Proposals for sharing KOS metadata using RSS Feeds

1. Using RSS to Share KOS Metadata Margherita Sini, Gauri Salokhe IV Ecoterm Vienna, Austria 17-18 April 2007

3. KOS metadata

4. KOS Registry at FAO Also: SUGGEST A KOS

8. Classification systems/schemes have been used by libraries to arrange materials by subject. Dewey Decimal System, AGRIS Subject Categories are two such examples. Classific Ation Scheme/ System Esque mas de clasifi cación 分类表 خطط التصنيف Schema s de clas Sifica tion An authority file is a tool used to establish forms of names (for persons, places, meetings, and organizations), titles, and subjects used on bibliographic records and thus provides uniform access to materials. Authority file/list Archivos de autoridades 规范文档 ملفات رسمية Fichiers d’autor ité Application profiles are defined as schemas which consist of data elements drawn from one or more namespaces, combined together by implementers, and optimized for a particular local application. Applicat ion Profile Perfiles de Aplicac ión 应用 纲要 أشكال الت طبيقا ت / سمات التطبيق Profils d’appl Ication Description EN N ES S ZH H AR R FR R

10. Example Use existing namespaces

13. Decentralized approach A new classification scheme ... The AGROVOC thesaurus .... GEMET is now available... The UNESCO Thesaurus... .. list of terms used in subject .... synonyms.... availability... .....synonyms rings and ..... RSS Aggregator A new classification scheme ... The AGROVOC thesaurus .... ................ FAO RSS Feeds ........ GEMET is now available... ........ UNEP RSS Feeds The UNESCO Thesaurus... .. list of terms used in subject ......... UNESCO RSS Feeds ..... .... synonyms.... availability... .....synonyms rings and ..... .... other RSS ....

14. Example

15. KOS

16. KOS Navigation

17. Multi-KOS search

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