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1. EPA Data Publishing StrategyExchange Network National MeetingApril 29, 2009Atlanta, GA Andy Battin, Deputy Director
Office of Information Collection Assistant Regional Administrators for Administration:
R1 – Linda Murphy R5 – Walt Kovalick R9 – Jane Diamond
R2 – Donna Vizian R6 – Lynda Carroll R10 – Julie Hagensen
R3 – Jim Newsom R7 – Martha Cuppy RTP – Ben Scaggs
R4 – Wanda Johnson R8 – Eddie Sierra Cinc – Bill Henderson
Welcome: I’d like to thank each of you for your continued efforts in managing the Exchange Network grants within your Regions.
I hope we use the next two hours to
-- elevate your participation within the Network to that of “champions”
-- conceptualize efforts to increase program participation with the Regions, and
-- hear from you on anything we can do to assist in broadening support for the
Network within each Region.
I’d like to introduce Connie Dwyer, acting Division Director for Information Exchange, and Jonathan Jacobson, Branch Chief for our Partnerships Branch.Assistant Regional Administrators for Administration:
R1 – Linda Murphy R5 – Walt Kovalick R9 – Jane Diamond
R2 – Donna Vizian R6 – Lynda Carroll R10 – Julie Hagensen
R3 – Jim Newsom R7 – Martha Cuppy RTP – Ben Scaggs
R4 – Wanda Johnson R8 – Eddie Sierra Cinc – Bill Henderson
Welcome: I’d like to thank each of you for your continued efforts in managing the Exchange Network grants within your Regions.
I hope we use the next two hours to
-- elevate your participation within the Network to that of “champions”
-- conceptualize efforts to increase program participation with the Regions, and
-- hear from you on anything we can do to assist in broadening support for the
Network within each Region.
I’d like to introduce Connie Dwyer, acting Division Director for Information Exchange, and Jonathan Jacobson, Branch Chief for our Partnerships Branch.
2. EPA Data Publishing StrategyExchange Network National MeetingApril 29, 2009Atlanta, GA Andy Battin, Deputy Director
Office of Information Collection Assistant Regional Administrators for Administration:
R1 – Linda Murphy R5 – Walt Kovalick R9 – Jane Diamond
R2 – Donna Vizian R6 – Lynda Carroll R10 – Julie Hagensen
R3 – Jim Newsom R7 – Martha Cuppy RTP – Ben Scaggs
R4 – Wanda Johnson R8 – Eddie Sierra Cinc – Bill Henderson
Welcome: I’d like to thank each of you for your continued efforts in managing the Exchange Network grants within your Regions.
I hope we use the next two hours to
-- elevate your participation within the Network to that of “champions”
-- conceptualize efforts to increase program participation with the Regions, and
-- hear from you on anything we can do to assist in broadening support for the
Network within each Region.
I’d like to introduce Connie Dwyer, acting Division Director for Information Exchange, and Jonathan Jacobson, Branch Chief for our Partnerships Branch.Assistant Regional Administrators for Administration:
R1 – Linda Murphy R5 – Walt Kovalick R9 – Jane Diamond
R2 – Donna Vizian R6 – Lynda Carroll R10 – Julie Hagensen
R3 – Jim Newsom R7 – Martha Cuppy RTP – Ben Scaggs
R4 – Wanda Johnson R8 – Eddie Sierra Cinc – Bill Henderson
Welcome: I’d like to thank each of you for your continued efforts in managing the Exchange Network grants within your Regions.
I hope we use the next two hours to
-- elevate your participation within the Network to that of “champions”
-- conceptualize efforts to increase program participation with the Regions, and
-- hear from you on anything we can do to assist in broadening support for the
Network within each Region.
I’d like to introduce Connie Dwyer, acting Division Director for Information Exchange, and Jonathan Jacobson, Branch Chief for our Partnerships Branch.
3. Outline EPA’s data publishing initiative
Opportunities to expand publishing using the Exchange Network
Demonstrate some publishing formats and access methods
4. I. Why an EPA Publishing Action Plan? Difficult to discover and use EPA data, available in disparate forms and formats
New administration—mandate for transparency
Increasing need to integrate, analyze/visualize across media, and collaborate. Leverage improving technologies for doing so
Need summary data for a general audience, as well as disaggregated data for people who want to do their own analyses
As EN anticipated, we need to complement our access applications with access services.
5. EPA Information Access Strategy (Find, Understand, Use) Data Finder
Search
Publishing
Publishing major data sources and applying the lessons learned from this experience to develop a broader data publishing approach that meets the needs of our audiences by providing multiple data formats and access methods Rick Martin laid this out in the morning plenary session
Rick Martin laid this out in the morning plenary session
6. Multiple Data Formats Web services - in a variety of formats or ‘flavors’
Will need to figure out how to ‘chunk’ the data in meaningful ways.
WQX is available in 24 web services, many FRS outbound flows in the EN
EN protocol, as well as various standardized, open source formats
Formats include RSS, KML, etc. – TBD
File downloads – i.e. PDF, spreadsheets, CSV, etc. Our focus will be on web services, which facilitate our ability to develop real-time applications and to integrate data
Also, as EN anticipated, we need to complement our access applications with “access services”
Users need THE DATA, not just the good interface
Users need THE DATA so THEY can build the good interface
Our focus will be on web services, which facilitate our ability to develop real-time applications and to integrate data
Also, as EN anticipated, we need to complement our access applications with “access services”
Users need THE DATA, not just the good interface
Users need THE DATA so THEY can build the good interface
7. Multiple Access Methods Current
Exchange Network — for trusted partners
Envirofacts & Program Systems
Value-added applications including MyEnvironment
GeoData Gateway — for searching, accessing geospatial data
FTP
ODBC connections — for users inside EPA
EPA Earth — for EPA users. Visualize, integrate, analyze Future
Data Finder — website for published flows, EPA-wide focus
Cloud hosting and computing
Put the “Environment” in Data.gov
More effective linkages to Intermediaries — ex: dataFED.net
8. Audience is wide-ranging
LOUIS IS WORKING ON A REVISION TO THIS SLIDE (AND/OR A MATRIX?)Audience is wide-ranging
LOUIS IS WORKING ON A REVISION TO THIS SLIDE (AND/OR A MATRIX?)
