Margherita Sini, FAO

http://www.fao.org/aims/

AGROVOC Concept Server Workbench:

A web application for managing Agricultural Ontologies

Margherita Sini & Boris Lauser Food and Agriculture Organization8th AOS Workshop – 21 Sept. 2007

Margherita Sini, FAO

http://www.fao.org/aims/

Background• Everything started from AGROVOC....• Terms vs. Concepts• Related Terms vs. Specific semantic relationships• Consequence: The AGROVOC Concept Server• Issues

– Modularization– Copyright– Legacy systems

• And now collaboration!

Margherita Sini, FAO

http://www.fao.org/aims/

The WorkbenchSupport the work of information management

specialists in development, maintenance, management and quality assurance of the

concepts and multi-language terminology within the AGROVOC CS pool.

Margherita Sini, FAO

http://www.fao.org/aims/

DEMO time!

Margherita Sini, FAO

http://www.fao.org/aims/

Workbench Demo• login as term editor (termeditordemo, demopass)• Show concept tree + info + Display Languages• Create concept and subconcept

natural disasters (bt) tsunamis (nt)• Create additional terms

tidal waves, seismic sea wavesand relate all as synonyms

• Create concept: earthquakes (under natural disasters)• Create definition and image from WIKIPEDIA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake image: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0e/Fault_types.png

• Create relationship: earthquake causes tsunamis• Delete a concept• Log in as validator (validatordemo , demopass)• Show validation• Browse scheme module• Log in as admin• Show users and groups module and consistency check