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Foundations
Project for Integrated Access to Minnesota Environmental and Natural Resource
Information Project
Summary
The Foundations Project is a State of Minnesota multi-agency collaborative
project aimed at improving public access to environmental and natural resources
data and information. Developing intuitive and easy to use search
tools and strategies is the Project's focus. Staff and agency participants
catalog many kinds of electronic information resources using qualified
Dublin Core elements. These resources can be used to develop
advanced search and retrieval techniques that integrate access to this
information across agency Web sites. The search interface is called
Bridges, signifying
the metaphorical spanning of information across Minnesota state agencies.
Based on project research findings and using principles of information
architecture, a "blueprint" that specifies best practices for
Minnesota state environmental agency Web sites will be created.
In summary, the project is working on:
- Consumer-oriented needs for environmental information and data maintained
or made available through Minnesota state agencies
- An approach that will provide integrated access to environmental information
and data consistent with emerging technology standards, guidelines and
best practices, including qualified Dublin Core, controlled vocabulary,
and standardized application of metadata
- Evaluating the approach's effectiveness for integrated access, using
external reviewers who represent a wide range of public points of view
- Designing, evaluating and expediting guidelines for documentation,
thesaurus and metadata implementation, which promotes responsive search
and retrieval procedures
- Providing skilled assistance to state agencies that catalog environmental
information
- Preparing a workable blueprint to improve discovery and retrieval of
environmental information resources, based on research and testing throughout
the project
- Conducting outreach to inform key user groups and promote implementation
of the blueprint throughout state government.
The Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources, Information Policy
Council and the Environmental Quality Board receive periodic updates.
Completion date for the project will be June 30, 2000. For more information
contact:
Eileen Quam Project
Coordinator & Metadata Specialist 651.297.2341
Funding for the Foundations Project was approved by the
Minnesota Legislature, ML 1997, Chapter 216, Sec. 15, Subd. 11(a) Public
Access to Natural Resource Data, as recommended by the Legislative Commission
on Minnesota Resources from the Future Resources Fund.
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