Ontologies
GACS
Global Agricultural Concept Scheme (GACS)
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Last submission date June 4, 2018
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General information

Abstract

The 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. See more...

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. See more...
Initial created on May 1, 2016. For additional information, contact Tom Baker (tom@tombaker.org).

Languages

Categories and subjects

Ag Eng
Ag Res
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Total score : 258.0 ( 53.0%)
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Identifiers

URI

http://id.agrisemantics.org/gacs
http://id.agrisemantics.org/gacs

AgroPortal URI

https://agroportal.lirmm.fr/ontologies/GACS
https://agroportal.lirmm.fr/ontologies/GACS

Dates

Creation date

May 1, 2016

Submission date

June 4, 2018

Modification date

December 13, 2017

Persons and organizations

Contact

Tom Baker

Creator

GACS working group (http://agrisemantics.org/gacs/)

Contributor

Tom Baker

Funded or sponsored by

FAO
USDA
CAB International
GODAN

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Projects and usage information

Projects using GACS

Data to Knowledge in Agronomy and Biodiversity
GO FAIR Food Systems Implementation Network

Known usage

GACS 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

Methodology and provenance

Accrual method

The 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.

Community

Notes

Starting 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.

Content

Preferred namespace URI

http://id.agrisemantics.org/gacs/
http://id.agrisemantics.org/gacs/

Preferred namespace prefix

gacs

Example of resource

http://id.agrisemantics.org/gacs/C15137
http://id.agrisemantics.org/gacs/C15137

Visits

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