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Welcome to the EuroFIR Technical Website
This part of the EuroFIR websites contains the technical implementations of the EuroFIR food composition search functions, the links to worldwide food composition information as well as background information for food composition data management and interchange produced both earlier - especially in European projects like Eurofoods - and during the EuroFIR project.
The website is maintained by the EuroFIR WP1.8 Compiler network and supporting task groups.

The Compiler Network
The Compiler Network is the central group in the EuroFIR's WP1.8 Compiler Network and supporting task groups - here you can find contact and other information for the Compiler network.
The first Compiler Network Meeting took place at AFSSA, Paris, 5-6 March 2007 - followed by the EuroFIR Value Documentation and Food Indexing courses. Find presentations and documents from the meeting and courses here.

The EuroFIR Compiler Network Quality training course took place in Geel, Belgium, 8-9 November 2007.  Agenda, presentations and minutes can be found here.
The second Compiler network meeting with value documentation and quality assessment training took place in Norwich, UK, 18-21 March 2008. Presentations and documents from the meetings can be found here.
 

The CEN Standard Task Group
The current versions of the EuroFIR Standard Description (2007-07-13) and Technical Annex (2007-11-06) can be downloaded here. A new page with the EuroFIR thesauri for use in value documentation can be found here or in the menu to the left.
A preliminary report on the Aspects of using ChEBI for EuroFIR components is also available.
 
The Food Description Task Group
In addition to the public LanguaL site, http://www.langual.org/, the EuroFIR Technical website includes specific LanguaL implementations produced by the EuroFIR Consortium and are therefore not publicly accessible.
A special page for Food Description especially with respect to scientific names can be found here.
Information on the new versions of LanguaL (LanguaL 2007) and the LanguaL Food Product Indexer can be found here.
 
The Systems Development Task Group
The Systems Development Task Group undertakes the technical implementation of the EuroFIR Databank System and its services. 
The current version of the EuroFIR Databank Specifications and XML Food Data Transport Package (version 1.3, 2008-07-30) can be downloaded here. The development of these documents are currently pending consensus on the EuroFIR Standard and its Technical Annex, see above.

Further information on the XML template and web services implementations can be found here.
 

The Data Interface Task Group
The Data Interface Task Group undertakes the technical specification of the EuroFIR Databank System's data interfaces and its services.
 
The Databases and Search Functions
The implementation of the EuroFIR food composition data search functions are being developed over time. Quite a few facilities require intensive work to be carried out by the data compilers. The EuroFIR search functions currently include search in free text, search with with LanguaL descriptors. The search facility is called the eSearch prototype.

The EuroFIR database on bioactive components in foods is eBasis.
 

Background papers
Over time, quite a few papers concerning the technical issues of food composition data management and interchange as well as papers on metadata such as nitrogen-to-protein conversion factors, fatty acid conversion factors and energy calculation factors has been produced. Under the heading Background papers you will find a selection of these papers as well as the reports and specifications produced by the WP1.8 Compiler Network and supporting task groups... (more)
 

NOTE
This website is under constant development and the current layout presented as an example of how the EuroFIR Technical Website could appear. It is given as part of the EuroFIR Prototype given in the EuroFIR Technical specifications report. The website and its pages are optimized for a screen resolution of 1024*768 or higher....(more to come).


 
 

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 Latest News
EuroFIR thesauri version 1.0 published

2008-08-25
The EuroFIR thesauri version 1.0 has been published. See the EuroFIR thesauri pages.
 
New version of EuroFIR XML Food Data Transport Package

2008-08-25
Version 1.3 of the EuroFIR XML Food Data Transport Package.
See the System Development pages.
 
LanguaL 2008 lauched

2008-08-25
The new version of LanguaL 2008 has been published.
Find more information on the pages on LanguaL and FPI.
 
Success for the CEN project!!!

2008-08-06
The application for a CEN project on a Standard for Food Composition Data was submitted in April and has been accepted!
Please read this.
 
EuroFIR FoodComp 2008

2008-04-02
The EuroFIR Course on Production and Use of Food Composition Data in Nutrition, 6-17 October 2008, Bratislava, Slovakia.
More information and application form here.
 
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