harvesting information to sustain our forests: creating an adaptive management portal
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dg.o May 2001 – Lois Delcambre, Tim Tolle, Mat Weaver 1
Harvesting Information to Harvesting Information to Sustain our Forests:Sustain our Forests:
Creating anCreating anAdaptive Management PortalAdaptive Management Portal
NSF DIGITAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAMNSF DIGITAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAM
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PartnershipPartnership
USDA Forest ServiceTim Tolle
Oregon Graduate InstituteLois Delcambre
Co-Project Directors
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Details… Details…
USDA Forest ServiceTim Tolle
Oregon Graduate Institute*
Lois Delcambre
*On July 1, 2001 •Oregon Graduate Institute School of Science & Engineering
of theOregon Health Sciences University Oregon Health & Science University
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PresentationPresentation
• Project/Partnership Structure and Experience Lois Delcambre
• Application Context; Progress to DateTim Tolle
• Metadata++ to Exploit Rich StructureMat Weaver
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Project FundingProject Funding
• Duration: 3 years
• Budget: $1.5 million
• Principal financial sponsors– National Science Foundation– Bureau of Land Management (Oregon State Office)– Forest Service (R-6 and PNW Station)– National Park Service (Western Region)
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Team Members Team Members @ Oregon Graduate Institute@ Oregon Graduate Institute
Computer ScienceLois Delcambre
Dave MaierMat Weaver
Shawn Bowers
Environmental Science& Engineering
Patty Toccalino
Management inScience & Tech.
Fred Phillips
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Additional Team Members Additional Team Members @ Oregon Graduate Institute@ Oregon Graduate Institute
Computer ScienceLois Delcambre
Dave MaierMat Weaver
Shawn BowersRupa Tummala
Sun Murthy
Environmental Science& EngineeringPatty ToccalinoJulia Norman
Management inScience & Tech.
Fred PhillipsNicole Steckler
Two grad. students
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Other Additional Team Members Other Additional Team Members @ Oregon Graduate Institute@ Oregon Graduate Institute
Computer ScienceLois Delcambre
Dave MaierMat Weaver
Shawn BowersRupa Tummala
Sun Murthy
Environmental Science& EngineeringPatty ToccalinoJulia Norman
Management inScience & Tech.
Fred PhillipsNicole Steckler
Two grad. students
Dave HansenUndergraduate students
Kinley CampbellEmily Langston
JordanWirfs-Brock
High school apprentice
On-site High school apprentice
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Team MembersTeam Members
Tim Tolle Tim Tolle Regional Coordinator for AMA, US Forest ServiceRegional Coordinator for AMA, US Forest Service
Eric LandisEric Landis Forest Information System Specialist, ConsultantForest Information System Specialist, Consultant
Craig PalmerCraig Palmer Natural Resources Monitoring Expert, UNLVNatural Resources Monitoring Expert, UNLV
Fred PhillipsFred Phillips Professor, Head, Mgt. of Science and Tech., OGIProfessor, Head, Mgt. of Science and Tech., OGI
Patty ToccalinoPatty Toccalino Asst. Prof., Environmental Science and Eng., OGIAsst. Prof., Environmental Science and Eng., OGI
Lois DelcambreLois Delcambre Professor, Computer Science and Eng., OGIProfessor, Computer Science and Eng., OGI
David MaierDavid Maier Professor, Computer Science and Eng., OGIProfessor, Computer Science and Eng., OGI
Shawn BowersShawn Bowers PhD Student, Computer Science and Eng., OGIPhD Student, Computer Science and Eng., OGI
Mat WeaverMat Weaver PhD Student, Computer Science and Eng., OGIPhD Student, Computer Science and Eng., OGI
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Staff Scientist, Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryMark Whiting
Science Advisor, USDI, National Park ServiceRegina Rochefort
Communications Director, USDA Forest Service, PNW Research StationCynthia L. Miner
Chief, Office of Technical Support, Forest Resources, USDI Fish and Wildlife ServiceMonty Knudsen
Executive Director, IMFN SecretariatFred Johnson
MD, Asst. Professor, Division of Medical Informatics and Outcomes Research, OHSU Paul Gorman
Sustainable NorthwestMartin Goebel
USDA Forest Service, Pacific NW RegionRobert Devlin
President, IUFRO, Oxford Forestry Institute, Dept of Plant SciencesJeff Burley
Co-Inventor of the Topic Map ModelMichel BiezunskiAdvisory Board
Forest/environmental expertiseForest/environmental expertise Computer science expertiseComputer science expertise
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A Predisposition for CollaborationA Predisposition for Collaboration
USDA Forest Service Oregon Graduate Institute
science cultureholds a PhD
application-motivated researchinterest in seeing results applied
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Predisposition: SafeguardsPredisposition: Safeguards
USDA Forest Service Oregon Graduate Institute
“why 3 years?”“..trouble with my C: drive”“…programmers!”
“simplifying assumptions…”“narrow focus…”“deployment?!”
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TacticsTactics
• Academics “tag along” with Tim….
