This presentation is dated May 2009.
The CIARD RING has since become available at:
http://ring.ciard.net
A more up-to-date presentation is available here:
http://www.slideshare.net/valeriap/the-ciard-ring-an-infrastructure-for-interoperability-of-agricultural-research-information-services
1. The CIARD RING “ a R outemap to I nformation N odes and G ateways ( RING ) that share information related to agricultural research and innovation for development (ARD)” A CIARD project led by GFAR
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5. Solution: value added services CARIS / WISARD Users We need to know if a certain technology has been used in a specific country and in a dryland area for a specific crop and if there are related projects currently ongoing and where we can find the project outputs? TECA Best practices Country profiles AGRIS Country NARS ICARDA AiDA Crop database Geo-ontology Crop ontology Organizations Directory Agrovoc OA gateway OPAC gateway gateway gateway
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12. Global Public Goods The CIARD RING and the featured information services will be free and publicly available, thus constituting Global Public Goods that can be leveraged by any organization, person or information service.