods and food security. · The AGRIS journals dataset: since around 75% of AGRIS records are journal’s article, we created a dataset of more than 22,000 agricultural journals with complete information about each journal (ISSN, start date, frequency, publisher…). · The AGRIS centers dataset, which contains information about data providers, thus the AGRIS source of information. The external datasets which OpenAGRIS is currently linking to are: · DBPedia · World Bank · Google (Google Custom Search API) · nature.com · FAO Country Profiles · FAO fisheries dataset · GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility) · IFPRI · Europeana14 AgriMetaMaker The AGRIMetamaker is a web form developed using the Drupal CMS, that allows you to generate metadata as easily as possible. You can create new references and enter the information manually in a few minutes. You just need to fill in as many fields as you think are necessary to describe your document, save the reference, add as many you wish, review and edit the data, if necessary, and lastly export them to your computer. The same data, once delivered to FAO/AGRIS, is published in the AGRIS database.

 If your Institution or publishing company does not use a document management system and your articles have never been catalogued before, if you want to publish your data in AGRIS, you need to create blbliographic references from scratch. The AGRIS team simply receive your data and publish it in the internet in the AGRIS Database. Your data will surely acquire higher visibility, both given the international importance of the AGRIS portal as a hub of world-wide agricultural research information and to the fact that all the whole collection of 2.7 millions references is indexed by Google Scholar. AGRIS harvests and publishes data encoded in a specific XML format. The AGRIS Application Profile describes in detail the specifications of this metadata format including a data model for bibliographic description of resources in the domain of agriculture. One of the great advantages of the AGRIMetaMaker is that it can give you the opportunity to create AGRIS data on the fly, without even knowing what XML and metadata is. AgriMetaMaker · It is a web form using Drupal CMS. · create new references · describe your document · save the references, add as many you wish, review and edit the data, if necessary, and lastly export them to your computer. · Easy to add the and create AGRIS data without having knowledge of XML and Metadata. Summary The international information system for the agricultural sciences and technology, created by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 

AGRIS provides worldwide bibliographic coverage of agricultural science and technology literature. Assembled by the AGRIS Co-ordinating Centre, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, AGRIS offers an international perspective on crucial agricultural research. The many aspects of agriculture, including forestry, animal husbandry, aquatic sciences and fisheries, and human nutrition from over 135 participating countries are covered. Literature includes unique material such as unpublished scientific and technical reports, theses, conference papers, government publications, and more. Approximately 130,000 records are added each year with key words in English, French, and Spanish. The archival discs now cover 1975 through 1990. The current disc covers from 1991 to the present. - Conclusion · It is created by FAO · Worldwide bibliographic coverage · It gives access to unique material such as unpublished scientific and technical reports, theses, conference papers, government publications, and more.

15 Assessment and Evaluation · What are the silent features of AGRIS? · Write short notes on Publications of AGRIS? · Write short notes on Services and Product ofAGRIS? · AGRIS stands for__________________. · IAEA stands for_________________. · The establishment year of AGRIS_____. · The AGRIS is located at ___________. · AGROVOC is a __________________. · AgriMetaMaker Do |You Know? · What is AGRIS ? AGRIS is the International bibliographic Information System for the AGRicultural sciences and technology. It became operational in 1975 and since then AGRIS has accumulated a database of more than 2.8 million bibliographic references (in August 1998). AGRIS is managed centrally by the WAICENT/FAOINFO Dissemination Management Branch of theLibrary and Documentation Systems Division (GIL)ofFAO. · How does AGRIS work? AGRIS is a cooperative system in which participating countries input references to the literature/documents produced within their boundaries and, in return, draw on the information provided by the other participants. The bibliographic references forwarded by participating countries are collected and processed in the AGRIS Processing Unit Vienna, which is hosted by the Division of Scientific and Technical Information of the IAEA. · 

What is the AGRIS Database? The International Information System for the Agricultural Science and Technology (AGRIS) Database is a cooperative system for collecting and disseminating information on the world's agricultural literature in which over 100 national and multinational centers take part. References to citation for U.S. publications given coverage in the AGRICOLA Database are not included in AGRIS. A large number of citations in AGRIS are not found in any other database. Reference to nonconventional literature; i.e., documents not commercially available, contain a note where a copy may be obtained. · Who Should Access the AGRIS Database and Why? Anyone needing access to information pertaining to agriculture should use AGRIS to find citations to agricultural information from around the world. Much of this information includes government documents, technical reports and non-conventional literature that have their source in both developed and developing countries and that can be found nowhere else.16 · Where Can I Access the AGRIS Database? The Database is available through DIALOG who has a lease agreement with NTIS. Please contact the following organizations for more information. DIALOG (The DIALOG Corporation) 1-800-334-2564 - Online http://www.dialog.com/ Direct Access The AGRIS Database can also be leased directly from NTIS. For more information, please contact the NTIS Office of Product Management on (703) 605-6515 or by fax (703) 605-6742. · 

