Latest News
5th Workshop on Semantic Web Applications and Perspectives (December 2008)
Italy. 15-12-2008 / 16-7-2008
The Semantic Web is currently one of the most interesting and ambitious challenges that the scientific and technological community is facing.
Italy. 15-12-2008 / 16-7-2008
The Semantic Web is currently one of the most interesting and ambitious challenges that the scientific and technological community is facing.
Workshop on Learning Technology Standards for Agriculture and Rural Development (AgroLT 2008), September 19, 2008
Greece. 19-9-2008 / 19-9-2008
In the field of agricultural education, specifications and standards produced in the area of agricultural learning technologies have not yet been widely adopted and implemented.
Greece. 19-9-2008 / 19-9-2008
In the field of agricultural education, specifications and standards produced in the area of agricultural learning technologies have not yet been widely adopted and implemented.
FAO/ICT-KM Knowledge Workshop on Knowledge Sharing
Italy. 8-9-2008 / 4-8-2008
With the successful completion of the Knowledge Workshop earlier this year, we are happy to announce a new opportunity to learn and exchange knowledge sharing techniques.
Italy. 8-9-2008 / 4-8-2008
With the successful completion of the Knowledge Workshop earlier this year, we are happy to announce a new opportunity to learn and exchange knowledge sharing techniques.
Special Session of the Agricultural Ontology Service Initiative
Japan. 26-8-2008 / 26-8-2008
A "Special Session of the Agricultural Ontology Service Initiative: semantic problems and semantic solutions in agricultural knowledge and information products" will take place as part of the IAALD-AFITA-WCCA Conference. The aim of this session is to showcase practical applications of semantic tools. The contributions will be of specific relation and relevance to agriculture and related subject areas and are not expected to be generic papers about semantic tools.
Japan. 26-8-2008 / 26-8-2008
A "Special Session of the Agricultural Ontology Service Initiative: semantic problems and semantic solutions in agricultural knowledge and information products" will take place as part of the IAALD-AFITA-WCCA Conference. The aim of this session is to showcase practical applications of semantic tools. The contributions will be of specific relation and relevance to agriculture and related subject areas and are not expected to be generic papers about semantic tools.
FAO launches a project to upgrade its Country Profiles Mapping Information System
Japan. 22-8-2008 / 22-8-2008
In May 2008, FAO approved a project that will provide an upgrade to the FAO Country Profiles Mapping Information System (FCPMIS) launched in 2002.
Japan. 22-8-2008 / 22-8-2008
In May 2008, FAO approved a project that will provide an upgrade to the FAO Country Profiles Mapping Information System (FCPMIS) launched in 2002.
[New Publication] Sharing agricultural events information: When and where is that workshop?
Japan. 6-8-2008 / 6-8-2008
In the last few years a strong need has emerged for a standard way to interchange various types of information, such as on organizations, projects, experts, events and news, in the agricultural community.
Japan. 6-8-2008 / 6-8-2008
In the last few years a strong need has emerged for a standard way to interchange various types of information, such as on organizations, projects, experts, events and news, in the agricultural community.
[New publication] Towards a harmonization of metadata application profiles for agricultural learning repositories
Japan. 6-8-2008 / 20-8-2008
Metadata interoperability allows the exchange and preservation of crucial learning and teaching information, as well as its future reuse among a large number of different systems and repositories.
Japan. 6-8-2008 / 20-8-2008
Metadata interoperability allows the exchange and preservation of crucial learning and teaching information, as well as its future reuse among a large number of different systems and repositories.
[New publication] The AGROVOC Concept Server Workbench: A collaborative tool for managing multilingual knowledge
Japan. 25-7-2008 / 25-7-2008
Ontology plays an important role in the enhancement performance of systems, addressing issues such as knowledge sharing, knowledge aggregation as well as information retrieval and question answering.
Japan. 25-7-2008 / 25-7-2008
Ontology plays an important role in the enhancement performance of systems, addressing issues such as knowledge sharing, knowledge aggregation as well as information retrieval and question answering.
First Call For Papers - SWAP 2008
Japan. 16-7-2008 / 16-7-2008
5th Workshop on Semantic Web Applications and Perspectives FAO-UN, Rome, Italy (15-17 December 2008) The Semantic Web is currently one of the most interesting and ambitious challenges that the scientific and technological community is facing.
Japan. 16-7-2008 / 16-7-2008
5th Workshop on Semantic Web Applications and Perspectives FAO-UN, Rome, Italy (15-17 December 2008) The Semantic Web is currently one of the most interesting and ambitious challenges that the scientific and technological community is facing.
[New publication] The AGROVOC concept server: rationale, goals and usage
Japan. 8-7-2008 / 8-7-2008
The main objective of the AGROVOC Concept Server (CS)is to create a collaborative reference platform and a one-stop shop for a pool of commonly used concepts related to agriculture, containing terms, definitions and relationships between terms in multiple languages derived from various sources. This paper aims to address the issues.
Japan. 8-7-2008 / 8-7-2008
The main objective of the AGROVOC Concept Server (CS)is to create a collaborative reference platform and a one-stop shop for a pool of commonly used concepts related to agriculture, containing terms, definitions and relationships between terms in multiple languages derived from various sources. This paper aims to address the issues.