Rice Ontology and Thai agris Dspace

Thai AGRIS Centre-2007

Conceptual Framework for Implementing Conceptual Framework for Implementing Ontology Ontology and Applying and Applying DspaceDspace to enhance to enhance Thai AThai AGGRIS RIS Information ServiceInformation Service

The 8nd Agriculture Ontology Services Workshop:

Achievement and Next Steps,

Rome Italy

21-22 September 2007

By

Ms Aree ThunkijjanukijMs Aree ThunkijjanukijInformation Specialist

Rice Ontology and Thai AGRIS Dspace

Thai AGRIS Centre-2007 2

OutlineOutline

• Existing constraints Existing constraints

• ……and unmet demandsand unmet demands

• Our vision to transform…Our vision to transform…

• Some examples and next Some examples and next stepstep


Existing constraints…

• Limited resources prevent Thai AGRIS Centre from catching up with exponential growth of agricultural information

• Vocabularies in AGROVOC do not cover enough and not up to date

• Existing search engine does not smart enough for Thai/English searching


… and Unmet demands

• A number of agencies have demonstrated intention to participate in Thai AGRIS data entry process but the existing system does not support

• Various groups of users with increasing and diversified demands requesting more specific services and more extensive search result


Our vision to transform…

Thai AGRIS Centre

Thai AGRIS Centre

Thai AGRIS Database

Thai AGRIS Database

Policy Maker

Create and

organize

Researcher

Farmer

Other users

users

At present, our system is simple and we are mostly on our own...

Information ServiceSystem




Thai AGRIS Centre

Thai AGRIS Centre

Thai AGRIS Database

Thai AGRIS Database

Policy Maker

Researcher

Farmer

Other users

users

Then, we think we can enhance our database by involving others into the process...

Validate

Community

Community

Community

ThaiAgricultureDatabase(Dspace)





Thai AGRIS Centre

Thai AGRIS Centre

Thai AGRIS Database

(new system)

Thai AGRIS Database

(new system)



Policy Maker

Validate

Researcher

Farmer

Other users

users

The communities with the help of experts will help us add, update and improve both data entry process and indexing...

Community

Community

Community


ThaiAgricultureOntology

createSubjectexpert

organize



IntelligentInformation

ServiceSystem


ServiceSystem

Policy Maker

Researcher

Farmer

Other users

users

Our intelligent service system will allow users involvement, thus let them help improve our services...

Web 2.0

Intelligent search engine


Thai AGRIS Centre

Thai AGRIS Centre

Thai AGRIS Database

(new system)

Thai AGRIS Database

(new system)

Validate

Community

Community

Community


create

organize

Subjectexpert




Thai AGRIS Centre

Thai AGRIS Centre

Thai AGRIS Database

(new system)

Thai AGRIS Database

(new system)


ServiceSystem


ServiceSystem

Policy Maker

Validate

Researcher

Farmer

Other users

users

And it will allow us to better know our end users so that we can better meet their needs…

Community

Community

Community


create

organize

Web 2.0

Intelligent search engine

UserProfile

&KM

system

Subjectexpert


Some examples…


Thai AGRIS Template in Bilingual (Thai-English)


Mapping Dspace, AGMES, Thai AGRIS Data Structure


Thai AGRIS Dspace

Ontology

Research community


Query expansion by ontology for Research institute executives


Query expansion by ontology for Researcher


Query expansion by ontology for Farmers(1)


Query expansion by ontology for Farmers(2)


Rice Ontology as Retrieval System Background

Knowledge

Nilaparvata lugens(brown plant hopper)

Nephotetix virescens(green rice leaf hopper)

Insecta

ha

s su

bcl

ass

Oryza sativa(rice)

Zea mays(corn, maize)

Poaceae

ha

s su

bcl

ass

Bacteria

Xanthomonas campestis

Microbacterium sp.

ha

s su

bcl

ass

has pest

has pest

Red stripe disease

Bacterial leaf blight

Sheath blight

Plant diseases

ha

s su

bcl

ass

has diseases

cause by


Next step…

• We’ve only just begun. We believe that the strategies will help sustain and enhance our services.

• We believe that our enhanced system will also benefit the other AGRIS Centre and international agricultural information community.

• However, the achievement of our strategies require support from our stakeholders and partnership, both in terms of technical assistance and resources.


Thank You.No question allowed please !

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http://www.thaiagris.lib.ku.ac.th/

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