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Larry Fitzwater, U.S. EPA Kathleen Gundry, SAIC January 20, 2000 Open Forum on Metadata Registries Santa Fe, NM SDC-0002-021-JE-2033

Overview: 

Overview Technology components of SEDES Role of the Terminology Reference System (TRS) Role of the Environmental Data Registry (EDR) Future integration of TRS and EDR Summary

Technology Components of SEDES: 

Technology Components of SEDES

EDR and TRS: 

EDR and TRS http://www.epa.gov/trs/ http://www.epa.gov/edr/

Vision: 

Vision Cataloging data and documents Retrieving Web documents and data elements Developing data elements Integrating databases Develop a repository of well-defined environmental concepts as a tool for:

States Currently Participatingin SEDES: 

States Currently Participating in SEDES CA OR WA ID MT WY CO NM AK HI OK KS NE SD ND MN IA WI MI IN OH KY TN MS AL GA FL SC NC VA WV PA ME NY MD DE NJ CT MA VT NH RI IL MO AR LA NV UT AZ TX MO NJ

EPA/State Collaboration: 

EPA/State Collaboration Pilot – Hazardous waste clean-up concepts Partnership with states and tribal entities Data element development Search engines Database integration

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SDC-0002-021-JE-2033

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Means any single location, place, tract of land or parcel of property or portion thereof, including contiguous property separated by a public right-of-way. (Section 58.2 of the Act) This term also includes, but is not limited to, all buildings and improvements present at that location, place or tract of land. (State Remediation Program (Title 35, Section 740.120): Definitions) SDC-0002-021-JE-2033

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SDC-0002-021-JE-2033

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SDC-0002-021-JE-2033

Future of EDR/TRS Integration: 

Future of EDR/TRS Integration TRS Terms EDR Data Elements

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SDC-0002-021-JE-2033

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SDC-0002-021-JE-2033

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Keyword Data Element “Classification Tag” SDC-0002-021-JE-2033

Uses of EDR/TRS Integration: 

Uses of EDR/TRS Integration Use TRS as: Source of terms used to classify data elements Gateway to search data element metadata by keyword

Database Integration: 

Database Integration Environmental Data Exchange Network (EDEN) pilot project Collaboration: DOE, DoD, EPA, EEA Map heterogeneous hazardous waste databases Innovative technology

Web Information Retrieval: 

Web Information Retrieval Web metadata inventory Search engine Thesaurus function Topic sets

Document Retrieval: 

Document Retrieval Cataloging Indexing Reference vocabulary

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Larry Fitzwater, U.S. EPA Office of Environmental Information Tel: (202) 260-3071 fitzwater.larry@epa.gov Discussion SDC-0002-021-JE-2033