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This paper explores the evolution and trends in web-enabled information management. Stuart Beatty presents a comprehensive analysis of how technologies have developed from in-house hardcopy collections to advanced web-based databases. The integration of technical and non-technical information management processes is highlighted, including the importance of data quality, completeness, and standardization. The findings underscore the need for improved strategies in managing corporate data as the industry shifts towards universal clients and accessible online services, painting a positive future for information managers.
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WEB-ENABLED INFORMATION MANAGEMENT - A REFRESHING DIFFERENCE Stuart Beatty Kestrel Limited
E&P INFORMATION MANAGEMENT STANDARDISATION Intrinsic (eg: Nomenclature) Functional (eg: Accuracy & Completeness) Procedural (eg: Policies & Business Processes) INTEGRATION Technical & Non-Technical Information Records & Document Management Hardcopy & Digital Formats In-House & Remote Repositories APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGY EDMS Corporate Databasing BACKGROUND
IN-HOUSE HARDCOPY COLLECTIONS (early 70’s) MULTI-CLIENT DATA STORES (mid 70’s) BESPOKE IN-HOUSE DATABASES (early 80’s) CLIENT-SERVER DATABASES (mid 80’s) INDUSTRY-STANDARD DATAMODELS (early 90’s) PROCESSES & WORKFLOW (mid 90’s) DISTRIBUTED DATABASES (late 90’s) WEB-ENABLED DATABASES (TODAY) PROGRESSION
“THE WEB” IS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE: INTERNET/INTRANET/EXTRANET/ OUTERNET (WHAT NEXT?) UNIVERSAL CLIENTS (ie: BROWSERS) STANDARD RAPID DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT (eg: JAVASCRIPT) COMMUNICATION PLATFORM (eg: E-MAIL & WEBPHONES) ON-LINE SERVICES (eg:TRAVEL) E-COMMERCE (eg:TRADING) VIRTUAL SERVICES (eg: OFFICES) RESEARCH (REFERENCE) LEISURE PURSUITS (eg: SURFING) DEFINITIONS
TECHNICAL & NON-TECHNICAL IN-HOUSE & OFFSITE HARDCOPY & DIGITAL CORPORATE AND ADMINISTRATIVE USERS SCOPE REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT & EXPLORATION USERS PRODUCTION & OPERATIONS USERS
CENTRALISED INDEX DISTRIBUTED MANAGEMENT STANDARD CLASSIFICATION UNIVERSAL DESKTOP ACCESS MINIMUM IT SPEND SIMPLE LICENCING CENTRAL SUPPORT & MAINTENANCE = WEB-BASED ARCHITECTURE REQUIREMENTS
PHASED INTERNET TRIALS ADAPT AN EXISTING PRODUCT WEB-ENABLE THE DATABASE ENGINE WEB-ENABLE SCREENS & REPORTS EVALUATE & SELECT WEB-ENABLED GIS TOOLS TEST ATTACHED-FILE DOWNLOAD & VIEWING CAPABILITIES STRATEGY
Application - DataLink RDBMS - Oracle 8i GIS - AutoDesk Tools - Oracle Developer 6.0 Browser - IE5 or NetScape4 Browser Plug-Ins (Thin Clients) AutoDesk MapGuide Viewer Oracle Jinitiator (Java Applet) TIF / LAS / SEGY Viewers COMPONENTS
BANDWIDTH LIMITS: MAP DETAIL QUERY COMPLEXITY OBJECT SIZE THIN CLIENTS/JAVA APPLETS: ROBUST ENABLE FAST LOOK-UPS REDUCE NETWORK LOAD FIREWALLS: CAN FRUSTRATE POSITIVE EFFORT NEED DYNAMIC MANAGEMENT REALITY
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So What’s so Refreshing about all this? Information Technology has found a universal medium. Everyone tolerates the web. Development tools and skills are abundant and accessible. GIS is now commonplace. Needs are converging. Products are converging. Attention is turning back to Data and Information Management. CONCLUSIONS
As Web-Based IT matures over the next year of two, I hope that the Information Managers amongst us will find more time and resources at their disposal to deal with the deeper traditional issues: Data Quality Completeness of Information Information Standards Integration A REFRESHING DIFFERENCE Stuart Beatty Kestrel Limited s_beatty@kestrel.net CONCLUSIONS