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<br />2841 <br />2842 <br />2843 <br />2844 <br />2845 <br />2846 <br />2847 <br />2848 <br />2849 <br />2850 <br />2851 <br />2852 <br />2853 <br />2854 <br />2855 <br />2856 <br />2857 <br />2858 <br />2859 <br />2860 <br />2861 <br />2862 <br />2863 <br />2864 <br />2865 <br />2866 <br />2867 <br /> <br />, <br />, <br /> <br />111 <br /> <br />;.: <br />~ <br /> <br />award. At this point, information flows bi-directionally between the researchers and the <br />ITP, The ITP provides the researcher with relevant background literature, scientific and <br />remotely sensed data, and survey and other spatial data. The researcher identifies to the <br />ITP the type and attributes of tabular, spatial, and sensitive data they are collecting. Quality <br />control and assurance plans are reviewed and approved. Appropriate protocols and <br />standards for data collection and delivery are incorporated into the contract before award. <br />When GCMRC receives a deliverable from a researcher containing data or other <br />information, the ITP reviews it for completeness and conformance to the standards and <br />protocols and incorporates it into the appropriate data system on a provisional basis, The <br />data is quality assured and then made available to stakeholders, researchers, and the public <br />through delivery systems. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />~. <br /> <br />::. <br /> <br />., <br />~~ <br />" <br />." <br />~, <br />( <br /> <br />'. <br />, <br /> <br />Data Base Management System <br />A comprehensive and versatile DBMS is the fIrst of the three core information <br />technologies being used by the GCMRC. Its purpose is to store and deliver all tabular and <br />other electronic non-spatial information gathered as the result of GCMRC investigations, <br />both past and present. The ITP of the GCMRC is currently charged with inventorying, <br />organizing, archiving, and developing delivery systems for many years worth of <br />environmental data collection activities representing a vast array of disparate data including <br />physical, biological, cultural, socio-economic, and climatic information. Some data resides <br />on mature DBMS systems but much of it is stored on floppy disks or hard disks on <br />personal computers using PC type spreadsheet and database formats. Although the <br />objective of the information technology program is to provide a centralized database <br />management system (DBMS), it is our policy not to duplicate data warehousing already <br />provided by other entities, In these circumstances it is preferable to interrogate the off-site <br />database remotely when possible. However, the GCMRC will act as a clearinghouse of <br />data owned by other entities in the case where remote database interrogation is not <br /> <br />~ <br />,~ <br /> <br />t <br />,~ .... <br />~.. <br /> <br />~; <br /> <br />;.-. <br />~": <br /> <br />,': <br />-," <br /> <br />,.f <br />-.;. <br /> <br />p~ <br />,., <br />t? <br />~:.i <br /> <br />,-:". <br />, <br /> <br />).:.." <br /> <br />November S. 1998 <br />Second Draft - Do Not Cite, Pbotocopy, or Distribute <br />