AGMES (Agricultural Metadata Element Set Initiative)

AGMES is the metadata standard developed by FAO for the description and discovery of agricultural information resources. The overall objective of AGMES is to define an interoperability layer using emerging standards that aim to facilitate the efficient dissemination of agricultural content.

The initiative, which is based on the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI), encompasses issues concerning semantic standards in the domain of agriculture and other related areas, with respect to description, resource discovery, interoperability and data exchange for different types of information resources.

Please visit the AGMES page for further information.

AGMES Workshop Reports

• Information Management Standards for Electronic Publishing in Agriculture, Practical Workshop, Brussels, November 2000.