1.
AKstem: supporting the AGRIS
network
Effie Tsiflidou, Agro-Know
Agro-Know Data Manager
AGRIS Data Processing Unit

2.
What we will discuss in this webinar
• About AGRIS network
• Get to know the new AKstem service
• Guidelines
– How to join AGRIS
– How to use the new AKstem service
– How to share your collection with AGRIS

3.
The AGRIS network
(.. & why to become AGRIS member)
AGRIS stands for “International System for Agricultural Science &
Technology”
• A Global public domain database with more than 8
million structured bibliographical records on
agricultural science & technology
• A big network with more than 200 participating
institutions from 65 countries
• Supported & maintained by FAO and Agro-Know

4.
The AGRIS network
(.. & why to become AGRIS member)
• Make your content available thought the
AGRIS portal:
– Improve the dissemination of your institution’s
research outcomes
– Make your content accessible to the agriculture
community around the world
• Add your collection at CIARD RING directory

5.
AKstem: the new online service
• OUR GOAL: to improve communication with AGRIS
data providers
• The new service offers:
– Personal space for data providers
– Online, user friendly registration service
– Online guidelines for data providers
• How to connect to AGRIS
• How to share your data
• How to use AGRIS data
– Online support service

6.
AKstem: the new online service
http://www.akstem.com/agris

7.
GUIDELINES
HOW TO JOIN AGRIS
HOW TO USE THE NEW AKSTEM
SERVICE
HOW TO SHARE YOUR COLLECTION

8.
The AGRIS thematic categories
Agriculture
Geography and history
Administration &
legislation
Land economics and policies
Plant production
Plant diseases
Forestry
Animal production
Aquatic sciences &
fisheries
Agricultural
engineering
Natural resources
Food science
Human
nutrition
Pollution
http://www.fao.org/scripts/agris/c-categ.htm

9.
Make a request to Akstem online
service
http://www.akstem.com/agris

10.
Make a request to Akstem online
service

11.
Your Akstem personal space

12.
Describe your collection

13.
Submit your data or indicate where
they can be found!

14.
The most challenging step..
How can I contribute my bibliographic
information to AGRIS?
• But really..
.. what exactly do I need to submit to
AGRIS?

15.
AGRIS collects metadata
We don’t collect documents..
.. but instead we collect their
bibliographic descriptions (i.e.
metadata)

16.
In what ways can I share my metadata
records?
• We strongly recommend one of the following:
– OAI-PMH target
– Bulk XML files
• But under specific requirements we also
accept:
– RSS feeds
– SPARQL endpoint
– API

17.
OAI-PMH target
• “The Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata
Harvesting (OAI-PMH) provides an application-
independent interoperability framework based on
metadata harvesting”
• http://www.openarchives.org/
• AGRIS highly recommends the use of OAI-
PMH
• Suggested: create a set specification by
subject
• You can register as a data provider at Open
Archives

18.
Bulk XML files
• Another option is to share your records uploading in your
AKstem personal space bulk XML files.
• Many repositories or systems (e.g. Open Journal System) give
the option export your records in XML in various metadata
formats.
• Good practices:
• Use encoding UTF- 8
• Avoid special characters like &, <, >, “, ‘,
• to use <![CDATA[…..]]> for text elements

19.
Digital repository
• As a digital repository is considered a system or
application that supports management, storage &
dissemination of digital objects & metadata records.
• An indicative list of the most commonly used
repositories:
– Dspace (www.eprints.org/)
– Fedora (https://getfedora.org/)
– Eprints (http://www.eprints.org/)
– Agridrupal (http://www.agridrupal.org/)
– AgriMetaMaker
(http://aims.fao.org/content/agrimetamaker)

20.
AgriMetaMaker
 The AgriMetaMaker (AMM) allows you to
generate metadata as easily as possible
 It is supported & maintained by FAO
 The AGRIS data processing unit directly
harvests metadata records

21.
What metadata formats AGRIS
Accepts?
• AGRIS accepts in principle all metadata
standards & formats. But still we recommend
the following:
– Dublin Core (DC)
– AGRIS AP
– MODS –METS
– MARC21
– DOAJ
– PubMed
– OJS XML export (our suggestion is DOAJ)

22.
Thank you!
effie@agroknow.gr
akstem@agroknow.gr
www.akstem.com/agris

23.
Time for your questions!