HR: 08:45h
AN: IN21D-04    [Abstracts]
TI: From Interoperability to Integration: Making Data and Information Accessible and Usable for Decision Making
AU: * Chen, R S
EM: bchen@ciesin.columbia.edu
AF: Center for International Earth Science Information Network, Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964 United States
AU: Balstad, R
EM: roberta@ciesin.columbia.edu
AF: Center for International Earth Science Information Network, Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964 United States
AB: Recent natural disasters in both the developed and developing world have illustrated the many barriers that still exist in accessing needed environmental and socioeconomic data and in integrating such data to provide timely and appropriate inputs for decision making. Although there has been much focus to date on issues of data interoperability, much more work is needed to address basic data access and integration problems. We will report on recent efforts to improve data access across the so-called "digital divide", to establish an "information commons" for science, and to improve the extent and quality of integrated databases to support decision making in the areas of disaster management and environmental sustainability. The Earth science community needs to work proactively to ensure that its own scientific data resources are accessible and usable in conjunction with other types of data needed for both research and applications.
DE: 0468 Natural hazards
DE: 0485 Science policy (6620)
DE: 0525 Data management
DE: 6309 Decision making under uncertainty
DE: 6339 System design
SC: Earth and Space Science Informatics [IN]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005