[Sigdl-l] NISO/DCMI Webinar: Implementing Linked Data in Developing Countries and Low-Resource Conditions

[Cynthia Hodgson]

Join the National Information Standards Organization and the Dublin Core
Metadata Initiative for the next event in their joint webinar series for
2013.

Webinar: Implementing Linked Data in Developing Countries and Low-Resource
Conditions

Date: September 25, 2013

Time: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. (Eastern time)

Event webpage: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2013/dcmi/developing

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ABOUT THE WEBINAR

Open data is a crucial prerequisite for inventing and disseminating the
innovative practices needed for agricultural development. To be usable, data
must not just be open in principle-i.e., covered by licenses that allow
re-use. Data must also be published in a technical form that allows it to be
integrated into a wide range of applications. The webinar will be of
interest to any institution seeking ways to publish and curate data in the
Linked Data cloud.

This webinar describes the technical solutions adopted by a widely diverse
global network of agricultural research institutes for publishing research
results. The talk focuses on AGRIS, a central and widely-used resource
linking agricultural datasets for easy consumption, and AgriDrupal, an
adaptation of the popular, open-source content management system Drupal
optimized for producing and consuming linked datasets.

Agricultural research institutes in developing countries share many of the
constraints faced by libraries and other documentation centers, and not just
in developing countries: institutions are expected to expose their
information on the Web in a re-usable form with shoestring budgets and with
technical staff working in local languages and continually lured by
higher-paying work in the private sector. Technical solutions must be easy
to adopt and freely available.

SPEAKERS

Johannes Keizer has worked for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the
UN since 1998, primarily as head of the FAO documentation group. The
bibliographic database AGRIS and the multilingual concept scheme AGROVOC
were completely remodeled under his leadership. In the Office of Knowledge
Exchange, Research and Extensions, he heads a staff of 20-the AIMS
(Agricultural Information Management Standards and Services) team-which
provides standards, tools, and advice for FAO stakeholders. The AIMS Team
provides the technical backbone for the global Coherence in Information for
Agricultural Research for Development (CIARD) Initiative. Through EC
framework projects such as NeON, D2Science, and agINFRA, the AIMS Team has
channeled the results of innovative European research into the international
work of FAO to combat hunger and poverty in the world.

Caterina Caracciolo is senior information specialist at the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). After working at the
National Council of Research (CNR) in Pisa, she joined FAO in 2006. Since
then, she has worked on various aspects related to information management
and sharing, with special focus on metadata. She is currently involved in
the SemaGrow project and part of the AGROVOC management team at FAO. She
holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Amsterdam.

REGISTRATION

Registration is per site (access for one computer) and closes at 12:00 pm
Eastern on September 25, 2013 (the day of the webinar). Discounts are
available for NISO and DCMI members and students.

Can't make it on the webinar date/time? Register now and gain access to the
recorded archive for one year.

Visit the event webpage to register and for more information:
http://www.niso.org/news/events/2013/dcmi/developing

 

 

Cynthia Hodgson

Technical Editor / Consultant

National Information Standards Organization

chodgson at niso.org

301-654-2512

 

 

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