FAO and UNESCO-IOC have collaborated to create a customized version of DSpace called AgriOcean DSpace to support open access to scientific information. It combines the OceanDocs repository network supported by IOC with the AGRIS DSpace repository used for FAO's AGRIS network. AgriOcean DSpace enhances the submission process and includes authority control features. Support and distribution is provided to members of the FAO and IOC repository communities. Future work includes developing a thesaurus plugin and integrating AgriOcean DSpace with the Virtual Open Access Agriculture & Aquaculture Repository project.

1. AgriOcean
DSpace
FAO
and
UNESCO-­‐IOC/IODE
combine
efforts
in
their
support
of
Open
Access
Imma
Subirats
&
Sarah
Dister,
FAO
of
the
United
NaBons
(Italy)
Marc
Goovaerts,
Hasselt
University
(Belgium)
Denys
Slipetskyy,
IBSS
(Ukraine)
IODE
50,
Liège
(Belgium)
March
23,
2010

2. Overview
o CooperaBon
between
FAO
and
UNESCO-­‐IOC/IODE
o Some
History
OceanDocs
AGRIS
Dspace
o AgriOcean
DSpace:
the
best
of
both
worlds
o Support
and
DistribuBon
o Next
steps

3.
CooperaBon
between
FAO
and
UNESCO-­‐IOC/IODE

4. IntroducBon
 FAO
and
UNESCO-­‐IOC
released
a
customized
version
of
DSpace
–
an
Open
Source,
digital
document
repository
system.
 The
communiBes
supported
by
FAO
and
UNESCO-­‐IOC/
IODE
are
synergisBc
and
the
standards
on
metadata
and
controlled
vocabularies
are
similar
for
both.
 Goals:
o Promote
open
access
to
scienBfic
informaBon
o Enhance
the
internal
scienBfic
communicaBon
o Make
scienBfic
informaBon
more
accessible
o Increase
impact
of
research
informaBon

5. Some
History
OceanDocs,
the
IODE
Repository
Network
&
Agris
DSpace,
DSpace
for
AGRIS
network

6. The
OceanDocs
Network
OceanDocs
31
insBtutes
from
Africa
and
LaBn
America
h^p://
www.oceandocs.net
,
3,405
docs
Repositories
with
the
same
so`ware:
IBSS(Ukraine)
h^p://repository.ibss.org.ua/dspace,
1,610
docs
CEEMAR
h^p://www.ceemar.org,
828
docs
Related
insBtuBonal
repositories:
NIO
(India)
h^p://drs.nio.org,
3,792
docs
(On
Dspace)
ODINPimris
h^p://pimrisregional.library.usp.ac.e,
355
docs
(On
Greenstone)

7. A
different
level
approach
The
OceanDocs
Central
is
available
for
smaller
insBtutes
and
insBtutes
with
limited
internet
capacity
Odins
create
their
network
repository
Some
insBtutes
have
their
own
repository
The
oceanographic
collecBon
can
be
a
part
of
a
larger
insBtuBonal
repository

8. FAO
and
DSpace
DSpace
as
a
tool
for
AGRIS
centres
 ObjecBves:
Assure
quality
in
metadata
creaBon
Sharing
informaBon
in
a
standardized
manner
Use
of
common
semanBcs
and
interoperable
syntaxes
Use
of
more
sophisBcated
and
specialized
metadata
Use
of
controlled,
mulBlingual
vocabularies
 Requirements:
AGRIS
AP
compliancy
AGROVOC

9. AGRIS
DSpace
Customized
by
ARD
Prasad
at
ISI
(Bangalore,
India)
AGRIS
AP
integraBon:
Adapted
submission
module
AGRIS
AP
export
through
OAI-­‐PMH

10. AgriOcean
DSpace
the
best
of
both
world
See
h^p://193.190.8.15/agri2

11. New
Lay-­‐out

12. Enhancement
submission
module
Lay-­‐out
possibiliBes:
Switching
between
types
Grouping
of
fields
DefiniBon
of
field
size
Different
fields
in
a
row
Language
opBon
for
a
field
Authority
control
Journal
Btles
ASFA
AGROVOC
=
Using
the
new
Dspace
1.7
authority
funcBonality

13. AGRIS
AP
in
OAI-­‐PMH.
Results
AGRIS
AP
crosswalk:
to
create
a
well
formated
XML
for
thesauri
<ags:subjectThesaurus
xml:lang=“en”
scheme="ags:ASFAT“>
Absolute
food
deficiency</ags:subjectThesaurus>
<ags:subjectThesaurus
scheme="ags:ASFAT“>
h^p://ontologies.freshwaterlife.org/asfa/skosScheme#
StarvaBon
</ags:subjectThesaurus>
<ags:subjectThesaurus
xml:lang=“en”
scheme=“ags:AGROVOC”
>
Agropisciculture</ags:subjectThesaurus>
<ags:subjectThesaurus
scheme=“ags:AGROVOC”>
h^p://
www.fao.org/aims/aos/agrovoc#c_212
</ags:subjectThesaurus>

14. Different
level
approach
Easy-­‐to-­‐install
version
for
small
organizaBons
Available
April
2011
(with
some
delay)
HarvesBng
funcBonality
in
OceanDocs:
HarvesBng
the
odin
and
insBtuBonal
repositories
of
the
IODE
network
Mirror
metadata
and
documents
for
archiving
purposes
AGRIS
as
harvester
of
FAO-­‐related
repositories

15. DistribuBon
and
support
 CommunicaBon
release
AgriOcean
DSpace:
o FAO
repository
community:
the
AGRIS
network
o IODE
repository
community:
OceanDocs
network
o Others:
IAALD,
DuraSpace
 Assistance
o AgriOcean
DSpace
community
on
AIMS,
Agricultural
InformaBon
Management
Standards
(register)
o OceanTeacher
 Support
material/Self
training
o PreinstallaBon
requirements
o InstallaBon
of
AgriOcean
DSpace
o AdministraBon
of
AgriOcean
DSpace

17. Next
steps
Thesaurus
plug-­‐in
Aims
to
use
thesaurus
into
DSpace
in
order
to
be
able
to
pick
and
assign
keywords
for
indexing
The
plug-­‐in
is
needed
on
two
levels:
for
the
data
entry
process
and
for
the
browsing
by
subject
EsBmated
release:
October
2011

18. Next
steps
AgriOcean
Dspace
and
VOA3R
VOA3R:
Virtual
Open
Access
Agriculture
&
Aquaculture
Repository:
Sharing
ScienBfic
and
Scholarly
Research
related
to
Agriculture,
Food,
and
Environment
AgriOcean
Dspace
is
part
of
the
set
of
tools
to
be
distributed
among
the
VOA3R
data
providers
for
the
implementaBon
of
document
repositories
In
addiBon,
OceanDocs
repository
is
harvested
by
VOA3R.
See:
h^p://voar.eu

19. Next
steps
Linked
Open
Data
(LOD)
for
AgriOcean
Dspace
As
a
consumer
by
the
use
of
AGROVOC
Thesaurus
or
any
authority
control
available
as
Linked
Data
As
a
producer
by
the
analysis
for
the
implementaBon
of
the
LODE
RecommendaBons
(how
to
produce
Linked
Open
Data
(LOD)-­‐enabled
bibliographical
data)
and
possible
publicaBon
of
data
as
LOD

20. Thank
you
for
your
a^enBon
The
AgriOcean
DSpace
Working
Team