ITR/IM: Digital Government: Infrastructure for Data Sharing, Spatial Analysis, Resource Decision-Making, and Societal Impact: The Oregon Coastal Atlas

EIA-0113519Dawn J. WrightOregon State UniversityTitle：ITR/IM：Infrastructure for Data Sharing，Spatial Analysis，Resource Decision-Making，and Societal ImpactThe goal of this project is to address the problems of the public resource manager in making efficient use of disciplinary specific data within the inherently international context of the coastal zone.最初的重点将是在俄勒冈州海岸的当地用户。不过，通过开发一个互动的、可通过因特网访问的信息管理系统，将各种地理空间数据和分析工具纳入一个共同框架，这些技术很有可能成为整个北美类似努力的一般模式。最终用户培训和直接技术援助被纳入该系统的开发，后端系统维护工具也被纳入，以确保系统的寿命。这将使各级政府的沿海决策者、公众和研究科学家能够更容易地找到和使用相关的、及时的地理空间信息。通过这种方式，可以通过将社区扩展基础设施扩展到公共办公室来改善沿海社区对沿海决策的普遍参与，否则这些办公室将难以获得IT服务和资源。具体而言，将建立一个基于网络的数据共享库，具有集成的互联网制图和工具构建能力，以提供资源管理人员和科学家解决跨学科主题所需的协调-这是沿海地区特有的问题。基础设施的设计将使其在规模和受众方面都能随着时间的推移而扩展，并鼓励更高级的参与者用户进行双向贡献。这些基础设施大部分将是通用的，可用于自然科学的许多跨学科研究领域。基础设施，称为俄勒冈州海岸地图集（OCA）将包括：1。基于网络的电子存储库，不仅保存物理观察结果（传统数据）、文本、视频和图形，还保存有关计算元素（用于计算处理的程序、模型、工具和脚本）的信息;2.一套工具，方便输入新的数据和元数据，以及在支持的格式之间进行转换; 3.一种新形式的XML，称为Coastal XML或CML，它将提高数据存档结构和工具的可导出性。

EIA-0113519Dawn J. WrightOregon State UniversityTitle: ITR/IM: Infrastructure for Data Sharing, Spatial Analysis, Resource Decision-Making, and Societal ImpactThe goal of this project is to address the problems of the public resource manager in making effective use of discipline-specific data within the inherently interdisciplinary context of the coastal zone. Initially the focus will be on local users on the Oregon Coast. However, there is great potential that the technologies can serve as a general model for similar efforts throughout North America, by developing an interactive, Internet-accessible information management system that incorporates a variety of geospatial data and analysis tools within a common framework. End-user training and direct technical assistance are incorporated into the development of this system, as are back-end system maintenance tools to ensure system longevity. This will enable coastal decision-makers at all government levels, the public, and research scientists to more easily find and use relevant, timely geospatial information. In this way universal participation in coastal decision making among coastal communities can be improved by extending community-expanding infrastructure to public offices that would otherwise face difficulties accessing IT services and resources.Specifically, a web-based data sharing depot will be built, with integrated Internet mapping and tool building capabilities to provide the coordination that resource managers and scientists need to tackle the interdisciplinary topic-based issues characteristic of the coastal zone. The infrastructure will be designed so that it is scalable over time both in size and in audience and encouraging of 2-way contributions by more advanced participant users. Much of this infrastructure will be generic, of use to many areas of interdisciplinary research in the natural sciences. The infrastructure, called the Oregon Coastal Atlas (OCA) will include:1. A web-based electronic repository that will hold not only physical observations (traditional data),text, video and graphics, but also information about computational elements (programs, models, tools, and scripts for computational processing);2. A set of tools that facilitate the entry of new data and metadata as well as the transformation between supported formats; and 3. A new form of XML, called Coastal XML or CML, that will improve the exportability of data archive structures and tools.