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ATO in AOS. Floor Verdenius Agrotechnological Research Institute (ATO) www.ato.wag-ur.nl BU Agro-Industrial Production Chains f.verdenius@ato.wag-ur.nl. ATO in AOS. Introduction of ATO. ATO : Part of Wageningen University & Research center Focus : Applied postharvest research
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ATO in AOS Floor Verdenius Agrotechnological Research Institute (ATO) www.ato.wag-ur.nl BU Agro-Industrial Production Chains f.verdenius@ato.wag-ur.nl
Introduction of ATO • ATO: Part of Wageningen University & Research center • Focus: Applied postharvest research • Key activities: • Agro- and Industrial Production Chains • Food and Food Processing • Renewable Resources • Staff size: 350 • Financial sources: 15% structural, 85% project-based • Annual turnover: € 25 M
Background • Involvement in Knowledge Acquisition: • CommonKADS: Methodology for knowledge acquisition • Ontoknowledge: Thematic network on Ontology Research • MLNet: Network of Excellence on Machine Learning • Knowledge Acquisition & Ontology Projects: • A/OL: Antimicrobials On Line • ADDA: PDI/Data Dictionary on Crop Data and Experimental Design • Tracing & Tracking Ontology
Expertise • Ontology definition and building • System implementation and testing, XML expertise • Applied expertise on • Postharvest product life • Supply Chain management, Tracking & Tracing • Product Quality Development • Food Safety
Resources • Access to ontological and system partners • Direct links: VU/UVA • Contacts: RIVM, TNO, Software companies • Access to domain partners • Direct links: WUR, WCFS • Contacts: RIVM, LNV, NIZO, TNO, European and international organizations • Access to Industrial AOS users • Processing • Distribution • Retail
Contribution ATO can contribute to tasks: • 2. KOSs: full participation • 3. Standards: full participation • 4. Vocabulary & Relationships: full participation • 6. Tools: especially development of task-specific tools for support of industrial application • 7. User Testing: Pilot projects in industry