FM launches online Info Resource Base

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has placed online its Information Resource Base (IRB) Collection of documents, newspaper and magazine articles from across the world relating to the LTTE and international terrorism. This can be accessed through the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, http://www.slmfa.gov.lk www.slmfa.gov.lk

Part of a more extensive physical collection of clippings from over the years in areas of relevance to Sri Lankan affairs and foreign policy, the IRB collection placed online amounts to over 600 key articles written on the atrocities of the LTTE, its international network and international action against the LTTE.

The digitalisation of the IRB of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been completed by the Public Communication Division in collaboration with the University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC).

Each article is categorised, cross referenced and tagged with keywords for easy customisable searches.

They will be accessible through the Internet with on-line viewing of the stored articles. The majority of components of software are developed with Open Source technologies such as MySQL for database and PHP for on-line content.