Global & Regional Initiatives on Information Management

1. Global & Regional InitiativesonInformation Management Eero Mikkola(IUFRO) Joris Siermann (CIFOR) Mikkola@iufro.org J.Siermann@cgiar.org Global Forest information Service (GFIS) Second Asia Consultation Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – August 2/4, 2004

2. Overview • iMark • ReFOP/IKM • Forest Spatial Catalog (FSIC) • Open Access Initiatives

3. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Information Management Resource Kit a partnership-based e-learning initiative

4. Information Management Resource Kit IMARK modules use the latest instructional methods in e-learning to increase awareness, understanding and skills. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

5. Information Management Resource Kit Instructional methods Storytelling and mini-cases… Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

6. Information Management Resource Kit Instructional methods …simulations and… …“demonstration-practice” method Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

7. Information Management Resource Kit Interactions: testsand exerciseswith personalized feedback Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

8. Information Management Resource Kit Learners can create their own personal learning path based on their interests and needs. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

9. Information Management Resource Kit Illustrative case studies and self-study tutorials are provided for in-depth study. Each module includes public domain applications and tools for information management. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

10. Information Management Resource Kit On-line community: a "virtual" community on the Internet for contributors and learners Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

11. ASEAN Regional Forestry Clearing House Mechanism ReFOP/ASEAN Information & Knowledge Management (IKM)

12. ASEAN Clearing-House Mechanism • ReFOP: ASEAN-German Regional Forest Programme for Southeast Asia • ReFOP is currently developing a web-based information platform geared to support ASEAN Forestry Officials in information and knowledge exchange for regional forest policy coordination. • Participating countries: Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and the ASEAN Secretariat • Geared to decision makers, • Access is semi public & registered users

13. Modules • Document Database • Metadata standards: • XML • Dublin Core Compliant • Discussion Forum • News Center • Calendar • Web Links • Search Engine

14. Linkages to GFIS Through the use of GFIS standards it is hoped that the GFIS initiative is promoted and supported within the ASEAN Member Countries and awareness. • ReFOP is developing its system with the Dublin Core as meta data standard • ReFOP is using XML as the Mark Up language • ReFOP is eager to adopt a controlled vocabulary for metadata elements developed by GFIS, when it is available.

15. Forest Spatial Information Catalog

16. Forest Spatial Information Catalog Share forestry related information between a wide range of stakeholders: • GIS Specialists • Partner institutions • Policy makers & Consultancies • (Local) Government • NGO’s • Researchers

17. Digital dataset Open dataset Metadata Explorer Create/edit metadata Metadata Entry Application Publishing Metadata Metadata connector (ArcIMS) Connects to ArcSDE ArcSDE Connects to database Metadata database Create Metadata Work Flow

18. Select Data

19. View Metadata

20. Digital dataset Open dataset Metadata Explorer Create/edit metadata Metadata Entry Application Publishing Metadata Metadata connector (ArcIMS) Connects to ArcSDE ArcSDE Connects to database Metadata database Create Metadata Work Flow

21. Create & Edit Metadata All digital files are supported: • Spatial files: • Vector (shp) • Raster (tif, bmp, jpg) • Non spatial files: • PDF • MS Office (doc, xsl, ppt) • Images

22. Create & Edit Metadata Compatible to multiple thesaurus • GEMET • CABI

23. Create & Edit Metadata • Compliant to: • FGDC • ISO • Dublin Core

24. User FSIC graphic user interface Result is presented back to the user Connects to FSIC and performance a query FSIC Application logic FSIC transforms XML into formatted html tables FSIC translates query into ArcXML Metadata Connector (ArcIMS) Connector returns ArcXML Connects to ArcIMS ArcSDE Connects to ArcSDE ArcSDE passes it on to connector Metadata Database Database returns found records Connects to the database Find Metadata Workflow

25. Find Metadata 1. Search 2. Browse 3. Find

26. Web Mapping Web Mapping Client • OpenGIS • Flash • Beta version

27. OAI The Open Archives Initiative http://www.openarchives.org/

28. OAI: Open Archives Initiative “The Open Archives Initiative has been set up to create a forum to discuss and solve matters of interoperability between electronic preprint solutions, as a way to promote their global acceptance. “ “The OAI develops and promotes interoperability standards that aim to facilitate the efficient dissemination of content.”

29. OAI in context economy establish a technological basis that allows other issues to be addressed technology sociology law

30. Service Provider (Harvester) Data Provider (Repository) Protocol requests XML metadata OAI - Protocol for Metadata Harvesting • “OAI-PMH” • Simple protocol. Free implementations available. • Designed to allow harvesting of any XML metadata (schema described)

31. OAI for discovery R1 R2 ? User R3 R4 Information islands

32. OAI for discovery Service layer R1 R2 Search service User R3 R4 Metadata harvested by service

33. Building the network • Services have to be able to locate repositories • Outside knowledge • Through OAI registry • Through <friends> data • Still issues of selection and local collection building • Network may contain intermediate aggregators and proxies