Towards a novel content organisation in agriculture using semantic technologies: a study with topic maps as a tool. (2nd June 2009)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Patwar, Shelly; Kaur, Pritpal; Sylvester, Asil Gerard; Balaji, Venkataraman
• Is Part Of: International journal of metadata, semantics and ontologies. Volume 4:Number 1/2(2009)
• Page Start: 65
• Page End: 71
• Publication Date: 2009-06-02
• Subjects: semantics -- ontology -- knowledge modelling -- topic maps -- content repurposing -- content organisation -- agriculture -- agricultural information management -- semantic web -- agricultural thesaurus -- crop information; Metadata -- Periodicals; Semantic Web -- Periodicals; Ontologies (Information retrieval) -- Periodicals; Data structures (Computer science) -- Periodicals; Information theory -- Periodicals; 005.74
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1744-2621

Abstract

Agricultural information management needs to be responsive to the needs of varied stakeholders, and content repurposing to suit multiple audiences is a key requirement. A framework that combines the semantic web techniques of Topic Maps (TM) and a global agricultural thesaurus, the FAO AGROVOC, has been developed on a pilot basis for five crops. The framework when overlaid on a web-based collection of information objects reveals interesting possibilities, especially in presenting the repository content in noticeably different ways to a subject-matter specialist or to an extension worker. Results are discussed and opportunities for further development are briefly described.