Global Agricultural Concept Scheme

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Acronym GACS
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Description The Global Agricultural Concept Scheme (GACS) is a hub for concepts related to agriculture, in multiple languages, for use in Linked Data. The idea for GACS emerged out of discussions at the World Congress of IAALD, the International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists, in July 2013. The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CAB International (CABI), and the National Agricultural Library of the USA (NAL) agreed in October 2013 to explore the feasibility of developing a shared concept scheme by integrating their three thesauri: the AGROVOC Concept Scheme, the CAB Thesaurus (CABT), and NAL Thesaurus (NALT). In the GACS vision, the integration of these three thesauri is but the first step towards the realization of a hub that links to and from the concept schemes beyond the initial three, and in multiple language areas.
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Contact Tom Baker, tom@tombaker.org
Categories Agricultural Research, Technology and Engineering
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URIhttp://id.agrisemantics.org/gacs
abstractThe process - the three organization selected the 10,000 concepts most frequently used in each respective thesaurus. These concepts were algorithmically mapped, mappings were checked by hand, and inconsistencies were resolved by discussion.
accrual MethodThe process - the three organization selected the 10,000 concepts most frequently used in each respective thesaurus. These concepts were algorithmically mapped, mappings were checked by hand, and inconsistencies were resolved by discussion.
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example Identifierhttp://id.agrisemantics.org/gacs/C15137
funded ByCAB International (www.cabi.org/), FAO (www.fao.org/), USDA (https://www.usda.gov/), GODAN (http://www.godan.info/)
ContributorsCAB International (www.cabi.org/), FAO (www.fao.org/), USDA (https://www.usda.gov/)
CreatorsGACS working group (http://agrisemantics.org/gacs/)
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is Aligned Tohttp://data.agroportal.lirmm.fr/ontologies/NALT, http://data.agroportal.lirmm.fr/ontologies/AGROVOC
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known UsageGACS uses •To support applications of subject description, natural language processing, retrieval, automated indexing, spelling and translation •To serve as a hub for mapping and integrating related or specialized vocabularies for semantic interoperability •To improve discoverability of information and data to the benefit of farmers, researchers, and policy makers
modification Date2017-12-13T00:00:00+00:00
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notesStarting from April 2017, the work of the GACS Working Group continues as a Working Group within the umbrella of GADAN, with an enlarged membership. Currently, the basic foundational documents for the group are under development: a vision document, a technical workplan and a business model.
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Release date2016-05-01T00:00:00+00:00
sourceAGROVOC, CAB Thesaurus, NAL Thesaurus
URI Lookup Endpointhttp://data.agroportal.lirmm.fr/search?ontologies=GACS&require_exact_match=true&q=
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