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One EPA Web:Information as Product

Brand NiemannSenior Enterprise Architect

November 24, 2010

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Background

• New developments in RCS and READ:– RCS: EPA Registry Reusable Component Services– READ: EPA Registry of EPA Applications, Models and Datasets

• EPA Geodata Gateway– Use the GDG to search for, discover, view, and access EPA's geospatial

resources. If you are an EPA employee or contractor, please login at the top of the page to see all GDG metadata records.

• Download Data and Reuse Components.– Innovate staff were the primary architects, managers, and facilitators behind the

implementation of the United State Environmental Protection Agencies (US EPA) enterprise geospatial portal, called the EPA GeoData Gateway. The GDG leverages web services to provide efficient agency wide geospatial data discovery and retrieval capabilities. Innovate staff also led the integration of the GeoData Gateway into the EPA’s Enterprise Oracle Portal. The goal of this integration effort was to provide seamless access to Agency resources across enterprise systems, leveraging EPA’s central Identity and Access Management (I&AM) System based on Oracle’s COREid. Innovate defined use cases and requirements, managed implementation, performed testing, and facilitated review of results with stakeholders.

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New Developments in RCS and READ

RCSWeb servicesXML schema

Reusable code

READSystems

Data RegistryData elements

Non-geoMetadataregistry

OTOPInformaticaMeta MgrLineage,xforms

ENDSEN Services

Nodes

OSA

CREMModels

Data.govScope of GDG expansion project

OIAAData Finder

GDGDatasets

Source: EPA EAWG Meeting, November 18, 2010.

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New Developments in RCS and READ

• My Comments:– OIAA Data Finder – Included– OTOP Informatica Meta Manager – Spotfire Does– Data.gov – Included– READ Systems – Included– Data Registry – Included in EPA Ontology– OSA CREM Models – In Process with IRIS, etc.– ENDS (Exchange Network Services Nodes) – Included– RCS (Web Services, XML Schema, and Reusable Code) –

Included– GDG Datasets – Included– Non-geo Metadata Registry - Included in EPA Ontology

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EPA Geodata Gateway

https://geogateway.epa.gov/geoportal/catalog/main/home.page

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Innovate GeoData Gateway

http://innovateteam.com/projects/geodata-gateway/

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Information As Product• Many people, including IT staff, do not know the

difference between data and information. Is your organization stuck in a vicious cycle of producing more and more redundant, poor-quality, stove-piped data while your information consumers scream for more and more of the "right" information?

• Over five years in the making, this book stops the cycle of haphazard data generation and turns it into reliable, consumer-centric information production. It does this by turning to time-tested manufacturing principles of the automotive, electronics and construction industries. This book walks readers through the "4C's" of producing consumer-centric information products. It carefully dissects the slogan "Deliver the right information, to the right person, at the right time" and demonstrates a rigorous methodology for moving beyond the slogan to a sustainable and repeatable process!

• Written by a proven expert in the field and the former Metadata Program Manager for the Department of Homeland Security, Michael Daconta, this book delivers for managers, architects and developers. It is a must-read for every manager seeking to empower their employees with relevant, timely and authoritative information!

http://outskirtspress.com/webpage.php?ISBN=978-1-4327-1654-7

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Michael Daconta

• Mike Daconta on Outcome - Based Information Management - miss him in government services - should be managing Data.gov for Vivek Kundra.– Tweet

• Mike Daconta in Information as Product: path to knowledge goes through information products - not just about technology and standards– Tweet

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Michael Daconta

• Mike Daconta in Information as Product: Semantic Web is machine processable web of "Smart Data" - add smarts to data not the code - ie LOD– Tweet

• Mike Daconta in Information as Product: Find quickest path to data analytics for decision support for ROI on EDM - try Spotfire for that!– Tweet

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Michael Daconta

• Mike Daconta in Outcome-Based Information Management: Most EIM efforts take too long & focus on laborious approach to catalog/model all data– Tweet

• My goal is Perfecting the Science of Information Management!– Starting a New Business

• "Outcome Based Information Management" (OBIM) White Paper– PDF

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Information as Product

• Goals:– Integrate the data and the metadata– Integrate the statistical and geospatial data visualizations.

• Tools:– GoDaddy Domain Services

• http://www.godaddy.com – MindTouch 2010 OnDemand Technical Communication Suite

• http://www.mindtouch.com – Tibco Spotfire Silver Business Intelligence Analytics

• http://goto.spotfire.com/g/?KXLMSEWRM9 • Results:

– Semanticommunity.net: Community Infrastructure Sandbox for 2010• http://semanticommunity.net/

– Semanticommunity.info: Community Infrastructure Sandbox for 2011 (in process)

• http://semanticommunity.info/

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Information as Product

http://semanticommunity.net/

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Information as Product

http://semanticommunity.info/

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One EPA Web:Information as Product

http://semanticommunity.info/EPA

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One EPA Web:Information as Product

• EPA 2010 Environmental Information Symposium in Support of One EPA and Strategic Planning*

• EPA Administrator's Priorities 2010• EPA BP Oil Spill Data Tools*• EPA Budget*• EPA Business Intelligence at Work*• EPA CASTNET*• EPA Data Architecture*• EPA Data Finder• EPA Enterprise Architecture*• EPA Envirofacts*• EPA Environmental Statistics Training*• EPA E-Rulemaking Pilot Web 2.0• EPA Exchange Network*• EPA FRS Facilities State Combined-

Virginia*• EPA Green Vehicle Guide Data*• EPA Integrated Risk Information System

• EPA Metadata• EPA Mision Investment Solutions Division

Pilot Web 2.0 Wiki• EPA NCC Application Hosting Web

Conferences and Workshops• EPA Office of Prevention, Pesticides and

Toxic Substances• EPA Office of Technology Operations and

Planning• EPA One EPA Web• EPA Ontology*• EPA Region 4 Superfund*• EPA Registry of EPA Applications, Models

and Datasets*• EPA Statistics Users Group*• EPA Synaptica*• EPA Toxic Release Inventory 2009*• EPA TRI Explorer*• EPA USGS Water Quality Web Service• EPA Web Work Group April 13-15, 2010• EPA Web Work Group October 26-28,

2010*

* Denotes Spotfire Visualization

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One EPA Web:Information as Product

http://semanticommunity.info/EPA/EPA_Business_Intelligence_at_Work

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One EPA Web:Information as Product

http://semanticommunity.info/EPA/EPA_CASTNET

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One EPA Web:Information as Product

http://semanticommunity.info/EPA/EPA_Green_Vehicle_Guide_Data