UN Library launches new linked data services platform: metadata.un.org - January 14, 2020

The Dag Hammarskjöld Library is pleased to announce the launch of their new linked data services platform: metadata.un.org.  Linked data is structured data interlinked with other data, making it more discoverable and searchable through semantic queries. 

Metadata.un.org currently hosts the Library’s UNBIS Thesaurus and the Department of Economic and Social Affairs’ taxonomy of Sustainable Development Goals identifiers.   More linked data services and taxonomies will be hosted on metadata.un.org as they become available.

The UNBIS Thesaurus is a database of controlled vocabulary used by UN programmes, funds, and regional commissions to describe the UN’s published output (parliamentary documents, publications, reports, etc.). The new platform provides a revamped interface with increased functionality in the six official UN languages.  Its controlled vocabulary makes subject searches possible by identifying materials on the same concept consistently, despite terminology changes over time. 

DESA’s SDG Taxonomy was produced in collaboration with groups from across the UN system.  They developed a system of Internationalized Resource Identifiers (IRIs) for the SDGs, the related targets and indicators, related entities linking to UNBIS Thesaurus terms,  as well as the SDG Interface Ontology, maintained by UN Environment. These common identifiers are deployed to provide a key element of infrastructure that will allow UN system organizations and relevant stakeholders to map their SDG resources to the growing pool of knowledge about the SDGs available on the semantic web.  

We welcome feedback on this new service. 

Taylor & Francis Acquires F1000 Research - January 12, 2020

"Leading specialist academic publisher Taylor & Francis Group, part of Informa plc, has today announced the addition of cutting-edge open research publisher F1000 Research Ltd."

"“The addition of F1000 Research significantly strengthens and extends our capabilities in open research and broader publishing services. It also brings with it a strong culture of innovation and challenging the status quo. This will be invaluable as we evolve to meet the research needs of the 21st century; offering options to create the impact needed to convert research into solutions quickly,” says Annie Callanan, Chief Executive of Taylor & Francis."

"Whilst continuing to operate independently, F1000 Research will become a key component of Taylor & Francis’s range of open research services and Plan S-compliant platforms, complementing its extensive and growing portfolio of Open Access journals and supporting the company’s ethos of evolving to deliver what researchers across the world expect by championing choice, whatever their field of research or source of funding.

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Vitek Tracz, founder of F1000 Research and Chairman of Science Navigation Group said:

“The default way for researchers to share their findings, the Research Journal, is evolving. F1000 Research proposed an efficient, transparent mechanism to respond to the rapidly growing range of needs and opportunities in the way information is shared. The task now needs input and support from a more established partner and I am happy that in the leadership of Taylor & Francis and Informa, we have found a team who understands and is committed to continuing this evolution.”

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F1000Prime and F1000Workspace are not included in this transaction and will continue under the ownership of Vitek Tracz.

Link to Full Text Announcement and Blog Post by Rebecca Lawrence, Managing Director, F1000 at:

https://www.infodocket.com/2020/01/10/scholarly-publishing-taylor-francis-acquires-f1000-research/

or

https://newsroom.taylorandfrancisgroup.com/f1000-research-joins-taylor-francis/
https://blog.f1000.com/2020/01/10/f1000research-flies-the-nest/