30/01/2012
The new FAO Open Archive (FAO OA) is a digital repository that will manage all official FAO publications, integrating both cataloguing and electronic publishing workflows. It will replace the existing Electronic Information Management System (EIMS) and Corporate Document Repository (CDR) that have been in place now for over 10 years.
As the final release date approaches, OEK has prepared a release plan to update FAO Departments on the upcoming changes. Also included in this schedule are the following FAO OA related projects:
- re-engineering EIMS to support the FAO OA electronic publishing workflow
- creating a specialized search for all FAO official documents
- implementing a digital preservation strategy for FAO publications
Regarding the implementation of a digital preservation strategy, OEK organised a workshop on this topic at the end of May 2011. Full presentations from this event are downloadable from the Web site: http://www.fao.org/oek/jhove2/presentations/en/.
The FAO OA implementation and release dates of related activities are described below.
1. New specialised search for official FAO documents (meeting documents)
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Foreseen release date
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Release of the Official Documents Online search interface
(Meeting documents search functionalities)
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Released: 30/11/2011
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Release of the FAO OA search Internal Beta
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Released: 05/08/2011
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2. New Electronic Publishing Module (EPM) and compatibility layer
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Foreseen release date
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Design and testing of the EPM for Scientific Journal Articles
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15/04/2012
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Release of the Electronic Publishing Module for Scientific Journal Articles
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15/04/2012
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Testing of the Electronic Publishing Module for OEKM
(new EIMS - Waicent)
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Released: 30/08/2011
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Testing of the Electronic Publishing Module for Fisheries Department (new EIMS - FI, KOR)
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30/01/2011 - 28/02/2012
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Testing of the Electronic Publishing Module for Agriculture Department (new EIMS - AG, EMPRES)
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28/02/2012 - 30/03/2012
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Testing of the Electronic Publishing Module for Forestry Department
(new EIMS - FO)
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15/03/2012 - 15/04/2012
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Testing of the Electronic Publishing Module for Economic and Social Department (new EIMS - ES, CGIAR)
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30/03/2011 - 30/04/2012
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Release of Thin API for CMS
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30/03/2012
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Release of read API replicating the existing EIMS-CDR API
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29/03/2012
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Release of FAO OA read API
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30/03/2012
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Release of OAI-PMH interface
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29/03/2012
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Testing of the Electronic Publishing Module for Natural Resources Department (new EIMS - NR)
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15/04/2012 - 15/05/2012
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Testing of the Electronic Publishing Module for Technical Cooperation (new EIMS - TC, OED)
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30/04/2012 - 30/05/2012
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Testing of the Electronic Publishing Module for OEK (new EIMS - OEK, Capacity Building, GFAR, Regional Offices) search interfaces
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30/04/2012 - 30/05/2012
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Release of the Electronic Publishing Module
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30/06/2012
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Release of the new FAO OA Guide (replacing the CDR Guide)
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30/06/2012
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3. Digital preservation strategy for the FAO OA
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Foreseen release date
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Digital Preservation and Jhove2 Next-Generation Characterization, FAO Headquarters
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Released: 23-27/05/2011
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Definition of a Digital preservation plan for the Open Archive
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30/03/2012
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Installation of JHOVE2
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Released: 30/05/2011
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Assessment of FAO OA digital objects (using FITS and Jhove)
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Released: 05/03/2012
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Release of a FAO OA Digital Preservation problem statement.
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Released: 11/10/2011
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Please note that these release dates are our current best estimates. For more information please contact OEKM.
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