Keywords
environmental information system; software reuse; national park management; research documentation; data quality
Location
Session A2: Interoperability, Reusability, and Integrated Systems
Start Date
11-7-2016 2:30 PM
End Date
11-7-2016 2:50 PM
Abstract
Within the world network of nature reserves, a national park is a park in use for conservation purposes. Beside it´s high value for nature and biodiversity, national parks are serving as sites for research, environmental monitoring, education and training. In order to ensure a long-lasting, central and efficient access to the literature and data on such a nature reserve for all scientists from the respective institutions, a research information portal was established for the National Park Hunsrück-Hochwald. Based on a user requirements analysis, a client-server architecture using open source components was set up. Core modules are a metadata-management component and a geospatial data and map service. Beside their own data, the system is interfacing with external data sources (e.g. semantic network service) using standardized protocols to optimize the information retrieval. Main goal of the system developed is to avoid expensive, redundant data acquisition as well as time-consuming information retrieval for the individual research teams. Furthermore, research becomes more transparent, thus allowing better use of possible synergy effects.
Included in
Civil Engineering Commons, Data Storage Systems Commons, Environmental Engineering Commons, Hydraulic Engineering Commons, Other Civil and Environmental Engineering Commons
Scientific Research Documentation - An Information Server for the National Park Hunsrück-Hochwald
Session A2: Interoperability, Reusability, and Integrated Systems
Within the world network of nature reserves, a national park is a park in use for conservation purposes. Beside it´s high value for nature and biodiversity, national parks are serving as sites for research, environmental monitoring, education and training. In order to ensure a long-lasting, central and efficient access to the literature and data on such a nature reserve for all scientists from the respective institutions, a research information portal was established for the National Park Hunsrück-Hochwald. Based on a user requirements analysis, a client-server architecture using open source components was set up. Core modules are a metadata-management component and a geospatial data and map service. Beside their own data, the system is interfacing with external data sources (e.g. semantic network service) using standardized protocols to optimize the information retrieval. Main goal of the system developed is to avoid expensive, redundant data acquisition as well as time-consuming information retrieval for the individual research teams. Furthermore, research becomes more transparent, thus allowing better use of possible synergy effects.
