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CANRI Project Plans 2001-2002

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Project # 02 Catalogue Plus

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1 DOCUMENT CONTROL

1.1 Revision History

Version

Revision Date

Summary of Changes
0.1 22/08/2001 Drafted some ideas - J Doig.
1.0 27/8/2001 Incorporates above plus results of meeting with cluster group on August 3
     
 

 

1.2 Distribution

This document has been distributed to:

Name

Position

Version

Date Issued
Catalogue Cluster Group   1.0 27/8/01
NSW Metadata Working Group   1.0 27/8/01
 

 

1.3 Approvals

This document requires the following approvals:

Role

Name

Position

Approved (Initials)

Date Approved

Version Approved
Project Manager

(Stage 1)		 Sue Keyes Senior Planning Officer, DLWC SK 27/8/01 1.0
Project Manager

(Stages 2-4)		 To be nominated        
Senior User          
Senior Supplier          

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2 Short name or acronym

 Catalogue Plus

3 Abstract

This project will provide a Web-based metadata collection tool for spatial data [MET Online] and establish the foundations for a Web-based environment for cataloguing and accessing other natural resources information including books, reports, research documents, brochures, leaflets, photographs, and multi media formats etc. It will incorporate agreed standards and protocols [eg AGLS, Open GIS, ANZLIC, ISO etc] to allow linkages to other Web-based catalogues and "networks", enabling the user to seamlessly search for and access information. The project will adopt common toolsets where appropriate, eg thesaurus and gazeteer, and will include the development of a georeferencing tool to give users the ability to spatially reference and search for information.

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4 Target audience

Primary audience:


All CANRI users

Secondary audience:

Main regional  audience:

  • All of NSW

Other comments:

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5 Participating organisations

5.1 Lead agency or organisation

  • Organisation: Department of Land and Water Conservation
  • Postal address: GPO Box 39 Sydney NSW 2001
  • Web site: http://www.dlwc.nsw.gov.au

5.2 Other agencies or organisations

  • Organisation: State Library of NSW
  • Role: Consultant on library approaches to Web catalogues.
  • Contact: Chris Williams
  • Organisation: OpenGIS Consortium
  • Role: Running Web Services Initiative testbed of which Catalogue Plus project will be a part (if accepted).
  • Contact:
  • Organisation: NPWS
  • Role: Contributor of heterogenous content to catalogue, major user of catalogue with input to user requirements.
  • Contact: Allan House
  • Organisation: Nature Conservation Council of NSW
  • Role: Contributor of document store and metadata-encoded website to catalogue.
  • Contact: Kim Brebach

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6 Contacts

Author

  • Name: Sue Keyes
  • Position: Senior Planning Officer, IT
  • Phone: 02 9895 7084
  • Fax: 02 9895 7834
  • Email: skeyes@dlwc.nsw.gov.au
  • Organisation: Department of Land and Water Conservation

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Project Steering Committee

Project sponsor

  • Name: Neil Bennett
  • Position: Manager, Information Integration & Coordination
  • Phone: 02 9895 7700
  • Fax: 02 9895 7834
  • Email: nbennett@dlwc.nsw.gov.au
  • Organisation: Department of Land and Water Conservation

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7 Project definition

7.1 Project description and objectives

Catalogue Plus will establish an operational integrated catalogue of heterogeneous Web services related to NSW natural resources information, to improve and align with the NSW Natural Resources Data Directory.

The project will comprise of several components:

Stage 1:

Implementation of a Web-based metadata collection tool for natural resource datasets based on the COGENT metadata management system currently used by the Department of Mineral Resources. This will include modifications to the system to make it fully ANZLIC and CANRI compliant plus the development of XML import and export functions to enable batch loading of metadata. Tasks and costings for this component were identified as part of an evaluation of Web-based metadata collection tools for the NRDD undertaken in 2000-2001. Metadata would be stored in one Oracle database, replacing the existing NRDD Access and CANRI Oracle metadata databases.

