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Environmental Data Exchange Network for Inland Water
1st Edition - November 29, 2006
Editors: Palle Haastrup, Jorgen Würtz
Hardback ISBN:9780444529732
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Understanding and protecting our environment is a key component of environmental development, yet access to a wide range of high-quality information is currently based on very limited data due to lack of the exchange of data between source and recipient. This three part book that first discusses the importance of data exchange and describes why it is essential for gathering data in the environmental sciences. Part Two takes the results of the Environmental Data Exchange Network for Inland Water project (EDEN-IW), and addresses its objectives for ensuring that the needs of citizens and enterprises of the environmental sciences community are met. Finally, Part Three takes a look at the wide variety of data policies and addresses how environment administrators in Europe can enhance their efficiency, openness and accountability.
Discusses the importance of data exchange, as well as database integration and distribution of data with software agents
Provides the results, objectives, and focus of the EDEN-IW project for sharing knowledge
Addresses current data exchange policies and its future impact within the environmental fields
Researchers in environmental science, ecology, and hydrology, as well as environmental protection agencies around the globe.
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
Part I: Environmental Data Exchange
Chapter 1: Environmental Data Exchange for Inland Water
1.1 INTRODUCTION
1.2 GENERAL BACKGROUND
1.3 TECHNICAL BACKGROUND
1.4 SOCIAL CONSIDERATIONS
1.5 WATER ISSUES IN EUROPE
1.6 BOOK OUTLINE
Chapter 2: An Example of a Data Exchange Network: The French System for Water Data
2.1 THE FRENCH SYSTEM FOR WATER
2.2 INFORMATION SYSTEM STRUCTURE
2.3 PERSPECTIVES
2.4 TECHNICAL PRINCIPLES AND CHOICES
2.5 DISCUSSION
Chapter 3: The Evolution of Thematic Reporting Into a Shared Information System: An Example on Water
3.1 HISTORIC LEGACY AND POLITICAL BACKGROUND
3.2 IDENTIFYING BUSINESS PROCESSES AND STREAMLINING REPORTING OBLIGATIONS
3.3 REPORTNET AS A CURRENT TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTION TO STREAMLINE REPORTING
3.4 REVIEW OF MONITORING
3.5 DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION SYSTEM
3.6 FROM WATER DATA FLOWS TO A WATER INFORMATION SYSTEM
3.7 FROM A REPORTING TO AN INFORMATION SYSTEM
Chapter 4: Agent-Based Concepts For Environmental Data
4.1 INTRODUCTION
4.2 PROJECT MOTIVATION
4.3 INFOSLEUTH
4.4 TECHNICAL SYSTEM DESCRIPTION
4.5 PROJECT DESCRIPTION
4.6 CONCLUSION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Chapter 5: Review of Models and Technologies for Database Integration
5.1 INTRODUCTION
5.2 RDBMS, SQL AND DATA WAREHOUSES
5.3 THE GLOBAL VIEW DATABASE INTEGRATION MODEL
5.4 DISTRIBUTED DATABASES
5.5 SQL SUMMARY
5.6 XML, WEB SERVICES AND THE GRID
5.7 THE SEMANTIC WEB
5.8 AGENTS AND MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS
5.9 CONCLUDING REMARKS
Chapter 6: Security Issues For Distributed Software Agents
6.1 INTRODUCTION
6.2 RDBMS SECURITY MECHANISMS
6.3 INTERFACES BETWEEN AGENT SOFTWARE AND THE RDBMS
6.4 NETWORK CONFIGURATIONS
6.5 INSTALLING THE RESOURCE AGENT IN A CORPORATE NETWORK CONFIGURATION
6.6 CONCLUSIONS
Part II: The EDEN-IW Project
Chapter 7: Introduction and Overview of Results
7.1 INTRODUCTION
7.2 MAIN RESULTS
7.3 INDEPENDENT SOFTWARE AGENTS
7.4 INLAND WATER APPLICATION
7.5 ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS
7.6 AGENT COMMUNICATION VISUALISER
7.7 SEMANTIC MANAGEMENT
7.8 DISCUSSION
Chapter 8: Multi-Agent System Technology in Distributed Database Systems
8.1 INTRODUCTION
8.2 SPECIFICATION OF MAS USING FIPA STANDARDS
8.3 DEVELOPING MAS APPLICATIONS
8.4 EDEN-IW MAS SYSTEM DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION
8.5 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS
Chapter 9: An Ontology-Based Approach for Enhancing Inland Water Information Retrieval from Heterogeneous Databases
9.1 INTRODUCTION
9.2 WHAT IS AN ONTOLOGY?
9.3 INLAND WATER DATA APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
9.4 EDEN-IW SEMANTIC MODEL AND SERVICES
9.5 DISCUSSION
Chapter 10: Quadrilingual List and Terminology Reference System
10.1 INTRODUCTION
10.2 THE QUADRILINGUAL LIST OF DETERMINANDS
10.3 THE TERMINOLOGY REFERENCE SYSTEM
10.4 DISCUSSIONS AND CONCLUSIONS
Chapter 11: Agent Communication Visualising Technologies
11.1 INTRODUCTION
11.2 GOALS OF THE AGENT COMMUNICATION VISUALISER
11.3 THE ACV PROJECT
11.4 THE ACV IN USE
11.5 POTENTIAL USES OF THE ACV
11.6 THE ACV WEBSITE
11.7 CONCLUSIVE REMARKS
Chapter 12: Interaction with the User
12.1 INTRODUCTION
12.2 WEB APPLICATION DESIGN
12.3 WEB APPLICATION OVERVIEW
12.4 USING EDEN-IW FOR INLAND WATER ANALYSIS
12.5 FINAL REMARKS
Chapter 13: Geographical Information and Map Services
13.1 INTRODUCTION
13.2 GIS DATA IN THE INLAND-WATER DOMAIN
13.3 OPEN GEOSPATIAL CONSORTIUM STANDARDS
13.4 EDEN-IW GIS SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE
13.5 CONCLUDING REMARKS
Chapter 14: Performance Issues of Distributed Systems
14.1 INTRODUCTION
14.2 THE SETUP
14.3 ANALYSIS METHOD
14.4 THE SEARCH FOR AVAILABLE DETERMINANDS
14.5 THE SEARCH FOR STATIONS
14.6 THE SEARCH FOR MEASUREMENT DATA
14.7 A SIMPLE MODEL FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF A DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM
14.8 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
Part III: Perspectives and Data Harmonisation
Chapter 15: Environmental Data: Edge Issues and the Path Forward
15.1 INTRODUCTION
15.2 OPERATIONAL EDGE ISSUES
15.3 THE SEMANTICS EDGE: A MAJOR CHALLENGE AND PROMISING OPPORTUNITY
15.4 CONCLUDING REMARKS
Chapter 16: A Water Reference for Europe
16.1 INTRODUCTION
16.2 COMPONENTS OF THE REFERENCE
16.3 RADAR SENSING TECHNIQUES TO DETECT ELEVATION
16.4 DETECTION OF WATER SURFACES
16.5 AUTOMATED CODING METHODS FOR HYDROLOGICAL SYSTEMS
16.6 INCLUSION OF OBJECTS INFLUENCED BY MAN
16.7 DISPLAY OF RESULTS
16.8 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH
16.9 GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Chapter 17: Perspectives for Information Systems for Water