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Proposing elements, refinements and schemes for AgMES
The AgMES (Agricultural Metadata Element set) initiative aims to encompass issues of semantic standards in the domain of agriculture with respect to description, resource discovery, interoperability and data exchange for different types of information resources. AgMES will act as an umbrella under which new elements/refinements that are deemed necessary and are used for different resources (Document like Information Objects or DLIOs, projects, fishing gear presentations, images, technologies, practices, maps etc.) in all areas relevant to food production, nutrition and rural development. Semantic elements that are established here will be well documented, regularly maintained, and made available for re-use.
The following criteria are offered as guidelines for developing a proposal. The document should be completed and sent to the AgMES working group for consideration.
Element/Refinement Proposal Request[MSWord] [PDF]
Scheme addition Proposal Request [MSWord] [PDF]
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Draft RDF Schema for the AgMES Namespace (ags). This schema is based on the draft version of AgMES for Document-like information objects (cited below).
Namespace Document
Agricultural Metadata Element Set (AGMES)
Namespace Documentation for "Document-like Information Objects"
Version: 1.1, February, 2003 [MSWord] [PDF] [Html]
AgMES Elements Browseable document enlisting the endorsed AgMes elements, their refinements and schemes.
19 November 2003
AgMES Elements - tabular form View elements at a glance and print out table.
21 November 2003
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Application Profiles using AgMES
AGRIS:Guidelines for the Description of Information Objects in the International Information System on Agricultural Sciences and Technology
July 2005 [HTML] [PDF]
July 2005 [XML DTD] [XML Sample File]
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The Fisheries Metadata Element Set is a proposed standard for the encoding of structured documents within the domain of fisheries research and policy. [Website]