The document proposes creating an Agricultural Ontology Service (AOS) to organize agricultural knowledge. It would integrate existing thesauri and allow semantic searching. The AOS would have a registry of concepts with attributes, definitions, labels and relations. It would facilitate information sharing and reuse across organizations. Next steps include defining the structure, collaborations and maintaining the AOS through an iterative knowledge registration process.

1. The Agricultural Ontology Service: A Proposal to Create a Knowledge Organisation Framework in the Area of Food and Agriculture Johannes Keizer, Frehiwot Fisseha, Kat Hagedorn and Stephen Katz, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Library and Documentation Systems Division

11. AOS: Registry AGROVOC NAL Thesaurus CABI Thesaurus Dedicated KOSs Non-dedicated KOSs e.g., ASFA thesaurus e.g., the Multilingual Forestry Thesaurus e.g., the Sustainable Development website classification e.g., biological taxonomies such as NCBI and ITIS GEMET Other thematic thesauri Existing Thesauri and Knowledge Organization Systems (KOSs)

12. AOS: Structure Proposals (1) URI, e.g., www.agri-ontology.org/2050.xml Concept Attributes Responsible Party Definitions Labels Relations ??????

13. AOS: Structure Proposals (2) Type of Relation Used in Domain ?????? Attribute Properties Relation

14. AOS: Structure Proposals (3) Language Spell Used in Domain Attribute Properties Label

15. AOS: Iterative Knowledge Registration KOS partner Agricultural Ontology Service (AOS) Federated storage and description facility Components: terms, definitions, relationships KOS application KOS uses components to build an application Discussions and choices for amendments to components KOS partner Components: terms, definitions, relationships Users search and browse application using components User feedback

16. AOS: Possible Use... (1) Records found: 5 1 . xxxxxxxxxxx 2 . xxxxxxxxxxx 3 . xxxxxxxxxxx 4 . xxxxxxxxxxx 5 . xxxxxxxxxxx Biotopes Cropping systems using forests Economics of forest production Forestry equipment Soil science You may also be interested in... What would you like to view? Forest rights issues Parasites of forests Pesticides used in forests Types of forest products Uses of forest products Geographic area You can further limit by: x Africa Web page Type of resource

17. AOS: Possible Use... (2) Conservation agriculture Farmers like it because it gives them a means of conserving, improving and making more efficient use of their natural resources About camels and llamas Descendants of the same rabbit-sized mammal, they have become two of humanity's most versatile domestic animals Agribusiness and small farmers Well managed contract farming contributes to both increased income for producers and higher profits for investors Toward biosecurity Biological and environmental risks associated with food and agriculture have intensified with economic globalization Urban food marketing In the “century of cities”, a major challenge will be providing adequate quantities of nutritional and affordable food for urban inhabitants Crop science and ethics In order to continue their contribution to human development, crop scientists must regain credibility Use your right mouse button to learn more about an italicized word on the page. Biosecurity : management of all biological and environmental risks associated with food and agriculture, including forestry and fisheries See also : Biosafety Food Safety Risk Management Or are you interested in... : Food Security Biological Diversity Agricultural Web Page

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