Environmental data exchange network for inland water / edited by Palle Haastrup, Jrgen Wurtz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Haastrup, Palle.

Wurtz, Jrgen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information storage and retrieval systems--Hydrology.

Information storage and retrieval systems.

Hydrology--Environmental aspects--Data processing.

Hydrology.

Hydrology--Databases.

Water--Information services.

Water.

Distributed databases.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Understanding and protecting our environment is a key component of environmental development, yet access to a wide range of high-quality information is currently based on very limited data due to lack of the exchange of data between source and recipient. This three part book that first discusses the importance of data exchange and describes why it is essential for gathering data in the environmental sciences. Part Two takes the results of the Environmental Data Exchange Network for Inland Water project (EDEN-IW), and addresses its objectives for ensuring that the needs of citizens and

Contents:

Front Cover; Environmental Data Exchange Network for Inland Water; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Contributors; PART I Environmental Data Exchange; Chapter 1 Environmental Data Exchange for Inland Water; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 General background; 1.3 Technical background; 1.4 Social considerations; 1.5 Water issues in Europe; 1.6 Book outline; Chapter 2 An Example of a Data Exchange Network: The French System for Water Data; 2.1 The french system for water; 2.2 Information system structure; 2.3 Perspectives; 2.4 Technical principles and choices

2.5 DiscussionChapter 3 The Evolution of Thematic Reporting into a Shared Information System: An Example on Water; 3.1 Historic legacy and political background; 3.2 Identifying business processes and streamlining reporting obligations; 3.3 Reportnet as a current technological solution to streamline reporting; 3.4 Review of monitoring; 3.5 Distributed information system; 3.6 From water data flows to a water information system; 3.7 From a reporting to an information system; Notes; Chapter 4 Agent-Based Concepts for Environmental Data; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Project motivation; 4.3 Infosleuth

4.4 Technical system description4.5 Project description; 4.6 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Chapter 5 Review of Models and Technologies for Database Integration; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 RDBMS, SQL and data warehouses; 5.3 The global view database integration model; 5.4 Distributed databases; 5.5 SQL summary; 5.6 XML, web services and the grid; 5.7 The semantic web; 5.8 Agents and multi-agent systems; 5.9 Concluding remarks; Chapter 6 Security Issues for Distributed Software Agents; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 RDBMS security mechanisms; 6.3 Interfaces between agent software and the RDBMS

6.4 Network configurations6.5 Installing the resource agent in a corporate network configuration; 6.6 Conclusions; PART II The EDEN-IW Project; Chapter 7 Introduction and Overview of Results; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Main results; 7.3 Independent software agents; 7.4 Inland water application; 7.5 Environmental analysis; 7.6 Agent communication visualiser; 7.7 Semantic management; 7.8 Discussion; Chapter 8 Multi-agent System Technology in Distributed Database Systems; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Specification of MAS using FIPA standards; 8.3 Developing MAS applications

8.4 EDEN-IW MAS system design and implementation8.5 Discussion and conclusions; Chapter 9 An Ontology-based Approach for Enhancing Inland Water Information Retrieval from Heterogeneous Databases; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 What is an ontology?; 9.3 Inland water data application requirements; 9.4 EDEN-IW semantic model and services; 9.5 Discussion; Chapter 10 Quadrilingual List and Terminology Reference System; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 The quadrilingual list of determinands; 10.3 The terminology reference system; 10.4 Discussions and conclusions

Chapter 11 Agent Communication Visualising Technologies

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-72942-2

9786610729425

0-08-046725-3

OCLC:

647643721