1. Johannes Keizer Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN Library and Documentation Systems Division Slide 1 New Agris Data-Flows and the role of the Nordic Agricultural Libraries 21-04-2002

2. Johannes Keizer Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN Library and Documentation Systems Division Slide 2 New Agris Data-Flows and the role of the Nordic Agricultural Libraries 21-04-2002 The figures 1996199719981999200020012002 Denmark12133102264816542877912518 Norway81880751623799273135 Sweden24562856184097836400 Finland130277170129000

3. Johannes Keizer Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN Library and Documentation Systems Division Slide 3 New Agris Data-Flows and the role of the Nordic Agricultural Libraries 21-04-2002 AGRIS: the rational for participation

4. Johannes Keizer Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN Library and Documentation Systems Division Slide 4 New Agris Data-Flows and the role of the Nordic Agricultural Libraries 21-04-2002 links AGRIS Data Flow Now AGRIS Input Managing System (AIMS) BASIS Web DB AGRIS Archive ISO Exchan ge AGRIS Archive ISO Exchan ge Silverplatter CDs FAO-AGRIS CDs AGRIS centres and partners OA ISO2709 Tag Text Others links OA

5. Johannes Keizer Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN Library and Documentation Systems Division Slide 5 New Agris Data-Flows and the role of the Nordic Agricultural Libraries 21-04-2002 The known and obvious disadvantages There is no feasible management of links to the full text in the central AGRIS database The existing AGRIS standards are not considering adequately the requirements of electronic publishing The existing AGRIS standards are not defined well generally, but too much linked to specific technologies (AGRIN) In consequence AGRIS is often not integrated to the local systems, but an “Extra”, that created also additional work

6. Johannes Keizer Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN Library and Documentation Systems Division Slide 6 New Agris Data-Flows and the role of the Nordic Agricultural Libraries 21-04-2002 Specific Issues of Participation Denmark Delivery in AGRIN30 (integrated into general workflow ?) Norway Delivery in AGRIN30 (integrated into general workflow ?) Sweden Delivery in tag/text format (integrated into general workflow ?) Finland What do you think about AGRIS?

7. Johannes Keizer Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN Library and Documentation Systems Division Slide 7 New Agris Data-Flows and the role of the Nordic Agricultural Libraries 21-04-2002 The New AGRIS application profile The AGRIS Metadataset and the AGRIS cataloguing rules are under revision We are preparing an DC/AGMES based application profile The task is much more demanding than initially thought (we promised it for April, but we are not able to deliver) We cannot copy DC, OAHP or something else A draft will be available for end of May, we want to get this endorsed at COAIM

8. Johannes Keizer Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN Library and Documentation Systems Division Slide 8 New Agris Data-Flows and the role of the Nordic Agricultural Libraries 21-04-2002 Web Services Ontologies AGRIS XML/RDF Metadata Repository AGRIS Applicatation Profile Wrappers offline AGRIS Products OA Web – Subject gateways AGRIS data access outline Distributed Open Archives Distributed Metadata Repositories OA AGRIS – Data Flow - vision

9. Johannes Keizer Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN Library and Documentation Systems Division Slide 9 New Agris Data-Flows and the role of the Nordic Agricultural Libraries 21-04-2002 Transition Period in 2002 Thorough discussion of the new application profile in the AGStandards list Stop of any doubling in data input, that is done specifically for AGRIS Continuation of output from your systems using the Swedish tag/text format, if this can be done without considerable investment Preparation of data exporting/harvesting protocols using the new specifications Improved links from the AGRIS website to the resources in the your libraries