the agropedia indica

Jeetendra Singh& Agropedia TeamIIT Kanpurhttp://www.agropedia.net

December 15th 2008

http://www.agropedia.net/

OutlineOutline

What is Agropedia Indica ? What are Knowledge

Models and what for? Knowledge Models in

Agropedia Indica? Agropedia Indica services !

Agropedia IIT Kanpur

What is Agropedia Indica?

Knowledge Repository on AgricultureOf universal knowledge modelsAnd localized contentFor a variety of usersWith appropriate interfacesBuilt in collaborative modeIn multiple languages


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


Major Issues in building the Agropedia

Knowledge models Content UI technologies Process


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


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


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


Process

Very important part of the project

Multiple aspects Content building Content delivery Collaboration Small interest groups and

their architecture


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.


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.


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!


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!


Knowledge Modeling

Create knowledge models

is white

NB: it requires tools and guidelines!


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.


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


Taxonomy Map (are)Agropedia IIT Kanpur

Partitivity Map (hasPart or isPartOf )Agropedia IIT Kanpur

Attribute Map (Attribute Map (hasAttribute hasAttribute or or hasValuehasValue))


Process Map (usesProcess)


Concept Map or Knowledge Concept Map or Knowledge ModelModel


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


Knowledge Models in Agropedia Indica

Crop Rice Rice pests Rice diseases Wheat Litchi Sugarcane Vegetable Pea Chick pea Pigeon pea Ground Nut Sorghum


Crop


Rice cropping system Agropedia IIT Kanpur

Rice field preparation


Rice post harvest management


Rice pests


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?


Visualizations


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) ....


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


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


http://www.agropedia.net/

Content taxonomy

Crop Calendar Do’s & Don'ts AgroWiki Blogs Forum News Room Repository (DLIOs)


User Interface

1 Extension Workers / VDOs / Farmers

2 Scientist /Author / Editor /Students


Question Please !

the agropedia indica

Documents

knowledge repository

knowledgeexplicit knowledge

wikipediatacit knowledge

agropedia indica services

needs multiple models

different models

rambhog rice

multiple channelssponsored