• Field trips…to Rainier National Park, OSU, …
• Monthly, all-hands team lunches
• Guest spots…at research meetings
• The coffee shop around the corner
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About Choosing PartnersAbout Choosing Partners
It’s a miracle
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PresentationPresentation
• Project/Partnership Structure and Experience Lois Delcambre
• Application Context; Progress to DateTim Tolle
• Metadata++ to Exploit Rich StructureMat Weaver
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PresentationPresentation
• Project/Partnership Structure and Experience Lois Delcambre
• Application Context; Progress to DateTim Tolle
• Metadata++ to Exploit Rich StructureMat Weaver
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What is Superimposed What is Superimposed Information?Information?
data “placed over” existing information sources to:
highlight annotate elaborate select collect organize connect reuse information elements often to support new applications, beyond the original
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Examples of Superimposed Examples of Superimposed InformationInformation
Non-electronic examples:
Commentaries on religious texts, law, literature
Concordances, citation indexes
Electronic examples:
Your bookmark file in your web browser RDF metadata
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Why work on it Why work on it now?now?
• Broadening range of digital information
• Accessibility/addressability to base information
– Reference (e.g., URL) can be resolved quickly– Addressing at various levels of granularity
• Emerging Standards: RDF, Topic Maps, Xlink
• Emerging Applications: – Third Voice, Multi-Valent Documents, ...
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The superimposed and The superimposed and base layers with marksbase layers with marks
Superimposed Layer
BaseLayer
Information Source1
Information Source2
Information Sourcen
…
marks
Focus: building generic technology
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Superimposed ApplicationsSuperimposed Applications
enhanced base layerapplication
simultaneous use of base and
superimposedapplications
web browser(with extra functions such as annotation)
superimposedapplication
baseapplication1
baseapplication2
...
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Building the Sandbox …Building the Sandbox …to support similarity searchto support similarity search
across multiple domainsacross multiple domains
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DocumentsDocuments
•“Document” used very loosely – could be just about anything
•Vary in format (text, map, dataset, …)
•Vary in purpose (formal assessment, informal letter, …)
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Traditional MetadataTraditional Metadata
Author: Parley Pratt
Purpose: Environmental Assessment
Location: Wenatchee National Forest
Keyword: Interstate 90
Keyword: Snoqualmie Pass
•Fields with values
•May or may not use “controlled vocabulary”
•Allows for basic searches
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Enhanced MetadataEnhanced Metadata
Parley Pratt
Author
Environmental Assessment
PurposeWenatchee
National Forest
Location
Interstate 90
Snoqualmie Pass
Keyword
• Instead of fields and values, we use explicit properties and terms
• Metadata is represented by connecting a document with a term via a property
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Enhanced MetadataEnhanced Metadata
Parley PrattAuthor
Environmental Assessment
Purpose
WenatcheeNational Forest
Location
Interstate 90
Snoqualmie Pass Keyword
Editor
NEPA
Cle ElumRanger District
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Super Enhanced MetadataSuper Enhanced Metadata
Parley PrattAuthor
Environmental Assessment
Purpose
WenatcheeNational Forest
Location
Interstate 90
Snoqualmie Pass Keyword
Editor
NEPA
Cle ElumRanger District
Explicit hierarchy of properties and terms allows for enhanced
searching.
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Super-Duper Enhanced MetadataSuper-Duper Enhanced Metadata
Parley PrattAuthor
Environmental Assessment
Purpose
WenatcheeNational Forest
Location
Interstate 90
Snoqualmie Pass Keyword
Editor
NEPA
Cle ElumRanger District
WesternHemlock
Additional relationships of various types between terms allow for super-
duper enhanced searching (i.e. similarity
search, …)
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For More InformationFor More Information
• www.cse.ogi.edu/footprints
• www.cse.ogi.edu/forest
• lmd@cse.ogi.edu Lois Delcambre• maier@cse.ogi.edu Dave Maier• shawn@cse.ogi.edu Shawn Bowers• mweaver@cse.ogi.eduMat Weaver
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Project focuses on the:
Adaptive Management
Areas
USDA Forest ServiceUSDI Bureau of Land
ManagementUSDI Fish and Wildlife Service
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Adaptive Management Portal:Adaptive Management Portal: a value-added, Internet-based a value-added, Internet-based
serviceservice
• Provide multiple access paths to forest information.
• Preserve local autonomy and local focus of each site.
• Support diverse users and types of information.
• Use proposed, existing, and de facto standards for content, classification, and technology.
• Be low-cost, scalable, extensible.
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Task 1 – StatusTask 1 – Status• Workshops @ Snoqualmie Pass Adaptive Management
Area, Cle Elum, WA (June and July)
• Interviews with Forest Service Corvallis Forest Sciences Lab and USGS FRESC, Corvallis (August)
• Interviews with Central Cascades Adaptive Management Area, Eugene (August)
• Interviews with the Applegate Partnership and its associated agencies (August)
• Rainier National Park (planned for October)
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Things we’ve learned from Task 1 Things we’ve learned from Task 1 NSF Digital GovernmentNSF Digital Government
• work is project-based
• multiple agencies are involved
• each agency serves as information gatherer;
information broker; information consumer
• primary product is information: assessments, studies,
surveys, environmental impact statements
• even though information is a primary product,
information technology is secondary (stewardship of
the land is the primary mission)
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