BIOME AgriFor / Natural Selection Advisory Group 2 nd July 2001 BIOME AgriFor / Natural Selection Advisory Group 2 nd July 2001
BIOME BIOME Updates Content provision Natural Selection ~2277 AgriFor ~1557 VetGate ~1129 BioResearch ~1193 OMNI ~4848 NMAP ~784 Content provision Natural Selection ~2277 AgriFor ~1557 VetGate ~1129 BioResearch ~1193 OMNI ~4848 NMAP ~784
BIOME Updates: Feedback BIOME launch & providers day Feedback from launch & BIOME providers workshop fed into the development of 3 action plans: IT Plan Marketing Plan Cataloguing Plan BIOME launch & providers day Feedback from launch & BIOME providers workshop fed into the development of 3 action plans: IT Plan Marketing Plan Cataloguing Plan
BIOME Updates E-BioSci & BIOME European response to PubMed Central BIOME and EDINA bid to provide cross-searching and the delivery of BIOME data to the E-BioSci life science Internet portal Led by EMBO and EBI Bid was successfully funded – now at the contract negotiation stage E-BioSci & BIOME European response to PubMed Central BIOME and EDINA bid to provide cross-searching and the delivery of BIOME data to the E-BioSci life science Internet portal Led by EMBO and EBI Bid was successfully funded – now at the contract negotiation stage
BIOME Updates: Virtual Training Suite Virtual Training Suite Launch May 8 th “Virtual launch” at 6 venues across the UK – London, Bristol, Edinburgh, Nottingham, Manchester and Leeds Launch of BIOME authored tutorials, including Internet for Nature and Internet for Agriculture, Food and Forestry Lunchtime tea, cakes and champagne Audio link up Virtual Training Suite Launch May 8 th “Virtual launch” at 6 venues across the UK – London, Bristol, Edinburgh, Nottingham, Manchester and Leeds Launch of BIOME authored tutorials, including Internet for Nature and Internet for Agriculture, Food and Forestry Lunchtime tea, cakes and champagne Audio link up
BIOME VTS for Agriculture, Food and Forestry
BIOME Updates: METLA METLA BIOME is working in collaboration with the Global Forestry Information Service (GFIS) METLA signed up as TIP Long term plan is for BIOME to be a regional node of GFIS METLA BIOME is working in collaboration with the Global Forestry Information Service (GFIS) METLA signed up as TIP Long term plan is for BIOME to be a regional node of GFIS
BIOME Updates: Schemas MEDCertain Potential collaborating partners in testing metadata schemas US metadata bid Bid was resubmitted to the US National Library of Medicine in February this year, on “Metadata for a global distributed knowledgebase” Brussels workshop June – “Workshop on quality criteria for health related websites” MEDCertain Potential collaborating partners in testing metadata schemas US metadata bid Bid was resubmitted to the US National Library of Medicine in February this year, on “Metadata for a global distributed knowledgebase” Brussels workshop June – “Workshop on quality criteria for health related websites”
BIOME Updates: Natural Selection FENSCORE Federation for Natural Sciences Collections Research National database of natural science collections Potential cross searching with Natural Selection Their Z39.50 server is currently broken BIOSIS Meeting to discuss possible use of thesaurus and further collaborations Cross searching as part of the portals initiative FENSCORE Federation for Natural Sciences Collections Research National database of natural science collections Potential cross searching with Natural Selection Their Z39.50 server is currently broken BIOSIS Meeting to discuss possible use of thesaurus and further collaborations Cross searching as part of the portals initiative
BIOME Updates: portalisation Portalisation Part 1 – research phase to end October 2001 Part 2 – implementation phase to start Nov 2001 Aim to be cross-searching an external data source by the end of next year Potential targets include EDINA BIOSIS, MEDLINE, CAB Abstracts Portalisation Part 1 – research phase to end October 2001 Part 2 – implementation phase to start Nov 2001 Aim to be cross-searching an external data source by the end of next year Potential targets include EDINA BIOSIS, MEDLINE, CAB Abstracts
BIOME SAD
BIOME Subject Portals Development Project
BIOME Updates: Technical Z39.50 BIOME now has a supported Z39.50 service in line with the RDN’s plans New interface Plans for revised interface in 2002, possibly following SOSIG (Yahoo-style) pattern. Eases ‘sub-gateway’ provision and provides common RDN house style Dewey Cross-searching beyond BIOME dependent on Dewey; Renardus project investigating problems Z39.50 BIOME now has a supported Z39.50 service in line with the RDN’s plans New interface Plans for revised interface in 2002, possibly following SOSIG (Yahoo-style) pattern. Eases ‘sub-gateway’ provision and provides common RDN house style Dewey Cross-searching beyond BIOME dependent on Dewey; Renardus project investigating problems
BIOME Current BIOME Interface
BIOME New RDN interface
BIOME RDN-Include
BIOME Current SOSIG interface
BIOME SOSIG second level
BIOME SOSIG results presentation
BIOME BIOME browse structure
BIOME Updates: Stats
BIOME Updates: Stats