1. Session: Ontology/Metadata Applications 8 th AOS Workshop - Rome, 21-22 Sept. 2007 January 14, 20161 Agricultural Organizations Registry  Information on organizations: the present situation  The distributed approach  The Registry  Demo of the Metamaker  Open issues Valeria Pesce, Gauri Salokhe

2. 8 th AOS Workshop, 21-22 September 2007 – Metadata applications Agricultural Organizations Registry January 14, 2016 2 The present situation Submits data to 3 info systems Submits data only to 2 systems Organization 1 DB Organization 2 Thematic info system DB Regional info system DB National thematic info system NALT Agrovoc Special classification Data entry Will we be visible in all info systems? Where do I find organizations dealing with post- harvest in South Africa?

3. 8 th AOS Workshop, 21-22 September 2007 – Metadata applications Agricultural Organizations Registry January 14, 2016 3 Organizations are the owners of their own data Each organization should describe itself  Each organization stores its own XML description on its server (quality information) Information systems only harvest the distributed descriptions and concentrate on services  Problems related to maintenance are minimized The distributed approach Data Info system

4. 8 th AOS Workshop, 21-22 September 2007 – Metadata applications Agricultural Organizations Registry January 14, 2016 4 The Organizations Application Profile organization-specific metadata set schemes for country names and widely used ontologies fixed list of terms for organization types support for relations and unique identifiers  Controlled language helps integration  The metadata set supports the distributed architecture The metadata set

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6. 8 th AOS Workshop, 21-22 September 2007 – Metadata applications Agricultural Organizations Registry January 14, 2016 6 The workflow Registry 1. Registers URL Gateway Provider Hosting Server Web Form Text 1. Creates Metadata 2. Registers URL Organization 3 - Can’t create a compliant metadata record - Doesn’t have a web server Organization 1 - Can create a compliant metadata record - Has a web server Web Server 2. Saves and takes URL 1. Creates Metadata 3. Registers URL Organization 2 - Can’t create a compliant metadata record - Has a web server Web Server Service providers

7. 8 th AOS Workshop, 21-22 September 2007 – Metadata applications Agricultural Organizations Registry January 14, 2016 7 Through a simple web application / web service, URLs would be appended/updated to the central Registry File. The data in the Registry would be stored in XML/RDF format, so as to allow ease of access and reuse The Registry FAO-ITA-ROM-12140 http://www.fao.org/agorganization.xml GFAR-ITA-ROM-42981 http://www.egfar.org/public/agorganization.xml

8. 8 th AOS Workshop, 21-22 September 2007 – Metadata applications Agricultural Organizations Registry January 14, 2016 8 The metamaker DemoDemo of the Organizations AP Metamaker

9. 8 th AOS Workshop, 21-22 September 2007 – Metadata applications Agricultural Organizations Registry January 14, 2016 9 Other Use Cases Integration with other information types - Responsible Organization - Funding Organization Project database Bibliographic database Expert database - Organization - Corporate Author - Publisher Registry file DB XML

10. 8 th AOS Workshop, 21-22 September 2007 – Metadata applications Agricultural Organizations Registry January 14, 2016 10 Open Issues  Unique Identifier  Relations  Submitting Organization? (for gateways)

11. Session: Ontology/Metadata Applications 8 th AOS Workshop - Rome, 21-22 Sept. 2007 January 14, 201611 Agricultural Organizations Registry Thank you.... Valeria Pesce, Gauri Salokhe Irene Onyancha (FAO) Johannes Keizer (FAO) Ajit Maru (GFAR) Joost Lieshout (WIS Int.)