9. EPA Publishing Action Plan Short term/long term goals
Now—initial publishing principles, catalog and integrate current flows, demonstrate success publishing EN flows and Program data
Next year—comprehensive proposal with standards, infrastructure needs, priorities, partnership opportunities. Plans for monitoring usage and customer satisfaction. Will include a near-term approach for publishing all major EPA datasets.
Align with data.gov and leverage EN infrastructure to support recovery.gov initiatives What EPA has committed itself to
Aligns closely with data.gov – Federal-wide publishing of raw data
ALIGNMENT WITH RECOVERY.GOV – JERRY/CONNIE CAN HELP US SAY SOMETHING HEREWhat EPA has committed itself to
Aligns closely with data.gov – Federal-wide publishing of raw data
ALIGNMENT WITH RECOVERY.GOV – JERRY/CONNIE CAN HELP US SAY SOMETHING HERE
10. EPA 2009 Publishing Push: Components EPA intends to publish several major data resources this year…towards goal of publishing everything*
OEI, this year will establish 1st generation common infrastructure available for program offices who want it, for easier Agency data publishing, including EN publishing
Publishing infrastructure will include:
Improved data / data file downloads
Web services
Web service brokers (more later)
Integration with Data Finder for discovery Now—initial publishing principles, catalog and integrate current flows, demonstrate success publishing EN flows and Program data
Next year—comprehensive proposal with standards, infrastructure needs, priorities, partnership opportunities. Plans for monitoring usage and customer satisfaction. Will include a near-term approach for publishing all major EPA datasets.
Now—initial publishing principles, catalog and integrate current flows, demonstrate success publishing EN flows and Program data
Next year—comprehensive proposal with standards, infrastructure needs, priorities, partnership opportunities. Plans for monitoring usage and customer satisfaction. Will include a near-term approach for publishing all major EPA datasets.
11. EPA commits to publishing several major data resources this year: Build on work done by our program partners in AIR (AQS) and Water (WQX)
Start with data OEI already has available:
Leverage Envirofacts infrastructure to publish a subset of data
Add FRS to 3.0 to existing 2.3 services
Publish the TRI data
Work with program offices to identify areas we can quickly use common publishing infrastructure.
12. II. Leverage EN as Cornerstone to the Publishing Push EN community was ahead of the curve on the basic underpinnings of publishing: web services, common schema and open standards.
EPA hopes to use the EN to contribute in three specific ways:
More EN published flows
Use traditional EN inbound flows to provide more national data sets (like WQX)
Provide a real broker service to allow EN clients access to other web services and vice versa
13. Publishing Environmental Data - Now Here’s where we’re at with the EN. The EN meets many of our needs.
OGC – FRS, NHD, RAD, Imagery
Generics – STORET, Here’s where we’re at with the EN. The EN meets many of our needs.
OGC – FRS, NHD, RAD, Imagery
Generics – STORET,
14. Publishing Environmental Data – Desired Future Here’s our vision for publishing with the EN. Any questions?Here’s our vision for publishing with the EN. Any questions?
15. Exchange Network – Member’s Only Club? INSPIRE, CAJOLE, WE GOTTA PLAY, AND WE SHOULD WANT TO
We’ve got to expand our membership
YOU MIGHT WANT TO START DISCUSSING THE NEXT SLIDE WHILE THIS ONE IS STILL UP:
The EN community was ahead of the curve on the basic underpinnings of publishing: web services, common schema and open standards.
EPA hopes to use the EN to contribute in three specific ways:
More EN published flows
Use traditional EN inbound flows to provide more national data sets (like WQX)
Provide a real broker service to allow EN clients access to other web services and vice versa
INSPIRE, CAJOLE, WE GOTTA PLAY, AND WE SHOULD WANT TO
We’ve got to expand our membership
YOU MIGHT WANT TO START DISCUSSING THE NEXT SLIDE WHILE THIS ONE IS STILL UP:
The EN community was ahead of the curve on the basic underpinnings of publishing: web services, common schema and open standards.
EPA hopes to use the EN to contribute in three specific ways:
More EN published flows
Use traditional EN inbound flows to provide more national data sets (like WQX)
Provide a real broker service to allow EN clients access to other web services and vice versa
16. 3 Proposed EPA - EN Publishing Models NEED TO LIST SOME EXAMPLES HERE
Louis’ headers:
More Services Published On EN, i.e. - specialized FRS chunks
Re-publishing non EN data through EN (Brokering), i.e. - NatureServe data
Re-publishing EN data to non EN user (Brokering and Aggregation/Re-publication
NEED TO LIST SOME EXAMPLES HERE
Louis’ headers:
More Services Published On EN, i.e. - specialized FRS chunks
Re-publishing non EN data through EN (Brokering), i.e. - NatureServe data
Re-publishing EN data to non EN user (Brokering and Aggregation/Re-publication
17. III. Examples publishing formats and access methods Recent OEI work on Publishing
Chris Clark EPA/OEI
Publishing WQX data as web services, Excel application
Kristen Gunthardt, EPA/OWOW
Geospatial apps as an example of a publishing interface and integration/visualization tool
Jerry Johnston EPA/OEI