The Ontologies Community of Practice: A CGIAR Initiative for Big Data in Agrifood Systems

Elizabeth Arnaud(Agropolis International), Marie‐Angélique Laporte(Agropolis International), Soon‐Ho Kim(International Food Policy Research Institute), Céline Aubert(International Food Policy Research Institute), Sabina Leonelli(University of Exeter), Berta Miró(International Rice Research Institute), Laurel Cooper(Oregon State University), Pankaj Jaiswal(Oregon State University), Gideon Kruseman(Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz Y Trigo), Rosemary Shrestha(Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz Y Trigo), Pier Luigi Buttigieg(GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel), Chris Mungall(Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Julian Pietragalla(Bank of Mexico), Afolabi Agbona(International Institute of Tropical Agriculture), J. Muliro(WorldFish), Jeffrey Detras(International Rice Research Institute), Vilma Hualla(International Potato Center), Abhishek Rathore(International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics), Roma Rani Das(International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics), Ibnou Dieng(International Institute of Tropical Agriculture), Guillaume Bauchet(Cornell University), Naama Menda(Cornell University), Cyril Pommier(Université Paris-Saclay), Felix Shaw(Norwich Research Park), David Lyon(Cornell University), Leroy Mwanzia(International Center for Tropical Agriculture), Henry Juárez(International Potato Center), Enrico Bonaiuti(International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas), Brian Chiputwa(World Agroforestry Centre), Olatunbosun Obileye(International Institute of Tropical Agriculture), Sandrine Auzoux(Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement), Windpouire Esther Dzale Yeumo(Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement), Lukas A. Mueller(Cornell University), Kevin A.T. Silverstein(University of Minnesota), Alexandra Lafargue(Syngenta (Switzerland)), Erick Antezana(Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Medha Devare(International Food Policy Research Institute), B. R. King(Bioversity International)
Patterns
September 25, 2020
10.1016/j.patter.2020.100105
Cited by 80Open Access
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Abstract

Heterogeneous and multidisciplinary data generated by research on sustainable global agriculture and agrifood systems requires quality data labeling or annotation in order to be interoperable. As recommended by the FAIR principles, data, labels, and metadata must use controlled vocabularies and ontologies that are popular in the knowledge domain and commonly used by the community. Despite the existence of robust ontologies in the Life Sciences, there is currently no comprehensive full set of ontologies recommended for data annotation across agricultural research disciplines. In this paper, we discuss the added value of the Ontologies Community of Practice (CoP) of the CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture for harnessing relevant expertise in ontology development and identifying innovative solutions that support quality data annotation. The Ontologies CoP stimulates knowledge sharing among stakeholders, such as researchers, data managers, domain experts, experts in ontology design, and platform development teams.

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