A Workshop for Advancing a Unified Model for Observational Data in the Ecological and Environmental Sciences to be held at Santa Barbara, CA - July 9-13, 2007

加州大学圣巴巴拉分校获得了一笔赠款，用于支持一个研讨会，以推进观测数据的统一表示模型。本次研讨会的目的是在信息网络开发人员之间就表示环境观测数据的语义和属性的基本框架达成广泛的协议。本次研讨会的参与者是从事生态、生物和环境研究的数据库设计、数据集成工具和数据访问服务的环境和信息科学家。与会者将比较提出的知识表示模式，以确定确保跨多个科学团体的数据集成工具的互操作性所需的标准化水平。讲习班将编写一份报告，确定其调查结果和关于制定和维持必要标准的建议。

The University of California - Santa Barbara is awarded a grant to support a workshop for advancing a unified representation model for observational data. The purpose of this workshop is to reach broad agreement among developers of information networks on a fundamental framework for representing the semantics and properties of environmental observation data. The participants of this workshop are environmental and information scientists involved in the design of databases, data integration tools, and data access services for ecological, biological, and environmental research. The participants will compare proposed schemas for knowledge representation to identify the level of standardization required to ensure interoperability of data integration tools across multiple science communities. The workshop will produce a report identifying its findings and recommendations for creating and maintaining necessary standards.