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Authority Descriptions
AGRIS Vocabulariesclassifies
disambiguates
Resources
describes
Disambiguate metadata, collocate
resources, add consistency, e.g. FAO
Authority Description Concept Scheme
Search for resources, discover
related resources, e.g. AGRIS
Access data, information,
knowledge, e.g. FAO
Publications
Aggregate records, relate records, navigate concepts, associate terms across languages, e.g. AGROVOC
classifies
extends
extends
FAO Authority Description Concept Scheme for Bibliographic Data
FAO of the United Nations Imma SubiratsSarah Dister2010
Authority Control for Bibliographic Data
Context: library information systemsUsed for: access points to bibliographic recordsCorporate bodies, Conferences, Projects, Journal titles…
Definition: Technique/process of assigning a unique form of name and the use of cross-references from obsolete and related forms
Scope: To bring all the works of a bibliographical entity together in one place by selecting a single form of name
FAO Authority Control System
WhyFAO OA Repository project → 170,000 records of legacy data managed by a flat (no cross-references) authority control system↓Features of new Authority Control System • Concept based• Multilingual• URIs
Methodology
Example
UN, New York (USA) - FAODOC formURI http://aims.fao.org/aos/corporatebody/c_1020 Label in English United NationsLabel in French Nations Unies *Label in Spanish Naciones Unidas *Label in Arabic المتحدة * األممLabel in Chinese 联合国 * Acronym in English UN *Acronym in Spanish ONU *Obsolete NoCountry http://www.fao.org/aims/geopolitical.owl#United_States_of_America * * City New York *State NY * FAOTerm Code 49066 *Variant Spelling in English UN, New York (USA) * * *
Content
isSpatiallyIncludedInisSpatiallyIncludedIn
isPublishedByisPublishedBy
isOtherLanguageEditionOfisOtherLanguageEditionOfisFollowedBy/FollowsisFollowedBy/Follows
JOURNAL CONTENT MODEL Example
http://202.73.13.50:54123/authoritycontrolv10/http://202.73.13.50:54123/authoritycontrolv10/
Conclusions
Arbitrary Politically sensitive Expensive
Sharing Standardization Simplification Consistency Reliability
But properly implemented, the authority control provides…
A I M S
Recommendations to produce LOD enabled bibliographical data
Marcia ZengKent State University, Ohio, USA
Imma SubiratsFAO of the UN
What is about?
Encoding recommendations for the exchange of metadata between data providers and VOA3R platform
Target users: AGRIS Data Providers, but not onlyVocabularies• Dublin Core• Dcterms• AgMES• BIBO• FOAF
Identification of group of properties
A I M SA I M S
1 Title Information2 Responsible Body3 Physical Characteristics4 Location (hardcopy holding or file path)5 Subject6 Description of content7 Intellectual property 8 Usage 9 Relation between documents10 Relation between agents11 Meta-metadata
Groups & Properties Identification
A I M S
1. Title Information
2. Responsible Body. Creator
