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2786 2787 2788 2789 2790 2791 2792 2793 2794 2795 2796 2797 2798 2799 2800 2801 2802 2803 2804 2805 2806 2807 2808 2809 2810 2811 2812 2813 " :. 109 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM " .:;: Introduction ( The GCMRC Information Technology Program facilitates the AMP by: 1) archiving and delivering scientific data and other information to stakeholders, scientists, and the public, 2) providing technology based solutions to data collection, manipulation, and analysis, and 3) providing support in areas of computers, surveying, and GIS. The GCMRC has extensive historical data and information collected over many years relating to the condition of resources in the Colorado River ecosystem. This information represents an extremely valuable asset to researchers, managers, and interested stakeholders, but has yet to be developed into an ecologically integrated information system. Its potential for problem solving, improving management guidelines, modeling relationships, or increasing understanding of the various resources and systems under study justifies an aggressive program of information acquisition, management, and subsequent analysis. The goal of the Information Technology Program (lTP) is to satisfy the information needs of stakeholders, scienlists, and the public relalive to the Colorado River ecosystem in terms of content and delivery. Key to achieving this goal is the development and maintenance of three core information technologies: 1) a data base management system (DBMS) for tabular information and other electronic non-spatial information, 2) a geographic information system (GIS) for electronic spatial information, and 3) a library for hardcopy information. Content of these systems wiJI consist of all information gathered as the result of GCMRC investigations, both past and present, and additional information relating to the Colorado River ecosystem. The full exploitation of archived data requires sufficient information as to its context including quality, comparability, and temporal and spatial aspects. Therefore, data standards must be developed which preserve the context under which the data was collected and ensures its quality and comparability from year to year, place to place, researcher to ~-. "j. :.,~ i:,~ "'- ~' ~.:" C' '~:. " .;~ ^, i~ -, .}. ~: , :~t' V . ., :..,. ..~~ i ...,~ , . ~ "'if :-;, ~~1 November S, 1998 Second Draft - Do Not Cite, Photocopy, or DIstribute