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December 15 th 2008. Jeetendra Singh & Agropedia Team IIT Kanpur http://www.agropedia.net. The agropedia indica. Outline. What is Agropedia Indica ? What are Knowledge Models and what for? Knowledge Models in Agropedia Indica? Agropedia Indica services !.
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December 15th 2008 Jeetendra Singh & Agropedia Team IIT Kanpur http://www.agropedia.net The agropediaindica
Outline • What is Agropedia Indica ? • What are Knowledge Models and what for? • Knowledge Models in Agropedia Indica? • Agropedia Indica services ! Agropedia IIT Kanpur
What is Agropedia Indica? Knowledge Repository on AgricultureOf universal knowledge modelsAnd localized contentFor a variety of usersWith appropriate interfacesBuilt in collaborative modeIn multiple languages Agropedia IIT Kanpur
What does it have? • Encyclopedic Content on agriculture • Agriculture Knowledge models • Multiple user interfaces • Processes for • generation of knowledge models • Content aggregation • Building agri knowledge societies Agropedia IIT Kanpur
Major Issues in building the Agropedia • Knowledge models • Content • UI technologies • Process Agropedia IIT Kanpur
Knowledge Models • A knowledge model is a function of its use • For the same domain one needs multiple models depending on the use/user • All such models need to consistent and coherent • Research needed to identify these different models and BUILD them • Tagging related Agropedia IIT Kanpur
Content • We are dealing with Digital Information Objects, Document Like Information Objects • In all media types – text, image, video, audio • Mutiple content types – Q/A, Demo/Tutorial, Scientific Paper, Documentary, Whitepaper • In multiple encoding formats - .txt, .pdf, .doc, .html, .mp3…. • Multiple channels • Sponsored, Mined, Co-created, External sources • Tagging related • Format Standards Agropedia IIT Kanpur
Access Methods • Agropedia content can support multiple channels • Each will have its own domain/datamodel and UI/API • For example • Q/A system • Browser for the Agri student/scientists • Village Level Worker • Call center Operator • End user/Farmer • Content push for subscribers • Web services Agropedia IIT Kanpur
Process • Very important part of the project • Multiple aspects • Content building • Content delivery • Collaboration • Small interest groups and their architecture Agropedia IIT Kanpur
Data: numbers, words, images symbols as measurements or observations of a set of variables. • Information: data that are processed to be useful. Contextualized data. Information includes human participation in the organization of raw data. • Knowledge: (Oxford Dictionary) “expertise, and skills acquired by a person through experience or education”. Involve expressing, sharing, processing. Intuitions! Confident understanding of a subject with the ability to use it for a specific purpose if appropriate. Before we start… (1/3) Agropedia IIT Kanpur
DATA INFORMATION Before we start.. (2/3) 105.7 white KNOWLEDGE If I want to cook an Idli, I need to use a white Short-Grainrice such as RambhogRice. Agropedia IIT Kanpur
Before we start… (3/3) • Knowledge • Explicit knowledge: Explicit knowledge is knowledge that has been or can be articulated, codified, and stored in certain media (@Wikipedia) • Tacit knowledge: resides in one’s mind! Agropedia IIT Kanpur
Knowledge Management K from Peoples! • The process for: • creating / gathering / capturing / storing • analysing / applying / reusing / sharing knowledge, and make it available. • It involves: • design / review / implementation • of both social and technological processes; K for Computers! K for Better services! Agropedia IIT Kanpur
Knowledge Modeling is white Create knowledge models NB: it requires tools and guidelines! Agropedia IIT Kanpur
What are Knowledge Models (or Knowledge Maps) ? • Formal representation of the knowledge. • Can be expressed in many ways (tables, drawings, formal languages). • They exist in different types. • Should address a specific problem. • In one or multiple languages. Agropedia IIT Kanpur
Rice is a (type of) RambhogRice Instance Link / Relationship RambhogRice RambhogRice is a type of Rice Some definitions Concept Attributes RambhogRice • color • size • trade name • hasDaysOfApplicationAfterSowing • hasDaysOfApplicationBeforeSowing hasColor white Agropedia IIT Kanpur
Taxonomy Map (are) Agropedia IIT Kanpur
Partitivity Map (hasPartor isPartOf) Agropedia IIT Kanpur
Attribute Map (hasAttributeor hasValue) Agropedia IIT Kanpur
Process Map (usesProcess) Agropedia IIT Kanpur
Concept Map or Knowledge Model Agropedia IIT Kanpur
KNOWLEDGE If I want to cook an Idli, I need to use a white Short-Grainrice such as Rambhog Rice. Rambhog rice In our example ... Jasmine hasSize usedToCook hasColor size recipe usedToCook Idli hasInstance hasColor color brown white 2.5mm hasSize Agropedia IIT Kanpur
Knowledge Models in Agropedia Indica • Crop • Rice • Rice pests • Rice diseases • Wheat • Litchi • Sugarcane • Vegetable Pea • Chick pea • Pigeon pea • Ground Nut • Sorghum Agropedia IIT Kanpur
Crop Agropedia IIT Kanpur
Rice cropping system Agropedia IIT Kanpur
Rice field preparation Agropedia IIT Kanpur
Rice post harvest management Agropedia IIT Kanpur
Rice pests Agropedia IIT Kanpur
Rice diseases Agropedia IIT Kanpur
Insecticides Agropedia IIT Kanpur
Agropedia Indica services • Navigate knowledge maps • Concept indexing • Categorizations (blogs, FAQ, etc.) • Multilingual services • Problem - solving • what should I do if my rice is infested by gundhi bug? • where I can find seeds of good quality? • what should I do if rice new leaves start yellowing? Agropedia IIT Kanpur
Visualizations Agropedia IIT Kanpur
Rice Saket-4 this is a document about rice and its pests..... Once the rice ap- pear in the world ..... Mad Cow Disea- se is the commonly used name for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) .... Telegu Kannada Hindi English Recap: What is Agropedia Indica Knowledge Repository on Agriculture Of universal knowledge models And localized content For a variety of users With appropriate interfaces Built in collaborative mode In multiple languages Agropedia IIT Kanpur
Agropedia Portal • Knowledge Models ज्ञान धारा • Library • Do’s & Don’t’s • Crop Calender • Documents (DLIOs) • Image • Video • Audio जन ज्ञान • Interactions • Wiki • Blog • Forum (Q/A) • News Room • About Us • FAQ • Photo Galary • Videos • Contact Us Agropedia IIT Kanpur
What is Agropedia? • www.agropedia.net • Content repository • Contributed content / social (shared) content • Sponsored contents • KMs • Thesis /Journal /Paper • Do’s & Don'ts • Crop Calendar • Knowledge repository Agropedia IIT Kanpur
Content taxonomy • Crop Calendar • Do’s & Don'ts • AgroWiki • Blogs • Forum • News Room • Repository (DLIOs) Agropedia IIT Kanpur
User Interface • Extension Workers / VDOs / Farmers • Scientist /Author / Editor /Students Agropedia IIT Kanpur
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