From:	Pepe, Richard (FIES)
Sent:	12 March 2009 16:12
To:	ASFA-Board-L@mailserv.fao.org
Subject:	Form to communicate Thesaurus amendments to us

Dear ASFA Partners,

Back in July 2008, we distributed an updated version of the ASFA Thesaurus for uploading into the www-ISIS-ASFA software (see Helen's e-mail 0f 8 Jult 2008 below).

However at that time, we did not include a way for you to suggest new terms or point out mistakes in the Thesaurus etc. 
Now, attached is a form that you can use to send us amendments to the Thesaurus. 

The same form as attached is may also be found on the reserved ASFA FTP site:  ftp://ASFA:2go2ASFA@ext-ftp.fao.org/FI/Reserved/ASFA  
But you must drill down to the following list of folders to find it:
Information_Describing_ASFA_including_Guidelines_past_Meeting_Reports  /  ASFIS_Reference_Series_Guidelines_for_data_Input   /  ASFA-Thesaurus_ASFIS_6  	

Regards, 
Richard Pepe 
Fishery Information Officer (Editor-in-Chief ASFA) 
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Fisheries and Aquaculture Department
Fisheries and Aquaculture Economics and Policy Division (FIE)
Fisheries and Aquaculture Information and Statistics Service (FIES)
Via delle Terme di Caracalla
00153, Rome, Italy
 
Telephone:    +(39) 0657051 (operator) Telephone: +(39)  06570 56380(direct) 
Fax number:  +(39) 06570 52476 
E-mail:   richard.pepe@fao.org 
(FAO) http://www.fao.org / (Fisheries Department) http://www.fao.org/fi 
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) http://www.fao.org/fi/asfa/asfa.asp
The address of the reserved ASFA FTP site is:  ftp://ASFA:2go2ASFA@ext-ftp.fao.org/FI/Reserved/ASFA  
(in some cases, your system might ask you for a user name and password, in which case the Username is:  ASFA  and the Password is:  2go2ASFA

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----Original Message----- 
From: Wibley, Helen (FIES) 
Sent: 08 July 2008 14:21 
To: ASFA Board L 
Subject: New ASFA Thesaurus to replace existing one in www-ISIS-ASFA v1.1 software 
Importance: High 

Dear ASFA Partners, 
The ASFA Thesaurus has now been updated with some 200 additional terms. 
Attached to this e-mail you will find: 
•	a zipped attachment called AsfaTh.zip containing the new ASFA Thesaurus files. 
Follow the procedure below to copy the contents of AsfaTh.zip into the www-ISIS-ASFA v1.1 software, so as to replace the existing thesaurus pick-list (files) contained in the Subject Descriptors field. (Note, this same file attachment (AsfaTh.zip) is also available for downloading from the FAO FTP site at ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/FI/Data/FIES/ in the folder called New ASFA Thesaurus picklist ) 
The step-by-step procedure for copying AsfaTh.zip into the www-ISIS-ASFA 1.1 software is listed below: 
1) <Save> the zipped file (AsfaTh.zip) to your hard disk (using the one attached to this e-mail or the one downloaded from the above mentioned FAO FTP site)
2) <Double click> on the AsfaTh.zip file to open it (the WinZip utility will display the 8 files which need to be copied)
3) <Click> on Extract 
4) In the "Extract to" box, type the following location C:\Xitami\webpages\DB\Asfa\Asfath 
5) <Click> on Extract. The 8 files that you are extracting to the location C:\Xitami\webpages\DB\Asfa\AsfaTh have the same name as the 8 existing files which you want to replace, therefore you will be presented with a Windows "Confirm file overwrite" message saying: "This folder already contains this file". 
6) <Click> on the option Yes to all 
Note that the location of the databases may be different depending on which drive the software was installed. Therefore, should you have a problem in finding the exact location of the AsfaTh folder, the easiest solution will be to search for the ASFATH.MST file using "Windows Search for Files or Folders" option. 
For your information: the 200 new terms added to the ASFA Thesaurus are listed in the attached text file called AsfaThesNewTerms.txt. A printed version of the revised ASFA Thesaurus will eventually be issued and then mailed to you in due course.
Should you have any difficulties or need further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me. 
Best regards, 
Helen Wibley 
Fishery Information Officer 
Fishery and Aquaculture Information and Statistics Service (FIES) ASFA 
Fisheries and Aquaculture Economics and Policy Division 
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 
Via delle Terme di Caracalla 
I-00153 Rome 
Telephone: +(39) (06) 57056133 
E-Mail: Helen.Wibley@fao.org