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

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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).

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Ag Eng
Ag Res


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http://id.agrisemantics.org/gacs
http://id.agrisemantics.org/gacs
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https://agroportal.lirmm.fr/ontologies/GACS
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