Food informatics

J.L. Top; N.J.J.P. Koenderink; H. Rijgersberg

Food informatics

In: Towards effective food chains

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J.L. Top

J.L. Top Wageningen UR, Food & Biobased Research, Bornse Weilanden 9, 6708 WG Wageningen, the Netherlands; jan.top@wur.nl

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N.J.J.P. Koenderink

N.J.J.P. Koenderink Wageningen UR, Food & Biobased Research, Bornse Weilanden 9, 6708 WG Wageningen, the Netherlands; jan.top@wur.nl

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H. Rijgersberg

H. Rijgersberg Wageningen UR, Food & Biobased Research, Bornse Weilanden 9, 6708 WG Wageningen, the Netherlands; jan.top@wur.nl

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Pages:: 207–224

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.3920/9789086867059_013

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Purpose: Innovation in agrifood supply chains requires transparency of information and knowledge. The objective of food informatics is to create web-based methods and tools to support continuous interaction between science, industry and society.

Methodology/approach: A central theme is to apply technologies that express the semantics of research information. Due to the development of knowledge models (ontologies), computer systems become aware of food domain knowledge. The most important step in the context is to introduce a formal version of the most elementary natural language sentence (subject-predicate- object) and to refer to its parts using world-wide unique identifiers. This has been supplemented with logical constructs to allow complex reasoning.

Findings: We have developed the ROC method: Rapid and Reuse-based Ontology Construction. This method makes knowledge modelling more efficient. ROC allows the domain expert to autonomously identify terms and concepts. The expert is supported in associative thinking. Secondly, we have developed a vocabulary to describe the core concepts and processes in quantitative (agrifood) research. We have implemented and evaluated this vocabulary in new tools to assist researchers.

Practical implications: If more people understand the assumptions and mechanisms on which scientific results in agrifood are based, they have a better understanding of which actions to take. For food industry this means increased quality, sustainability and cost effectiveness in the industrial production process. The research management system Tiffany has been developed and implemented at TI Food and Nutrition. Secondly, ERDS, the emerging risks detection system scans signals on the web that point to events that eventually may cause food safety risks. A third application is Gateway2Food. This tool discloses knowledge in the field of food technology to small and medium size companies by allowing them to interactively search for experts.

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Towards effective food chains

Models and applications

E-Book ISBN:: 9789086867059

Publisher:: Wageningen Academic

Print Publication Date:: 15 Nov 2010

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