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The Publishing Process Integration system for the GSC publication series

Explore the comprehensive system developed by Linda Guay on digital mapping techniques for the GSC publication series, emphasizing the benefits of avoiding duplication, handling high publication volumes, and facilitating interaction between databases and publishing process players.

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The Publishing Process Integration system for the GSC publication series

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  1. The Publishing Process Integration system for the GSC publication series Linda Guay Digital Mapping Techniques June 2006

  2. Agenda • Context • Why such a system? • Interaction between the players in the publishing process • PPI system and administration features

  3. Context • ISO certification in Cartography in 1998 • Diagram of the overall process in 2000 • Then ISO certification was extended to the rest of Publishing Services (Digital Design and Editorial) in 2002 PPI system Reproduces the overall process

  4. Why such a system? AVOID DUPLICATION • To avoid duplication of efforts (reuse information) • All forms used throughout the process are partially prefilled with tombstone information once the permission-to-publish has been initiated. • Map production will be linked to PPI for automatic insertion of title, authorship, scale, etc. • At the end of the process, some of GSC’s bibliographic database fields (GEOSCAN) come from PPI. • etc.

  5. Why such a system? VOLUME • Number of publications going through our services in one year • 20-30 A-Series Maps • 150-200 Open Files (of which about 60-80 are maps) • 20-30 Current Research articles • 10-20 reports (Bulletins and MRs) • 10-20 reprints in all series ------------------------------------ TOTAL = 270-370 PUBLICATIONS/YEAR (OF WHICH 80-110 ARE MAPS)

  6. Why such a system? INTERACTION BETWEEN DATABASES Others GDR Oracle Map parsing (language) Controlled vocabulary GEOSCAN Metadata Oracle PPI Oracle XML Bibliographic database (Star) XML Carto GIS Tracking Access

  7. Interaction between the players in the publishing process

  8. Publishing process at a glance: Main players Critical Review Pr Mgr Div Dir GSC Pub Serv Author Sub Div Chief Author

  9. Coming additions to PPI • External or outside publishing process • Metadata gathering step (added to the main process) • Link to the project management system in the organization: Would allow us to add automatic initiation of the permission-to-publish form and help us planning

  10. PPI administration features = FLEXIBILIBY

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