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Environmental Data Registry (EDR). SDC-005-057-JE-8026. A place to keep facts about characteristics of data that are necessary to clearly describe, inventory, analyze, and classify data Supports data sharing with cross-system and cross-organization descriptions of common units of data
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Environmental Data Registry (EDR) SDC-005-057-JE-8026
A place to keep facts about characteristics of data that are necessary to clearly describe, inventory, analyze, and classify data Supports data sharing with cross-system and cross-organization descriptions of common units of data Assists users of shared data to have common understanding of the meaning, representation, and identification of a unit of data What is a Data Registry?
It is a single, comprehensive, authoritative source of information about environmental data. The EDR is available electronically via the World Wide Web. What is the EDR?
Provide a source of well-formed data elements and value domains Promote the reuse of well-formed data in Agency systems and beyond Enable data sharing, data integration, and data comparability Provide a metadata repository - a central information source about Agency data Goals of the EDR
Environmental Data Registry Dictionary:information ondata names, definitions,formats, and relationships Directory: organizations responsible for the data Reference Book:descriptionsof the data Road Map: location andrelationship information SDC-005-057-JE-8026
Software Architecture Environmental Data Registry EDR Netscape 3.0 Enterprise Server Dynamically Generated HTML DEC Alpha 4100 (3.0.18) Oracle 8.0.4 Database Browser
EDR Data Element Example Registry Name: Facility Name Definition: The name of a facility or complex facility Identifier: 5720 Version Number: 1 Administrative Status: Draft Registration Status: Certified Maximum Character Count: 50 Datatype: Alphanumeric Document Information: Envirofacts Locational Reference Tables, Version 2.1, Data Modeling Report, 02/05/97; Facility Identification Initiative, Interim Final Recommendations Draft, 12/08/97
Geopolitical units Mailing and physical addresses Hydrologic unit codes (HUC) Standard Industrial Classification / North American Industry Classification System (SIC/NAICS) codes Locational data elements Facility ID standard data elements Chemical standard data elements The EDR Already Contains
EPA-application data elements Envirofacts Biological taxonomy data elements Government Information Locator System (GILS) data elements Groundwater data elements Future Additions to the EDR
Conformance with ISO/IEC 11179 Evolution from original vision to current strategy Populating the registry Foreign concept of “reuse” Long-term resource commitment ImplementationIssues and Challenges
For information please contact: Marian Cody US EPA 401 M Street, SW Washington, DC 20460 (202) 260-5110 cody.marian@.epa.gov SDC-005-057-JE-8026
Identify Need forStandard EPA Data Standards Process Look at Existing Standards Candidate Propose Candidate Standard Standard Development Approved no yes yes no Continue Standard Retire Update Standard Development Meetings Review Interim Reach Consensus, Submit as Interim Standard Review Standard no Interim Standard Approved Promulgation in EDR yes Promulgation in EDR yes Issue Resolution no & DevelopBusiness Rules Final Standard Approved Final Submit for Approval Business Rules & Final Standard SDC-005-057-JE-8026