What is the AGRIMetaMaker? The AGRIMetamaker is a web form that allows to enter, review, save and submit bibliographic references to the AGRIS Secretariat. · What are the objectives of the AGRIMetaMaker? You can easily create metadata in a few easy steps and you can save these references in your computer, for your future re-use and to be submitted to AGRIS for their indexing. · I am a publisher of a journal and I am writing to express our interest to include the metadata and full-text of the articles published in my journal to the AGRIS database. What should I do? If the citations of your journal is either already indexed in some Serivce Providers systems, such as DOAJ or Scielo, or are already available in an XML format, you need to contact agris@fao.org. · Is AGRIS accepting citations of articles written in any language? Yes. It is anyway advisable to provide English translations for titles and abstracts, if any. · 

Can I submit the PDF articles to AGRIS? No, AGRIS is not a repository of PDF documents. AGRIS is a bibliographic database that index agricultural (and fisheries, forestry, etc.) related references. · When adding content, do I transliterate the text written in my language, to enable reconstruction of the English spelling in the original language? No, this is not recommended. AGRIMetaMaker is a full UTF-8 compliant form. You should use your local character set, which will be maintained both in the Data Entry display and in the export. However, for retrieval purposes, it is recommended to translate this text in the English language. · I have problems with the accented characters in the AGROVOC Browse. To use AAM, your browser should be set to the UTF-8 character encoding. We tested with Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome and all these browsers allow to easily change this setting. In Firefox, for example, from the Main Menu, select the View item, then Character Encoding and then choose "Unicode (UTF-8)". · 

My metadata does not include keywords. How do I? AGRIS data providers normally index the bibliographic references using AGROVOC, one of the most used thesauri in the area of agriculture. AGROVOC offers several web services that will allow you to describe easily the resource. The AGRIMetaMaker offers an on-line 17 automatic AGROVOC indexing tool, which allows you to browse and select the required terms to your articles. Should you not find the term in the list of terms, please send a request to agris@fao.org. · Can I submit metadata to AGRIS with no link to the full text? Yes, it is possible. However, AGRIS recommends the inclusion of any information that may be useful when researchers and students search and retrieve information from the AGRIS Portal. And this is surely one of the most important. · Can I modify the data I entered? 1. Log in http://agris.fao.org with your credentials 2. Click on AgriMetaMaker in the left frame 3. Click in the Edit Data link on the right frame, below the AgriMetamaker label 4. In the metamaker_export screen, select AGRIMetaMaker – Data entry and click “Apply”. You will get all the records you have entered 5. Click on the relevant record and click the “Edit” tab 6. Go to the part of the record that needs editing and, once done, “Save” the data. References and Further Reading 1. 

"AgriOceanDSpace | Agricultural Information Management Standards (AIMS)". Aims.fao.org. Retrieved -07-09-2013. 2. "Cost Calculator | 360 MARC Updates | Services". Serials Solutions. Retrieved -07-09-2013. 3. "Information Technologies and Standards for Agricultural Information Resources Management: AGRIS Application Profile, AGROVOC and LISAGR" available on ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/ag870e/ag870e00.pdf and retrieved from the web on 16 July 203. 4. "The AGRIS Application Profile for the International Information System on Agricultural Sciences and Technology Guidelines on Best Practices for Information Object Description". Fao.org. Retrieved -07-09.-2013. 5. 

