This document summarizes the achievements and lessons learned from the Agricultural Ontology Service (AOS) project from 2001 to 2006 and discusses next steps. Key achievements included developing the AGROVOC concept server, application profiles, and various subject ontologies. Lessons included the need for demand-driven ontology development and killer applications to drive standards adoption. Moving forward, the AOS envisions becoming a semantic space within the agricultural domain through networked data and service providers using common ontologies and standards.

1. Agricultural Ontology Service – AgStandards -AIMS 2000 – 2006 and the next steps

3. 1. Achievements and Impact

7. 2. AOS - 2001 and now

9. KOS uses components to build an application Discussions and choices for amendments to components Components: terms, definitions, relationships Agricultural Ontology Service (AOS) Federated storage and description facility Components: terms, definitions, relationships Two of our first explanations (from 2001) 2 Users search and browse application using components User feedback

18. 4. Partners and Resources

19. Networking 4

20. Approximative Investment into the AOS Project 4

22. ©Berners-Lee … everyone knows this

24. Our Vision Shared layer of interoperability Value-added Information Services Distributed Datasets Database ... Database Websites XML Bus AOS 5 Aggregated Database View Subject-specific Portals Open URL or OAI based services Information System (n) Web Services Metadata ontologies (Application Profiles) Subject ontologies

26. 6. Questions