AGRIS AP

Guidelines for Information Object Description

AGRIS AP Definition

An application profile is a type of metadata schema which consists of data elements drawn from one or more namespaces, combined together for a particular application

AGRIS AP What’s AGRIS AP

A Metadata Standard Common format

For the description, Exchange and retrieval of Agricultural information Resources

Based on:o Dublin Core Elements (DCMES)o Agricultural Metadata Element Set (AgMES)o Australian Gov. Locator Service Metadata Set

AGRIS AP Methodology

Development of a conceptual map of the different types of information resources used in the AGRIS

Evaluation of standards and common resource description practices

AGRIS AP Goals and Objectives

To facilitate interoperability of metadata formats

To facilitate harvesting of data from members

Linking of various types of information

Cross searching facility

AGRIS AP Goals and Objectives

Common search interface for heterogeneous archives, i. e. the AGRIS Multi-host Server

Harvesting of Metadata from other sources

Sharing experience between applications and Standards

AGRIS AP

Methodology Development of a conceptual map of

the different types of information resources used in AGRIS and amend it

Evaluation of standards and common resource description practices

Mapping of currently used elements to the available element pool

studying of implementation results and problems for further enhancements and/or amendments

AGRIS AP

What are the Resources Resources covered by the AGRIS

centres over time are often unavailable nowadays

Electronic publishing is the only gateway to accessibility

These are the unique resources which the AGRIS resource centres can offer

Criteria of Resource selection/ Collection development

AGRIS AP

Usefulness and Availability

Items to be Excluded: short-lived information restricted or confidential material news on local events textbooks for secondary education non-original or repetitive material legislation on local subjects of short

duration

AGRIS AP

Usefulness and Availability

Items to be Included: Preprints of important articles a very short article on original

taxonomic description a case study in veterinary medicine obituaries of outstanding scholars editorials, letters to editors or

material which appears in regular columns

AGRIS AP

Usefulness and Availability

Also include: bibliographic units without creators

(anonymous) opening speeches in meetings,

conferences. Etc literature produced for the

extension worker

AGRIS AP

Essential Definitions Element: a unit of data or metadata

Element Refinement: An element qualifier makes the meaning of an element either narrower or more specific

Encoding Scheme: may either be controlled vocabularies or formal notations

INTRODUCTION TO AGROVOC

CONTROLLED VOCABULARY

THESAURUS

AGROVOC

RELATIONSHIPSCAN BE:

PREFERENTIAL

HIERARCHICAL

ASSOCIATIVE

PREFERENTIAL RELATIONSHIP

phytopathologyUSE PLANT PATHOLOGY

laborUSE LABOUR

genetics USE HEREDITY

USE = use a descriptor instead of a non descriptor

PLANT PATHOLOGYUF phytopathology

LABOURUF labor

HEREDITYUF genetics

UF = used for a non descriptor

HIERARCHICAL RELATIONSHIP

BRASSICA CAMPESTRIS SPECIESBT1 BRASSICA GENUS

BT2 CRUCIFERAE FAMILYBT3 RHOEADALES ORDER

BT4 DICOTYLEDONS CLASS

DICOTYLEDONS CLASSNT1 RHOEADALES ORDER

NT2 CRUCIFERAE FAMILYNT3 BRASSICA GENUSNT4 BRASSICA CAMPESTRIS SPECIES

ASSOCIATIVE RELATIONSHIP

Creative relationNECTAR

RT HONEY Concurrent use relation

TEACHINGRT EDUCATION

MACHINERYRT MECHANIZATION

Cause and effect relationDEFOLIANTS

RT ABSCISSION

Instrumental relation PLOUGHING

RT PLOUGHSPEST CONTROL

RT PESTICIDES

Material relationFIBRE PULP

RT FIBREBOARDSMILK

RT MILK PRODUCTS

RELATIONSHIPSSTRUCTURE

MYCOSES

Fungal diseases

DERMATOMYCOSES

DISEASES

FUNGI

USEUF

RTRT

NT

BT

BT

NT

WORD BLOCKS

EXAMPLE

BULLOCKS Descriptor entry term(Castrated bulls) (scope note)

UF ox Non-descriptors for whichUF oxen BULLOCKS should be usedUF steers

BT CATTLE Broader or more generic termsBT working animals

RT BULLS Term related to BULLOCKS

TYPE OF TERMTYPESPECIFIC

TERMGENERIC TERM

MaterialALANINEAMINO ACIDS

Property, Condition, character

SIZEDIMENTIONS

Equipment, object, organism

APPLESTRACTORS

Part of the bodyBRAINLEGS

Class of useADHESIVESFERTILIZERS

TYPE OF TERM

TYPESPECIFIC TERM

GENERIC TERM

ProcessAERATIONMANAGEMENT

Proper or unique name

CANADAMOON

Discipline or subject area

AGRICULTURECHEMISTRY

Event, occurrenceEARTHQUACESFOREST FIRES