"What is CIARD? | 

Coherence in Information for Agricultural Research for Development". Ciard.net. Retrieved-07-0.-2013 6. A new strategic vision for the AGRIS network was called for at two technical Consultations on Agricultural Information Management (COAIM) held in 2000 and 2002, which continues to provide the basis for some of the technical standards and methodologies adopted by CIARD. Please see: 2000 COAIM report and 2002 COAIM report. 7. arc.sci.eg 8. "AgriDrupal | Agricultural Information Management Standards (AIMS)". Aims.fao.org. Retrieved 07-09-2013-. 9. "Knowledge and information sharing through the


 AGRIS Network | AGRIS :: International Information System for the Agricultural Sciences and Technology". Agris.fao.org. 2007-02- 12. Retrieved 07-09.-2013- 10. http://aims.fao.org/standards/agrovoc/about[dead link] 11. Koehler, AEC. Some Thoughts on the Meaning of Open Access for University Library Technical Services Serials Review Vol. 32, 1, 2006, p. 17 12. Information Sources, Systems and Programmes-2. Course material of IGNOU School of Social Sciences. Unit -8.pp.82.,1994, New Delhi. 13. "Google Maps". Maps.google.com. 1970-01-01. Retrieved -07-09.-2013 14. http://www.fao.org/aims/ag_alpha.jspArchived May 5, 2009 at the Wayback Machine 15. "agris.fao.org". Retrieved -07-09-2013. 16. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGRISRetrieved 2-1-2014. 17. "EGFAR web Site". Egfar.org. Retrieved -07-09.-2013 18. "agris.fao.org". agris.fao.org. Retrieved-07-09 -2013.18 19. Rijsberman, Frank "CGIAR Home". Cgiar.org. Retrieved-07-09.-2013 ________

Multiple Choice Questions Correct Option

 Q1 AGRIS became operational in which year? Correct Answer A 1975 B 1976 C 1957 Correct Option 

Q2 The AGRIS initiative was set up by Whom? A FOA B IAEA Correct Answer C FAO Correct Option 

Q3 In which language AGRIS database can be searchable? A English,Portish,French Correct Answer B English, French, Spanish C English, French, Coria Correct Option

 Q4 What is Solr ? Correct Answer A Open source search platform B Open Software Source Platform C Open Software Search Platform Correct Option 

Q5 What is AGROVOC ? A Bilingual Agriculture thesaurus Correct Answer B Multilingual Agriculture thesaurus C Trilingual Agriculture thesaurus 

Fill in the blanks Correct Option


 Q1 AGRIS stands for International System for Agricultural Science and Technology/ Agricultural Science and Technology System Correct Answer 1 International System for Agricultural Science and Technology2 Agricultural Science and Technology System Correct Option 

Q2 AOD stands for AgriOcean DSpace)/AgriOpenDatabase Correct Answer 1 AgriOcean DSpace) 2 AgriOpenDatabase Correct Option

 Q3 The AGRIS is located at Vienna/Vietnam Correct Answer 1 Vienna 2 Vietnam Correct Option 

Q4 AgriMetaMaker is a thesaurus to search the keywords/ web form that allows to enter, review, save and submit bibliographic references/ 1 thesaurus to search the keywords/ Correct Answer 2 web form that allows to enter, review, save and submit bibliographic references Correct Option

 Q5 IAEA stands for International Association of E-resources Agency / International Atomic Energy Agency 1 International Association of Eresources Agency Correct Answer 2 International Atomic Energy Agency 

Match the following


 Q1 Match the columns UN’s Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAQ). AGRIS AGRIS Decentralized system AGRIS CDROMs Using electrooptical technology

Q2 Match the columns AGRIS FHN CD-ROM: contains information on Food and Human Nutrition AGRIS Processing Unit Vienna Agrindex (AGRIS monthly bibliography 

Q3 Match the columns AGRIS repository Unique grey literature AGRIS Database Use DC, from OAIPMH systems first version of AGROVOC 1982 

True or False Correct Option


 Q1 The AGRIMetamaker is a web form developed using the Drupal CMS Correct Answer True False Correct Option 

Q2 OpenAgris is a Web application that aggregates information from different Web sources Correct Answer True Q4 Match the columns CIARD a global initiative of international partner organizations OpenAGRIS AGRIS Linked Open Data model Agrovoc RDF dataset multilingual agricultural vocabularyFalse Correct Option 

Q3 AGRIS Database use several formats for exchanging data, including simple DC, from OAI-PMH systems. Correct Answer True False Correct Option 

Q4 The AGRIS coordinating centre in Rome. Correct Answer True False Correct Option

 Q5 AGROVOC is a online database. True Correct Answer False

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 Do |You Know? · What is AGRIS ? AGRIS is the International bibliographic Information System for the AGRicultural sciences and technology. It became operational in 1975 and since then 

AGRIS has accumulated a database of more than 2.8 million bibliographic references (in August 1998). AGRIS is managed centrally by the 

WAICENT/FAOINFO Dissemination Management Branch of the Library and Documentation Systems Division (GIL) of FAO. ·

 How does AGRIS work? AGRIS is a cooperative system in which participating countries input references to the literature/documents produced within their boundaries and, in return, draw on the information provided by the other participants. 

