The second phase consists of: advanced search; personalization; customization; additional entries to the Philippine science and technology thesaurus; use of ontology (full semantic Web support) and ontology administration; additional databases; linkages with universities and other local scientific institutions; and e-commerce (subscription for select content).

'A revenue model for the site would depend on how to repackage information and other services from partner agencies,' said Fortunato Dela Pe'a, DoST undersecretary for information and communication technology (ICT).

Long overdue