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AGRIS AP

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.

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AGRIS AP

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  1. AGRIS AP Guidelines for Information Object Description

  2. AGRIS APDefinition • 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

  3. AGRIS APWhat’s AGRIS AP • A Metadata Standard Common format for the description, exchange and retrieval of Agricultural information Resources • Based on: • Dublin Core Elements (DCMES) • Agricultural Metadata Element Set (AgMES) • Australian Gov. Locator Service Metadata Set (AGLSM)

  4. AGRIS APMethodology • 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

  5. AGRIS APGoals and Objectives • To facilitate interoperability of metadata formats • To facilitate harvesting of data from members • Linking of various types of information • Cross searching facility • 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

  6. AGRIS APWhat are the Resources • Resources covered by the AGRIS centers over time are often unavailable nowadays • Electronic publishing is the only gateway to accessibility • These are the unique resources which the AGRIS resource centers can offer • Criteria of Resource selection/ Collection development

  7. AGRIS APUsefulness 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

  8. AGRIS APUsefulness 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 • Also include: • bibliographic units without creators (anonymous) • opening speeches in meetings, conferences. Etc • literature produced for the extension worker

  9. AGRIS APEssential 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

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