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Open Source SoftwareMeta-data and Taxonomy
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Open Source SoftwareMeta-data and Taxonomy
Case Study: AgNIC
AgNIC – The Organization
AgNIC – The Service
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Objectives for the New AgNIC
Key Requirements for New AgNIC
View From 10,000 Feet
View from 5,000 Feet
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Open Source Software
Open Source Examples
Open Source – Is it any good?
Open Source – Is it free?
For more on Open Source
Meta-data
What is it #1?
What is it #2?
Example
Types
Web Problems up to now:
Web Solutions:
Meta-data review
Meta-data Standards
Directory Interchange Format (DIF)
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
Dublin Core
Encoding Archival Description (EAD)
Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC )
Government Information Locator Service (GILS)
Internet Anonymous FTP Archive (IAFA/WHOIS++ Templates)
Instructional Management System (IMS)
Machine Readable Catalogue Format (MARC )
Open Archives Metadata Set (OAMS)
Platform for Internet Content Selection (PICS)
Summary Object Interchange Format (SOIF)
Text Encoding Initiative (TEI)
Commonalties
Handle System
The Resource Description Framework (RDF)
RDF
RDF
Suggestions:
Taxonomy
Major Points Today
Information Retrieval Problems
Information Retrieval Problems
What is a controlled vocabulary?
Controlled Vocabularies
NISO Z39.19 Thesaurus
Thesaurus example
Thesaurus Example
Thesaurus enables “Smart Searching”
“Smart Searching”
“Smart Searching”
Agricultural Classification Prototype
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