UIS-management of data and services in the environmental information systems of Baden-Württemberg

  • Authors:

  • Wolf-Fritz Riekert;Roland Mayer-Föll;Gerlinde Wiest

  • Affiliations:

  • Research Institute for Applied Knowledge Processing, PO Box 2060, D-89010 Urn, Germany;Ministry of Environment and Traffic, State of Baden-Wtirttemberg, PO Box 1034, D-701 82 Stuttgart, Germany;Research Institute for Applied Knowledge Processing, PO Box 2060, D-89010 Urn, Germany

  • Venue:
  • ACM SIGMOD Record
  • Year:
  • 1997

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Abstract

In the Environmental Information System (UIS) of Baden-Württemberg, an extensive collection of information and knowledge is accumulated in the form of data, methods, and multimedia documents on a variety of computer platforms. A service-oriented approach based on meta-information and WWW technology has been chosen to bring this treasure of information and knowledge to the workplace of every employee in the environmental administration. The guiding idea was to identify data, functionalities, and multimedia information that can be used in multiple ways and to supply them as self-contained network services. This helps to make the use of the available hardware and software resources more economical and, in addition, allows for a relatively unrestricted and easy access to the information sources offered by the UIS.