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The Resource Information Management Challenge – Who’s On First?
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2008 GIS & Data Management Conference
National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the Interior
The Resource Information Management Challenge –
Who’s On First?
Joe GregsonResource Information Management Division
Resource Information Management DivisionNational Information Services CenterOffice of the Chief Information Officer
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OverviewThis Session’s Presentations• A Collaborative Services Culture…• Geographic Information Systems…• Digital Information Services…Session 25 (IRMA) Presentations• Laying the foundation for SOA…• The New NPSPecies…• The Future of the NPS Data Store
and NatureBib
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A Collaborative Services Culture for Managing
Resource Information
The RIM Challenge• What is it?• Who’s on first?• Where is it going?• The legacy, present, and future
Resource Information Management DivisionNational Information Services CenterOffice of the Chief Information Officer
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Sidebars
• Buzz word/BS Bingo• Confuseduser Sayings• Stovepipe Analogies
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Confuseduser says:So many stovepipes, but where is the wok?
The Resource Information Management ChallengeWhat is it?
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• Not a new idea!• A more comprehensive approach• Improving coordination,
collaboration, and communication• Bringing together communities• Revisiting requirements• Defining services• Evolving applications and systems• Bridging differences/filling gaps
Resource Information Management
The Resource Information Management ChallengeWhat is it?
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Analogy: The Food Court at the Mall of the Universe
• Many restaurants with common requirements: tables, chairs, staff, stoves, ovens, food, supplies, etc.
• A few uncommon ones: flame-broilers, live lobsters, specialty wares (e.g., that wok!), etc.
• Restaurants/customers come and go, but the infrastructure andpartners are unaffected.
The Resource Information Management ChallengeWhat is it?
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Vision for RIM in the NPSGIS• Well-organized, NPS-wide community• Variable program participationDigital Information Services (DIS)• Conceptually two program areas:
1. Digital Information Management2. Library Services
• No well-organized, formal community• Many sep. programs efforts
The Resource Information Management ChallengeWhat is it?
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NPS GIS Program• GIS Council (GISC)
– Broad Representation– Collaborative Program Management– Base Budget Management
• Enterprise GIS Subcommittee• GPS/Mobile Mapping Subcommittee• Heritage Assets Subcommittee• Parks GIS Coordinators Group• Remote Sensing Subcommittee
The Resource Information Management ChallengeWhat is it?
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• DIS Council (DISC)– Broad Representation– Collaborative Program Management
• Library Subcommittee• Image/Digital Photo Subcommittee• Document and Media Subcommittee• Parks Dig. Info. Managers Group
NPS DIS Program Plans
The Resource Information Management ChallengeWhat is it?
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Digital Information Management• Digital Information = metadata and
associated digital files (e.g., photos, docs., other media and content)
• Metadata Management• Image Management• [Published] Document Management• Enterprise DIM Repositories (e.g.,
Data Store, Focus, and E-TIC)• Cross-repository Searching
The Resource Information Management ChallengeWhat is it?
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The Legacy• Many programs and projects have
collected resource information• Few systematic approaches• Many stovepipe applications• Much has been lost, orphaned,
neglected, or of poor quality• Little sharing; much repeated work• GIS, I&M, ITC, and TIC initiate
data/information management
The Resource Information Management ChallengeWho’s on First?
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The (Stovepipe) Legacy• NPS Data Store (and predecessors)• NPS Focus Digital Library and Research Station
• NPS Voyager Library Catalog• TIC Amoeba• Bibliographies
– NR/NatureBib, CRBIB, GRBIB, PaleoBib, others
• InsideNPS, NPS.GOV, websites• NPS Interactive Mapping Center• Many other efforts
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Who’s on First?
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The Present
The Resource Information Management ChallengeWho’s on First?
• NPS.GOV’s Photo Gallery• NR Integrated Resource Management
Applications (IRMA)• Resource Information Management
Division applications and programs• Technical Information Center’s E-TIC• Opportunity/Challenge to leverage
these projects for a more broadly integrated, customer-focused approach
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The Future?• Improved communication,
coordination and collaboration• Sustainable, standards-based data
and services• Web service tiers on all data
resources and repositories• Highly adaptable and reusable thin-
client user interfaces• Formal EA/SOA/ITIL approaches to
maximize business value
The Resource Information Management ChallengeWhere is it going?
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Where is it going?
Confuseduser says: Think locally,
act collaboratively.
Next Steps
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Next StepsWork Toward the Vision• Improve governance/communication:
– Charter the DIS Council– Organize DIS Subcommittees– Document user requirements
• Collaborate on Services– Develop/implement standards– Embrace ITIL and SOA– Plan and publish services
The Resource Information Management ChallengeWhere is it going?
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Questions?
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