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Jeetendra Singh& Agropedia TeamIIT Kanpurhttp://www.agropedia.net
December 15th 2008
OutlineOutline
What is Agropedia Indica ? What are Knowledge
Models and what for? Knowledge Models in
Agropedia Indica? Agropedia Indica services !
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What is Agropedia Indica?
Knowledge Repository on AgricultureOf universal knowledge modelsAnd localized contentFor a variety of usersWith appropriate interfacesBuilt in collaborative modeIn multiple languages
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What does it have?
Encyclopedic Content on agriculture
Agriculture Knowledge models
Multiple user interfaces Processes for
generation of knowledge models
Content aggregation Building agri knowledge
societies
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Major Issues in building the Agropedia
Knowledge models Content UI technologies Process
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Knowledge Models
A knowledge model is a function of its use
For the same domain one needs multiple models depending on the use/user
All such models need to consistent and coherent
Research needed to identify these different models and BUILD them
Tagging related
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Content
We are dealing with Digital Information Objects, Document Like Information Objects
In all media types – text, image, video, audio
Mutiple content types – Q/A, Demo/Tutorial, Scientific Paper, Documentary, Whitepaper
In multiple encoding formats - .txt, .pdf, .doc, .html, .mp3….
Multiple channels Sponsored, Mined, Co-created,
External sources Tagging related Format Standards
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Access Methods
Agropedia content can support multiple channels
Each will have its own domain/datamodel and UI/API
For example Q/A system Browser for the Agri
student/scientists Village Level Worker Call center Operator End user/Farmer Content push for subscribers Web services
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Process
Very important part of the project
Multiple aspects Content building Content delivery Collaboration Small interest groups and
their architecture
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Before we start… (1/3)
• Data: numbers, words, images symbols as measurements or observations of a set of variables.
• Information: data that are processed to be useful. Contextualized data. Information includes human participation in the organization of raw data.
• Knowledge: (Oxford Dictionary) “expertise, and skills acquired by a person through experience or education”. Involve expressing, sharing, processing. Intuitions! Confident understanding of a subject with the ability to use it for a specific purpose if appropriate.
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INFORMATIONDATA
Before we start.. (2/3)
105.7
white
Variety Color Size of grain
Botan Rice White 2.5mm length
Jasmine Rice
Brown Rice 6mm length
KNOWLEDGEIf I want to cook an Idli, I need to use a white Short-Grain rice such as Rambhog Rice.
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Before we start… (3/3)
Knowledge
Explicit knowledge: Explicit knowledge is knowledge that has been or can be articulated, codified, and stored in certain media (@Wikipedia)
Tacit knowledge: resides in one’s mind!
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Knowledge Management
The process for: creating / gathering /
capturing / storing analysing / applying /
reusing / sharingknowledge, and make it
available. It involves:
design / review / implementation
of both social and technological processes;
K from Peoples!K from Peoples!
K for Computers!K for Computers!
K for Better services!K for Better services!
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Knowledge Modeling
Create knowledge models
is white
NB: it requires tools and guidelines!
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What are Knowledge Models (or Knowledge Maps) ?
Formal representation of the knowledge.
Can be expressed in many ways (tables, drawings, formal languages).
They exist in different types.
Should address a specific problem.
In one or multiple languages.
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Some definitions
Concept
Instance
Rambhog Rice
Link / Relationship
Rambhog Rice is a type of Rice
Attributes
• color• size• trade name• hasDaysOfApplicationAfterSowing• hasDaysOfApplicationBeforeSowing
white
Rambhog Rice
hasColor
Rambhog Rice
is a (type of)
Rice
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Taxonomy Map (are)Agropedia IIT Kanpur
Partitivity Map (hasPart or isPartOf )Agropedia IIT Kanpur
Attribute Map (Attribute Map (hasAttribute hasAttribute or or hasValuehasValue))
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Process Map (usesProcess)
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Concept Map or Knowledge Concept Map or Knowledge ModelModel
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In our example ...
KNOWLEDGEIf I want to cook an Idli, I need to use a white Short-Grain rice such as Rambhog Rice.
color
rice
recipesize
usedToCook
hasColor
hasSizeJasmine
white brown
Idli
2.5mm
hasInstance
usedToCook
hasSize
Rambhog
hasColor
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Knowledge Models in Agropedia Indica
Crop Rice Rice pests Rice diseases Wheat Litchi Sugarcane Vegetable Pea Chick pea Pigeon pea Ground Nut Sorghum
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Crop
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Rice cropping system Agropedia IIT Kanpur
Rice field preparation
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Rice post harvest management
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Rice pests
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Rice diseasesAgropedia IIT Kanpur
InsecticidesAgropedia IIT Kanpur
Agropedia Indica servicesAgropedia Indica services
Navigate knowledge maps Concept indexing Categorizations (blogs, FAQ,
etc.) Multilingual services Problem - solving
what should I do if my rice is infested by gundhi bug?
where I can find seeds of good quality?
what should I do if rice new leaves start yellowing?
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Visualizations
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Recap: What is Agropedia Indica
Knowledge Repository on Agriculture
Of universal knowledge
models
And localized content
For a variety of users
With
appropriate interfaces
Built in collaborative
mode
In multiple languages
Rice
Saket-4
EnglishHindi
TeleguKannada
this is a documentabout rice and its
pests.....Once the rice ap-
pearin the world .....
Mad Cow Disea-se is the commonly
used name for Bovine
Spongiform Encephalopathy
(BSE) ....
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Agropedia Portal
Knowledge Modelsज्ञा�न धा�रा� Library
Do’s & Don’t’s Crop Calender Documents (DLIOs)
Image Video Audio
जन ज्ञा�न Interactions
Wiki Blog Forum (Q/A)
News Room About Us
FAQ Photo Galary Videos Contact Us
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What is Agropedia?
www.agropedia.net Content repository Contributed content /
social (shared) content Sponsored contents
KMs Thesis /Journal /Paper Do’s & Don'ts Crop Calendar
Knowledge repository
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Content taxonomy
Crop Calendar Do’s & Don'ts AgroWiki Blogs Forum News Room Repository (DLIOs)
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User Interface
1 Extension Workers / VDOs / Farmers
2 Scientist /Author / Editor /Students
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Question Please !