The bibliographic references forwarded by participating countries are collected and processed in the AGRIS Processing Unit Vienna, which is hosted by the Division of Scientific and Technical Information of the IAEA. ·
 What is the AGRIS Database? The International Information System for the Agricultural Science and Technology (AGRIS) Database is a cooperative system for collecting and disseminating information on the world's agricultural literature in which over 100 national and multinational centers take part. References to citation for U.S. publications given coverage in the AGRICOLA Database are not included in AGRIS. 

A large number of citations in AGRIS are not found in any other database. Reference to non-conventional literature; i.e., documents not commercially available, contain a note where a copy may be obtained. · Who Should Access the AGRIS Database and Why? Anyone needing access to information pertaining to agriculture should use AGRIS to find citations to agricultural information from around the world. Much of this information includes government documents, technical reports and non-conventional literature that have their source in both developed and developing countries and that can be found nowhere else.· 

Where Can I Access the AGRIS Database? The Database is available through DIALOG who has a lease agreement with NTIS. Please contact the following organizations for more information. DIALOG (The DIALOG Corporation) 1-800-334-2564 - Online http://www.dialog.com/ Direct Access The AGRIS Database can also be leased directly from NTIS. For more information, please contact the NTIS Office of Product Management on (703) 605-6515 or by fax (703) 605-6742. · 


What is the AGRIMetaMaker? The AGRIMetamaker is a web form that allows to enter, review, save and submit bibliographic references to the AGRIS Secretariat. · What are the objectives of the AGRIMetaMaker? You can easily create metadata in a few easy steps and you can save these references in your computer, for your future re-use and to be submitted to AGRIS for their indexing. · I am a publisher of a journal and I am writing to express our interest to include the metadata and full-text of the articles published in my journal to the AGRIS database. What should I do? If the citations of your journal is either already indexed in some Serivce Providers systems, such as DOAJ or Scielo, or are already available in an XML format, you need to contact agris@fao.org. · Is AGRIS accepting citations of articles written in any language? Yes. It is anyway advisable to provide English translations for titles and abstracts, if any. · Can I submit the PDF articles to AGRIS? No, AGRIS is not a repository of PDF documents. AGRIS is a bibliographic database that index agricultural (and fisheries, forestry, etc.) related references. · When adding content, do I transliterate the text written in my language, to enable reconstruction of the English spelling in the original language? No, this is not recommended. 

AGRIMetaMaker is a full UTF-8 compliant form. You should use your local character set, which will be maintained both in the Data Entry display and in the export. However, for retrieval purposes, it is recommended to translate this text in the English language. · I have problems with the accented characters in the AGROVOC Browse. To use AAM, your browser should be set to the UTF-8 character encoding. We tested with Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome and all these browsers allow to easily change this setting. In Firefox, for example, from the Main Menu, select the View item, then Character Encoding and then choose "Unicode (UTF-8)". · My metadata does not include keywords. How do I?

 AGRIS data providers normally index the bibliographic references using AGROVOC, one of the most used thesauri in the area of agriculture.
 AGROVOC offers several web services that will allow you to describe easily the resource. The AGRIMetaMaker offers an on-line automatic AGROVOC indexing tool, which allows you to browse and select the required terms to your articles. Should you not find the term in the list of terms, please send a request to agris@fao.org. · Can I submit metadata to AGRIS with no link to the full text? Yes, it is possible. However, AGRIS recommends the inclusion of any information that may be useful when researchers and students search and retrieve information from the AGRIS Portal. And this is surely one of the most important. · Can I modify the data I entered? 

