What is the history of AgMES?
The Agricultural Metadata Standards Initiative was launched in November 2000 at a workshop in Brussels, jointly organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and OneWorld Europe. As a follow-up to the Brussels workshop, a working group was established which looked into the applicability of Dublin Core Elements and Qualifiers as a means for describing technical and scientific information in the area of agriculture. The unanimous conclusion was that Dublin Core was indeed an optimal starting point for the Agricultural Metadata Standards Initiative and therefore formed the basis for the step forward. A specification for the first metadata standard was established which is based on the Dublin Core and complements it with local extensions considered necessary for the comprehensive description of agricultural information. Other standards useful for the description of resources have also been consulted.
