aos and agricultural information service in guangdong china
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AOS and Agricultural Information AOS and Agricultural Information Service in Guangdong ChinaService in Guangdong China
Zhong Wang, Liang Huang and Jie ChenZhong Wang, Liang Huang and Jie Chen
Institute of Sci-Tech Information ( ISTI) Institute of Sci-Tech Information ( ISTI)
Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences(GAAS)Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences(GAAS)
Email: [email protected]: [email protected]
OutlineOutline
IntroductionIntroduction– GuangdongGuangdong– ISTIISTI
AOS & ISTIAOS & ISTI
Discussion & ConclusionDiscussion & Conclusion
Agricultural Information Service Agricultural Information Service Requirement in Guangdong Requirement in Guangdong
Mountain Area
Rural Area
Pearl River Delta
• 17% GDP
• >40% Population
• >60% Area
Task: Help to develop the economic level through informatization in areas outside the Delta
hasProperty
Who Are We – Who Are We – Role ChangingRole Changing
1980s 2001 2003
Documentation Management
Intelligence Research
Database Development
1990s
Consulting Service
Website Development
Online Applications
Content Support
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Loca
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Ente
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Indiv
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Know
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AOS & ISTIAOS & ISTI
AOS
ISTI-GAAS
service provider
knowledge-based service provider
Web Content Support
instanceOf
agricultural service
globally collaborative
project
Project
instanceOf
subclassOf
services
provides
subclassOf
subclassOf
Root: Whatever
enhances
leverages
agricultural information service
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Information RetrievalOnline Applications
leverages
provides
instanceOf
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A 2-Step Role ChangingA 2-Step Role Changing
A starter to understand the AOS
A practitioner of building and propagating AOS in the community
Step1: StarterStep1: Starter
A sound understanding of the AOS proposal aA sound understanding of the AOS proposal and its scientific mechanism behindnd its scientific mechanism behind
A rapid knowledge retrieval and accumulation A rapid knowledge retrieval and accumulation of semantic web and constructions toolsof semantic web and constructions tools
Refereeing to the AOS metadata schemas and Refereeing to the AOS metadata schemas and that defined by Chinese researchers in CAAS, that defined by Chinese researchers in CAAS, develop or enhance the existing ontology reledevelop or enhance the existing ontology relevant to southern Chinavant to southern China
Be prepared
Step2: PractitionerStep2: Practitioner
A typical instance of AOS deployment in ChinaA typical instance of AOS deployment in China
To leverage the current information service on To leverage the current information service on the AOS deploymentthe AOS deployment
To leverage
• Fitness and generality of the knowledge base
• New applications development w/ stronger functions and collaborating w/ much wider application areas
• The communication mechanism (correspondent software facilities, i.e. agents) established between service applications
• The time duration of finishing above tasks, efforts of propagation, and the acceptance by end users
affectedBy
Discussion and ConclusionDiscussion and Conclusion
It is difficult to make a generic instance in a shoIt is difficult to make a generic instance in a short run in agricultural communityrt run in agricultural community
from the standpoint of practical service from the standpoint of practical service provider, i.e. ISTI,provider, i.e. ISTI, detailed techniques still ne detailed techniques still need more studies and convenient tools for smooed more studies and convenient tools for smooth update need to be developedth update need to be developed
Q&AQ&A
An Ontology for Agriculture in An Ontology for Agriculture in Southern China (can be a sub-Southern China (can be a sub-Ontology for China AOS), is the Ontology for China AOS), is the direction right? direction right?
Which should be the starting point, Which should be the starting point, subset of Agrovoc? subset of Agrovoc?
Information center: FAO AOS group?Information center: FAO AOS group?
Manpower Manpower
