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Brent Frakes Natural Resources Program Center. Reference Application. Overview. History Purpose Scope Audience Functionality. History. Bibliographic Data Mining in mid 1990s Natural Resource Challenge (~2000) NatureBib Bibliographic Inventory Closed system Data Store
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Brent Frakes Natural Resources Program Center Reference Application
Overview • History • Purpose • Scope • Audience • Functionality
History • Bibliographic Data Mining in mid 1990s • Natural Resource Challenge (~2000) • NatureBib • Bibliographic Inventory • Closed system • Data Store • Base cartography • GIS data • Open system with public face • Systems functioned, but as silos • Integration of Resource Management Applications (IRMA -2007) • All natural resources systems will be integrated • Data Manager with the I&M program was hired in 2008 to redefine NatureBib and Datastore
Purpose • An application for managing references and the available information resources relevant to managing the National Parks’ natural resources
Within Scope • Information used for the purpose of managing the Park’s natural resources • All types of information (includes the digital files) • Documents • Datasets • Multimedia • Projects • Collections • Specific to the NPS or more general information • Includes sensitive and proprietary information; varying degrees of quality • Full compliance with NPS standards for information exchange (NPS BibMAPS)
Out of Scope • Service-wide federated search engine • Replacement for other NPS Applications: Voyager, NPS Focus, eTIC, ANCS+, Cultural Resources applications, etc. • The NPS GIS clearinghouse • Replacement for desktop applications for creating and editing FGDC metadata • Project management application
Audience • Tailored for • Park natural resources • Inventory and monitoring • Natural resources divisions • Regional natural resources • Natural resources GIS • No restrictions on use within NPS – open to all • Search • Create
Functionality(Current) • Spatial enabling of all information • Define a project and bundle related deliverables • Identity management • Unit Point of Contact/Unit Steward Role • Informal review • Control official park data • Create from XML upload • Auditing • Files up to 2 gb in size • REST/SOAP (next page)
Reference REST/SOAP Services • REST (read only) • Fetch Reference List • Fetch Reference • Fetch Holding Location/Digital File • SOAP (read/write) - Reference Management Examples • Fetch References • Activate Reference • Save Reference • Quarantine Reference • Remove Reference • Upload Metadata
Functionality (Planned ) • Batch editing and upload/download • More robust geography • Link Reference to Linnaean taxonomy • Search via taxonomy • Personal Reference Collections • Saved personal queries • Support for EndNote • Personal comments and notations • Notification • Further integration with other NR applications (e.g., RPRS) • Further REST/SOAP support • Duplicate record detection • Versioning