Environmental Information Space I. Theory and Practice

• Authors: HŘEBÍČEK Jiří; RÁČEK Jaroslav
• Year of publication: 2007
• Type: Article in Proceedings
• Conference: 6th International Symposium on Environmental Software Systems
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Medicine
• Field: Informatics
• Keywords: Environmetal information space; interoperability; Single Information Space for Europe
• Description: The paper presents a theoretical model of the Single Information Space for the Environment in Europe which enables to implement the vision for developing a Shared Environmental Information System which is developed by the European Environment Agency in collaboration with Eurostat, JRC and DG Environment for an integrated, modern, common, shared and sustained infrastructure for environmental information exchange in Europe. The proposed model is also implemented in practice to the collaborative information system ARROW validated in the case of evaluation of biodiversity of surface water required European Water Framework Directive.

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