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
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