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Bill Johnson. Leveraging the power of NPS’s Natural Resource Program Center information platform to benefit an individual I&M network. Our Design Considerations. Accessibility required for cooperators, partners, and NPS staff Limited staff resources Restricted IT capabilities
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Bill Johnson Leveraging the power of NPS’s Natural Resource Program Center information platform to benefit an individual I&M network
Our Design Considerations • Accessibility required for cooperators, partners, and NPS staff • Limited staff resources • Restricted IT capabilities • Staff turns over
NRPC’s Offering • MS SQL Server database platform • Web server • Business continuity components • External Internet web presence • Responsive technical support staff
External / Internal Web Presence PROTOCOL RETRIEVAL CONTACTS
Requires technical expertise in building web sites and SQL databases Trades off flexibility for integrity and functionality Relies on outside provider’s performance for success Drawbacks
System reliability and responsiveness World wide availability Data security High capacity at low cost Once established, provides data to customers without staff involvement One platform to maintain Web services / Web 2.0 hooks Advantages
The web-connected database: http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/units/sean The web-connected data manager: Bill_Johnson@NPS.GOV Contacts