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AGROVOC WB. AGRIS workshop Caterina Caracciolo, FAO Roma. Roma, December 16, 2010. AGROVOC WB. v 1.0 (06.2010) Release , read and write Also a read-only version Currently development version demo version with login v 1.1 Spring 2010. Workbench v1.0. Release , with login
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AGROVOC WB AGRIS workshop Caterina Caracciolo, FAO Roma Roma, December 16, 2010
AGROVOC WB • v 1.0 (06.2010) • Release, read and write • Also a read-onlyversion • Currently • developmentversion • demo versionwithlogin • v 1.1 Spring 2010
Workbench v1.0 • Release, withlogin • http://202.73.13.50:55381/agrovocv10i/ • Readonlyversion • http://202.73.13.50:55481/agrovocv10i/
WB under development • Develpment: • http://202.73.13.50:55123/agrovocdevv10i/ • Demo version (sandbox) • http://202.73.13.50:55123/agrovocv10demo/
Code repository and issue tracker • Controlo: ¿Cuál versión están usando? • ?Sugerencias para que la interface y las direcciones sean mas claras? http://code.google.com/p/agrovoc-cs-workbench/
AGROVOC • To standardize terminology used to index documents • Coverage: all areas related to agriculture and good (forestry, fishery, evnrionment etc)
Short history of AGROVOC • Work on AGROVOC started in 1980s (FAO y CEE) • FAO official languages • Over the years… • …more languages have been added... • …and more terms, based on indexingneeds
Latest development of AGROVOC • Over the last few years, much work has been done on its content, structure, and maintenancemechanism • Refinamiento de la estructura • Más idiomas y atención a las variedades entre los idiomas • Desarrollo de herramienta de manejo: de centralizado a manejo distribuido • De papel a la red!
AGROVOC now • Distinctionbetween • Terminologicallevel – terms • Conceptuallevel • Operationaldefinitionof a concept = the set ofalltermsused in all(available) languagesto talk about “something” ottimo,
Maintenance of AGROVOC before the WB • Each language version is maintained by different institutions • Followingthisprocess(nowdiscontinued!) • FAO owned a mastercopy, RDB • FAO sent a copytotheresponsiblepartner • Partnereditedthecopy and sentit back to FAO • FAO includedlatest data in themastercopy, and published • Centralized, and slow process
Maintenance of AGROVOC with the WB • Web-based • No longer local copies of DB tobealignedwithmastercopy • Supporttomultilinguality • Explicit editorial workflow • Termshave “status” (draft, …, published) • Editorshave “roles” (term editor, …, publisher) • Terms are “draft” untilvalidation
The format behind • RDF (SKOS) • Formatsfor export: MySQL, TagText, ISO 2709, XML, MS Access, …
Workbench GUI 4 5 2 ottimo, 6 1 3
Legend Hierarchyvisualizer Concepts’ URI Detailsaboutconcepts Commandstoeditconcepts Optionsforconceptvisualization Termsforming a concept
Editorialworkflow • -> to apply quality check • Implies a sequence of actions • Suggestion of new terms/concept • Validation • Publication
Currentroles in workflow Visitor Term editor Ontology editor Validator Publisher Administrator ottimo,
Information storedforconcepts • Position in the hierarchy • Termsusedtoname the concept • Definition • Non-hierarchical relations betweenconcepts • Additional notes: • editorial note, scope note • Belongingtosub-vocabularios • Historyofchanges • Images
URI • ConceptshaveURIs • Based on codes, languageindependent • Soon URI willberesolvable ottimo,
Concepts and terms ottimo,
Information aboutterms • Can bevisualizedbyclicking on them • Isorganized in tabs, just as in the case ofconcepts ottimo,
Terms • May be “preferred” or “notpreferred” • Forbackwardcompatibilityonlyonepreferredterm per conceptisallowed
Editing terms ottimo,
Subvocabularies • They are specific/thematiclistsof • Terms • Concepts ottimo,
Subvocabolaries of concepts Currentlydefined: Geographicalbelowcountrylevel Geographicalabovecountrylevel Geographicalcountrylevel Chemicals ottimo,
Subvocabolaries of terms Acronym Common nameforanimals Common nameforBacteria Common namefor Fungi Common nameforPlants Common nameforviruses TaxonomictermsforAnimals TaxonomictermsforBacteria Taxonomictermsfor Fungi TaxonomictermsforPlants Taxonomictermsforviruses ottimo,