1. Log in http://agris.fao.org with your credentials 2. Click on AgriMetaMaker in the left frame 3. Click in the Edit Data link on the right frame, below the AgriMetamaker label 4. In the metamaker_export screen, select AGRIMetaMaker – Data entry and click “Apply”. You will get all the records you have entered 5. Click on the relevant record and click the “Edit” tab 6. Go to the part of the record that needs editing and, once done, “Save” the data. Point to remember · AGRIS is the International bibliographic Information System for the AGRicultural sciences and technology. It became operational in 1975 and since then AGRIS has accumulated a database of more than 2.8 million bibliographic references (in August 1998). AGRIS is managed centrally by the 

WAICENT/FAOINFO Dissemination Management Branch of the Library and Documentation Systems Division (GIL) of FAO. · · AGRIS is a cooperative system in which participating countries input references to the literature/documents produced within their boundaries and, in return, draw on the information provided by the other participants. The bibliographic references forwarded by participating countries are collected and processed in the AGRIS Processing Unit Vienna, which is hosted by the Division of Scientific and Technical Information of the IAEA. · · The International Information System for the Agricultural Science and Technology (AGRIS) Database is a cooperative system for collecting and disseminating information on the world's agricultural literature in which over 100 national and multinational centers take part. References to citation for U.S. publications given coverage in the AGRICOLA Database are not included in AGRIS. 

A large number of citations in AGRIS are not found in any other database. Reference to non-conventional literature; i.e., documents not commercially available, contain a note where a copy may be obtained. · · Anyone needing access to information pertaining to agriculture should use AGRIS to find citations to agricultural information from around the world. Much of this information includes government documents, technical reports and non-conventional literature that have their source in both developed and developing countries and that can be found nowhere else. · The Database is available through DIALOG who has a lease agreement with NTIS. ·

 The AGRIMetamaker is a web form that allows to enter, review, save and submit bibliographic references to the AGRIS Secretariat. · You can easily create metadata in a few easy steps and you can save these references in your computer, for your future re-use and to be submitted to AGRIS for their indexing. · If the citations of your journal is either already indexed in some Serivce Providers systems, such as DOAJ or Scielo, or are already available in an XML format, you need to contact agris@fao.org. · AGRIS is not a repository of PDF documents. AGRIS is a bibliographic database that index agricultural (and fisheries, forestry, etc.) related references. · · AGRIMetaMaker is a full UTF-8 compliant form. You should use your local character set, which will be maintained both in the Data Entry display and in the export. However, for retrieval purposes, it is recommended to translate this text in the English language. · To use AAM, your browser should be set to the UTF-8 character encoding. We tested with Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome and all these browsers allow to easily change this setting. In Firefox, for example, from the Main Menu, select the View item, then Character Encoding and then choose "Unicode (UTF-8)". · 

AGRIS data providers normally index the bibliographic references using AGROVOC, one of the most used thesauri in the area of agriculture. AGROVOC offers several web services that will allow you to describe easily the resource. The AGRIMetaMaker offers an on-line automatic AGROVOC indexing tool, which allows you to browse and select the required terms to your articles. · AGRIS recommends the inclusion of any information that may be useful when researchers and students search and retrieve information from the AGRIS Portal. And this is surely one of the most important. Web Links · http://aims.fao.org/agriocean-dspace · ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/ag870e/ag870e00.pdf · http://www.ciard.net · http://www.fao.org · http:// arc.sci.eg · http://aims.fao.org/standards/agrovoc/about · https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=1140954226 09999751272.00045c35b3a8c21f34484&t=h&z=2 · 

http://www.fao.org/aims/ag_alpha.jsp · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGRIS · Http://agris.fao.org · http://www.egfar.org/· http://www.cgiar.org/ · http://aims.fao.org/tools/agridrupal · http://aims.fao.org/standards/agrovoc 

Glossary


 · AgriMetaMaker : The AGRIMetamaker is a web form developed using the Drupal CMS, that allows you to generate metadata as easily as possible. One can create new references and enter the information manually in a few minutes. · 

AGRIS Database: The International Information System for the Agricultural Science and Technology (AGRIS) Database is a cooperative system for collecting and disseminating information on the world's agricultural literature in which over 100 national and multinational centers take part. · 

AGRIS FHN CD-ROM : contains information in the domains of Food and Human Nutrition extracted from all AGRIS CD-ROMs. · AGRIS FORESTRY CD-ROM : contains information in the domains of forestry and primary forest products extracted from all AGRIS CD-ROMs. 

· AGRIS repository : Its content includes unique grey literature such as unpublished scientific and technical reports, theses, conference papers, government publications, and more. · 

AGROVOC : AGROVOC is a comprehensive multilingual agriculture thesaurus that was developed with the cooperation of FAO member countries. It is used for indexing data in agricultural information systems and it strives for continuous improvement and updating. · 

OpenAGRIS : OpenAgris is a Web application that aggregates information from different Web sources to expand the 

AGRIS knowledge providing much data as possible about a topic or a bibliographical resource.



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