Pledge for investments into a Linked Open Data infrastructure for Agricultural Development | Agricultural Information Management Standards (AIMS)

"The Land Portal, AGRIS, Eldis, Global Rangelands, Organic Edunet, Plantwise Knowledge Bank, Prodinra and the other undersigned data service providers play important roles as global sources of development information in their respective domains.  To meet critical information needs of their users requires continuous attention to the opportunities and expectations raised by the widespread use of new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). At the same time new ICTs also affect the many locally based providers of development information upon which all global sources depend.  The information value chain is, therefore, in constant flux.   In the current context, the undersigned data service providers recognize the importance of the quality of their service and of meeting the needs of their users of publishing information as Linked Open Data (LOD). This means using a recently developed set of technical standards and technologies for making information interoperable and interlinked.  In particular, these global data service providers are taking concrete steps towards putting in place innovative technologies and services to enhance access, availability and use of open content - emphasizing information and research produced in the South – with the ultimate goal of contributing to a more transparent information environment which in turn will lead to improved knowledge sharing and decision making to enhance livelihoods ..."