Building blocks for a data infrastructure and services to empower agricultural research communities

Geser, Guntram, Jaques, Yves, Manouselis, Nikos, Protonotarios, Vassilis, Keizer, Johannes and Sicilia, Miguel-Ángel Building blocks for a data infrastructure and services to empower agricultural research communities. AGRIS on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics, 2012, vol. IV, n. 4. [Journal article (Unpaginated)]

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The agINFRA project aims to provide the agricultural research communities with e-infrastructure and services for open data access, sharing and re-use. This paper introduces the project’s objectives and data principles, presents the data resources that are covered, and illustrates agINFRA services with examples from the area of agricultural statistics. Finally, it summarises how agricultural research institutions and other stakeholders can participate in, and benefit from, the project.

Item type: Journal article (Unpaginated)
Keywords: AIMS,FAO,FAO AIMS,Data Infrastructures,Cloud Computing
Subjects: L. Information technology and library technology > LB. Computer networking.
L. Information technology and library technology > LK. Software methodologies and engineering.
Depositing user: Thembani Malapela
Date deposited: 08 Jan 2014 12:27
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:29
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/21102

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