Reference Application

Brent FrakesNatural Resources Program Center

Overview

History Purpose Scope Audience Functionality

History

Bibliographic Data Mining in mid 1990s Natural Resource Challenge (~2000) NatureBib

Bibliographic Inventory Closed system

Data Store Base cartography GIS data Open system with public face

Systems functioned, but as silos Integration of Resource Management Applications (IRMA -

2007) All natural resources systems will be integrated Data Manager with the I&M program was hired in 2008 to

redefine NatureBib and Datastore

Purpose

An application for managing references and the available information resources relevant to managing the National Parks’ natural resources

Within Scope

Information used for the purpose of managing the Park’s natural resources

All types of information (includes the digital files) Documents Datasets Multimedia Projects Collections

Specific to the NPS or more general information Includes sensitive and proprietary information;

varying degrees of quality Full compliance with NPS standards for information

exchange (NPS BibMAPS)

Out of Scope

Service-wide federated search engine Replacement for other NPS Applications:

Voyager, NPS Focus, eTIC, ANCS+, Cultural Resources applications, etc.

The NPS GIS clearinghouse Replacement for desktop applications for

creating and editing FGDC metadata Project management application

Audience

Tailored for Park natural resources Inventory and monitoring Natural resources divisions Regional natural resources Natural resources GIS

No restrictions on use within NPS – open to all Search Create

Functionality (Current)

Spatial enabling of all information Define a project and bundle related

deliverables Identity management Unit Point of Contact/Unit Steward Role

Informal review Control official park data

Create from XML upload Auditing Files up to 2 gb in size REST/SOAP (next page)

Reference REST/SOAP Services REST (read only)

Fetch Reference List Fetch Reference Fetch Holding Location/Digital File

• SOAP (read/write) - Reference Management Examples Fetch References Activate Reference Save Reference Quarantine Reference Remove Reference Upload Metadata

Functionality (Planned )

Batch editing and upload/download More robust geography Link Reference to Linnaean taxonomy Search via taxonomy Personal Reference Collections Saved personal queries Support for EndNote Personal comments and notations Notification Further integration with other NR applications (e.g.,

RPRS) Further REST/SOAP support Duplicate record detection Versioning