Development of an exchange format for the European Environmental Chemical Data and Information Network (ECDIN) |
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Authors: | David J Proctor Alan Robson Margaret A Veal |
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Institution: | UKCIS, The University, Nottingham NG7 2RD, England;European Communities'' Joint Research Centre, 1-21020 Ispra (Va., Italy |
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Abstract: | Increasing concern about the release of potentially harmful chemicals into the environment has led to efforts to collect data on such chemicals with a view to identifying and minimising the associated hazards. The collection and storage of such data requires cooperation and communication (both national and international) between partners in a general environmental data network. A format is described for the exchange of data between these network partners. This format is of general applicability. It is shown that a hierarchical tree structure best describes the situation. Rules are derived to identify and process the nodes in the tree such that information is neither lost nor degraded upon transfer between the network partners. |
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