a rhetorical approach to environmental information sharing
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A rhetorical approach to environmental information sharing. Dr. Andrew Woolf, Bureau of Meteorology. I Keep six honest serving-men: (They taught me all I knew) Their names are What and Where and When And How and Why and Who. Rudyard Kipling, The Elephant’s Child (Just So Stories, 1902). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
A rhetorical approach to environmental information sharingDr. Andrew Woolf,Bureau of Meteorology
I Keep six honest serving-men:
(They taught me all I knew)
Their names are What and Where and When
And How and Why and Who.
Rudyard Kipling,The Elephant’s Child (Just So Stories, 1902)
Faceted search
Faceted (environmental) search
Systems for facet analysis
Spiteri’s Principles for Choice of Facets
Principle of Differentiation
Principle of Relevance
Principle of Ascertainability
Principle of Permanence
Principle of Homogeneity
Principle of Mutual Exclusivity
Principle of Fundamental Categories
Spiteri (1998): A Simplified Model for Facet Analysis, Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, 23, p1-30.
“clearly defined, mutually exclusive, and collectively exhaustive aspects, properties, or characteristics of a class or specific subject”
Taylor (1992): Introduction to Cataloging and Classification, Englewood (CO), Libraries Unlimited.
Systems for facet analysis
z Generalia H Geology O Literature
1 Universe of Knowledge HZ Mining P Linguistics
2 Library Science I Botany Q Religion
3 Book Science J Agriculture R Philosophy
4 Journalism K Zoology S Psychology
A Natural Sciences KZ Animal Husbandry Σ Social Sciences
ß Mathematical Sciences L Medicine T Education
B Mathematics LZ Pharmacognosy U Geography
Г Physical Sciences M Useful Arts V History
C Physics Δ Spiritual Experience and Mysticism W Political Science
D Engineering Μ Humanities and Social Sciences X Economics
E Chemistry v Humanities Y Sociology
F Technology N Fine Arts YZ Social Work
G Biology NZ Literature and language Z Law
,Personality ;Matter-or-Property :Energy .Space ‘Time
“Circulation of periodicals in University Libraries in India up to the 1970s”
University Libraries
Periodicals Circulation India Up to the 1970s
2 ,34 ;46 :6 .44 ‘N7
2,34;46:6.44‘N7
Ranganathan (1963): Colon Classification, 6th Ed, Madras Library Association (422p).
(PMEST)
Systems for facet analysis
Personality Who
Matter-or-Property What
Energy How
Space Where
Time When
quis quid quando ubi cur quem ad modum quibus adminiculis
who? what? when? where? why? in what way? by what means?
Ranganathan’s PMEST
(according to commentators)
Hermagoras of Temnos (1st century BC).
‘Seven circumstances’ as loci of any hypothetical question:
‘Five Ws’ as facets for environmental information?
Faceted (environmental) search
Australian Bureau of Meteorology
National Plan forEnvironmental Information
Empowering Australians to discover, access and use environmental information for informed decision-making…
National Environmental Information Infrastructure (NEII)
Foundation: spatial data infrastructure
discovery metadata
distributed (diverse) data sources
common services
common exchange information models
data search and discovery
dataaccess
1
3
2
Supplement with: ‘Five Ws’ forenvironmental information
“indicators for national SoE reporting”
“PM10 particulate concentration”
“within the Sydney Basin”
“nephelometer”
“January 2007 – October 2012”
“Department of Environment”
‘Observations and Measurements’: An Observation event measures a property of/on a feature-of-interest using a procedure and generating a result
WHATHOWWHERE
WHEN
Information viewpoint (1/2)
1. Monitoring sites / networks
3. Observations
2. Observing methods
5. Gridded data
4. Geographies
Information viewpoint (2/2)
8. Dataset/service metadata
7. Information models
9. Parameters / observables
6. Species taxonomies
Engineering viewpoint (1/3)
metadata
1. Catalogue
environmentalparameters
2. Vocabulary Service
WHATWHO
WHEN
WHY
Engineering viewpoint (2/3)
monitoring sites / networks
3. Monitoring Sites Register
instruments,protocols, etc.
4. Observing MethodsRegister
WHEREHOW
Engineering viewpoint (3/3)
geography observations
5. Environmental Information Services
Computational viewpoint
Interface name Reference Description
Catalogue Service for the Web (CSW)
OGC 07-006r1
(CSW v2.0.2)
For searching over collections of descriptive standardised discovery metadata
Web Feature Service (WFS)
OGC 04-094
(WFS 1.1.0)
For filtering and retrieving data from information providers
Sensor Observation Service (SOS)
OGC 06-009r6
(SOS 1.0.0)
For retrieving observation data, especially time series
Web Map Service (WMS)
OGC 06-042
(WMS 1.3.0)
For requesting rendered maps of datasets
SISSVoc SISSVoc 3.0 For accessing standard vocabularies and terms
Technology viewpoint
Component Description
THREDDS Gridded data delivery service
FullMoon UML-to-GML schema conversion tool, for information model development
GeoNetwork Metadata catalogue
SISSVoc Vocabulary publishing service
Geoserver Data access service
52North Sensor Observation Service
‘O&M broker’ view
NEII servicessites
parameters
obs methods
‘provider tier’
‘client tier’
‘O&M broker tier’’