Stage 2: [Note: Stage 2 is not dependent on the completion of Stage 1]

Definition of requirements for online or batch entry cataloguing and enhanced searching across a broader range of information types, including documents [books, reports, brochures, leaflets etc] and resources in other media [photographs, audio, video etc]. It will incorporate the definition of standards [eg AGLS, ANZLIC, ISO, OGC] and toolsets to assist in the cataloguing process and in accessing this information. Tools will include a thesaurus for subject indexing and gazeteer and georeferencing tool for geographic referencing and searching. These tools should be common across all "CANRI catalogues". The catalogue system should provide an interface for transparent searching across spatial and aspatial web resources of interest to the natural resources management community in New South Wales, including the following existing distributed services:

CANRI Web Map Servers (WMS)

Legacy CSGI protocol CANRI data servers

Remote WMS servers in non-CANRI jurisdictions

Metadata-rich HTML pages

NSW Natural Resources Data Directory

ANZLIC-standard metadata catalogues in non-CANRI jurisdictions (perhaps via Z39.50)

Stage 3

Depending on progress with currently planned OGC Web Services initiatives [see 7.3 below], the functional specification may be expanded to include requirements for a heterogeneous search capability providing access to :

Web Feature Server (either using experimental software from OGC members, or by developing an existing public domain solution for point features only - DSLite)
  • LDAP directory of government offices (accessed via an existing LDAP/GML gateway)
  • Resources catalogued by the Microsoft Sharepoint product (to be deployed by the NSW Nature Conservation Council)
  • Online bibliographic catalogues.

Stage 4

Selection and implementation of a catalogue system to meet the defined requirements.

7.2 Inclusions and exclusions

7.3 Related initiatives and interdependencies

OGC Web Services Initiative

It is anticipated that Catalogue Plus will form part of a project proposed as part of the OpenGIS Consortium's Web Services Initiative. This project will test the use of the World-Wide-Web Consortium's (W3C) Web Services Description Language (WSDL) to describe and access OGC-compliant Web Map Servers and Web Feature Servers along with metadata directories and non-spatial web services such as HTML pages or LDAP directories.

The following agencies outside the CANRI framework have agreed to provide Web Map Servers or other resources as part of this testbed proposal:

  • CSIRO Exploration and Mining
  • Geoscience Australia
  • Australian Surveying & Land Information Group
  • Environment Australia
  • Western Australian Land Information System

Data Model

The project relies on the "Data Model" cluster project to provide a set of agreed terms (aka thesaurus, taxonomy, controlled vocabulary) for natural resources information. These terms will be used to classify content and as search keywords.

WISE

The project will provide the catalogue into which the WISE project will load content, and the catalogue search which the WISE web interface will use to access this content.

ASDI

The Australian Spatial Data Infrastructure (ASDI) initiative of ANZLIC may progress rapidly during the timeframe of this project, given the recent formation of the ASDI Technical Working Group (TWG). The ASDI TWG will be approached to consider a more formal role within this project than that already taken by the various individual agencies taking part in the mooted OGC Web Services Initiative described above.

7.4 Technological environment

CANRI-compliant technological environment [taking into account proposed OGC standards and protocols].

7.5 Prerequisites and assumptions

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8 Deliverables

8.1 Details of deliverables

Click here to see list of deliverables in pdf format.

8.2 Environmental theme

  • Not applicable

8.3 Type of deliverables

  • Catalog

8.4 Additional information

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9 Schedule and costs

9.1 Schedule and cost details

Click here to see project schedule and costs in pdf format.

9.2 Additional information

An additional amount of $19,000 has been transferred to the Catalogue Plus project [now includes $10,000 allocated to the Georef project and $9,000 allocated to the Gazeteer project]. Total $154,000

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10 Project organisation and controls

10.1 Organisation Chart

Click here to see organisation chart in pdf format.

10.2 Risk

Project or business risk

Proposed response
ANZLIC ISO profile not completed on schedule Maintain close liaison with AMWG ISO Sub Group to determine likely schema
No Project Manager available for Catalogue Plus [excl MET Online component] – no ownership of project – no commitment Consider postponing stages 2-4 of the project in 2001-2002

10.3 Quality management

Progress reports will be provided to the CANRI coordination team every two months or otherwise as required. A representative of the lead agency or organisation will attend CANRI Program Implementation Group meetings to discuss progress on the project.

Other quality management measures to be adopted:

Project plan and progress reports will be made available for review to the "cluster" project proponents.

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11 Other information

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12 Executive signoff

The Project and its outcomes are consistent with the business policies and strategies of this organisation as its sponsor. Resources are available to adequately supplement those provided by CANRI funding for the substantial delivery of expected project outcomes and for the realisation of described benefits.

This project plan has been prepared in accordance with the 2001/02 CANRI Project Plan guidelines

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