AGRIS Open Data Set (ODS)

The AGRIS Open Data Set (ODS), owned by FAO, represents about half of the existing records in AGRIS covering diverse topics related to food and agriculture. By sharing metadata and links to full texts, it promotes the reuse of research outputs and knowledge sharing, crucial for progress towards various Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially those where the FAO is the custodian agency. The data is available under a CC-BY-4.0 license, ensuring it is open and accessible to the global community.

Metadata in the AGRIS ODS is meticulously prepared, adhering to standards like Dublin Core and W3C Data Catalog schemas, ensuring it is findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (FAIR principles). Contributions are collected via multiple methods, including the OAI-PMH protocol or email, and are cleaned and normalized before publication. The AGRIS dataset, encompassing books, journal articles, monographs, and grey literature, is actively used by a wide network of institutions across more than 150 countries, facilitating extensive international collaboration and research in the agricultural sciences.

The AGRIS ODS is downloadable as an xml file at https://agris.fao.org/ods/AGRIS.ODS.xml.

AGRIS individual data providers are not obligated to share their metadata. Joining the AGRIS ODS initiative is not binding; a data provider can ask to be removed at any time.