1 Adaptive Management Portal April 2000

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5 Adaptive Management Portal Objective To make multiple, diverse, and reliable information from separate sites easily accessible via a virtual library.

6 Adaptive Management Area Locations Click on the map or the name for a description and a location map. Ba Ba Adaptive Management Areas

7 Adaptive Management Portal System Description An Internet-based catalogue, access, and retrieval system with dedicated service for Adaptive Management Area generated information. Key elements include: Access to multiple sites Collection Policy Meta-information Content Standard

8 Terminology- Based Access Relevant Information Highlighted (Base Info.) User-Supplied Annotation A Notional View

9 Adaptive Management Portal Key Components Concurrent access to multiple sites Collection Policy Meta-information Content Standard

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12 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES Provide easy access to a distributed network Provide for local autonomy Provide a scalable system Provide an extensible design Explore and identify the use of standard terminology Explore the capability for user-supplied annotations

13 1 Understand the customer requirements and opportunities Hold focus groups, workshops and interviews Assess the current information content Query and work with other national and international efforts Evaluate the strengths and corresponding marketing opportunities

14 How do we participate technically? Answer the questions What kind of information would you want? What kind of information will you provide? What kind of “meta-information is needed? Which semantics need to be standardized? Participate by providing, by using, by advertising

15 How do we participate organizationally? Answer the questions (examples): What should the collection policy be? What training is needed? For whom? What are the organization’s financial and funding capabilities? Who does data management? What expertise is available (including time)? What resource equipment is required? Available? Who are the customers? Why? Participate by providing, by using, by advertising

16 Adaptive Management Portal Interoperability The ability of the user to search multiple and diverse sources (individual Adaptive Management Area sites) in an easy manner.

17 How do we achieve interoperability? standardized meta-data fields standardized semantics communications protocol

18 Adaptive Management Portal Collection Policy Provides guidance on the type of information which should be included as a part of the system. Typically includes: types of eligible information resources, format for meta-data (catalogue) entries, quality of eligible information resources, and conditions for entering meta-data.

19 Information Collection Policy Determined by the Portal’s information providers as influenced by: scope & purpose of information system including user’s needs, goals and constraints of maintaining organization including mandates, and availability of resources and stability of proposed records.

20 Adaptive Management Portal Meta-information Necessary auxiliary information needed to understand, locate, or search for information. Everyday examples include; nutrition facts labels bar codes card catalogues

21 Adaptive Management Portal Meta-information Elements Title Author or Creator Subject & Key Words Abstract or Other Text Description Publisher (or AMA) Date Made Available Type (e.g. paper, www page, dictionary) Format (e.g.. map, text) Resource Identifier (e.g. ISBN, URL) Source (if not original) Language Relation (conference, compendium) Coverage (spatial and temporal) Rights (copyright notice)

22 Adaptive Management Portal Some Benefits AMA-”centered” single-entry access and searching to multiple information sources: a virtual library Long-term harmonization of information content, scale, terminology Exposes duplication and gaps in research Broadcasts findings to a targeted audience Reduced website development costs by becoming a “family” of information providers Reduction in volume of phone info. requests

23 Adaptive Management Portal Probable Add-ons Discussion groups with conversation threads saved for future reference Online newsletters and periodic documents List server for announcements via Direct links to other compatible “nodes” e.g. IUFRO’s Global Forest Information Service Calendar of AMA events and activities User needs assessments via counters, surveys

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