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Global Partnerships for Sharing Forest-Related Information through the GFIS gateway at http://www.gfis.net/. Juha Hautakangas GFIS Developer IUFRO c/o Metla. Web2ForDev 2007 September 25-27, 2007 Rome, Italy. GFIS in general Technical description On-line demonstration. Contents.
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Global Partnerships for Sharing Forest-Related Information through the GFIS gateway athttp://www.gfis.net/ Juha Hautakangas GFIS Developer IUFRO c/o Metla Web2ForDev 2007 September 25-27, 2007 Rome, Italy
GFIS in general • Technical description • On-line demonstration Contents
Information service that stores metadata on forestry ”under the same roof” • GFIS provides: • Accurate search results • Reliable information • -> Efficient information retrieval • GFIS is an initiative of the CPF led by IUFRO • Core partners: • CIFOR, FAO, NBII, UNFF What is GFIS?
To enhance access to diverse types of forest information Mission
GFIS is the most well-known and used service that provides access to forest-related information • Generate forest community of practice Vision
Information Provider User Web RSS 2.0 Get Query Add Feeds Fetch Metadata Get Information on Feeds Display Search Results GFIS.net Store Feeds in the Database Index Metadata Search the Index DB GFIS Search Index
How information reaches users NBII Metadata Clearinghouse Search results FAO AGRIS Information System
Defines a standard interface for search engines • RSS with Open Search extension as a standard format for search results: • <channel> • … • <opensearch:totalResults>31300</opensearch:totalResults> • <opensearch:startIndex>31</opensearch:startIndex> • <opensearch:itemsPerPage>10</opensearch:itemsPerPage> • </channel> • More information on Open Search at: http://www.a9.com/ http://www.opensearch.org/ Open Search specification
Overview • Multilingual search aggregator • Metadata on forest-related web resources • Searching / browsing functionalities • Metadata fetched from RSS feeds • Access to other metadata storages • Search-related communication between separate storages in RSS format
Financial contribution http://www.kfri.go.kr/ Bundesministerium für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft (BMLFUW) http://www.lebensministerium.at/en/