| 3 | | This is just a brief summary of ontology and web service integration discussions between R. Bruskiewich ([http://www.irri.org IRRI]), [http://www.nias.affrc.go.jp/index_e.html National Institute for Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS)], [http://www.maffin.ad.jp/ Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) Information Network (MAFFIN)] and the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Information Center (AFFRIC) in Tsukuba (Wed. 13 February 2008). Note that NIAS is a partner of the [http://www.generationcp.org Generation Challenge Programme (GCP)] which is developing semantic and web service integration standards for crop science (see the [http://pantheon.generationcp.org GCP Pantheon Platform]. |
| | 3 | This is just a brief summary of ontology and web service integration discussions in Tsukuba, Japan in the afternoon of Wednesday, 13 February 2008, between R. Bruskiewich ([http://www.irri.org International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines]), [http://www.nias.affrc.go.jp/index_e.html National Institute for Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS)], [http://www.maffin.ad.jp/ Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) Information Network (MAFFIN)], the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Information Center (AFFRIC) and National Agricultural Research Center (NARC). Note that NIAS is a partner of the [http://www.generationcp.org Generation Challenge Programme (GCP)] which is developing semantic and web service integration standards for crop science (see the [http://pantheon.generationcp.org GCP Pantheon Platform]. |
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| | 5 | == Participants == |
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| | 7 | * Hostess for visit: Akane F. Takezaki, Research Coordinator for International Information, AFFRIC |
| | 8 | * Koichi Ohashi, Director, MAFFIN |
| | 9 | * Katsuya Okubo, Networking Manager, MAFFIN |
| | 10 | * Takuji Kiura, Research, Data Mining and GRID Research Team, National Agricultural Research Center |
| | 11 | * Takashi Itoh, NIAS & Rice Annotation Project (RAP) |
| | 12 | * Tsuyoshi Tanaka, NIAS & Rice Annotation Project (RAP) |
| | 13 | * Shoshi Kikuchi, NIAS and Generation Challenge Programme |
| | 14 | * Masaru Takeya, NIAS (Genetic Resources) |
| | 15 | * Koji Doi, NIAS and Generation Challenge Programme |
| | 16 | * Richard Bruskiewich, IRRI |
