International Standards to Support Better Information Management

Information Management Systems for Cultural Heritage and Conservation of World Heritage Sites. The Silk Roads Case Study

Geoinformatics FCE CTU ◽

10.14311/gi.6.45 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 6 ◽

pp. 364-369 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ona Vileikis ◽

Mario Santana Quintero ◽

Koen Van Balen ◽

Barbara Dumont ◽

Vincent Tigny

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Information Management ◽

World Heritage ◽

Information Management System ◽

Heritage Management ◽

International Standards ◽

Management Systems ◽

Documentation System ◽

Unesco World Heritage ◽

Information Management Systems

This paper discusses the application of Information Management Systems (IMS) in cultural heritage. IMS offer a set of tools for understanding, inventorying and documenting national, regional and World Heritage properties. Information Management Systems can assist State Parties, stakeholders and heritage site managers involved in cultural heritage management and conservation by easily mining, sharing and exchanging information from multiple sources based on international standards. Moreover, they aim to record, manage, visualize, analyze and disseminate heritage information. In close collaboration with five Central Asian countries, namely, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan; a Belgian consortium headed by the Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation (RLICC), K.U.Leuven is developing the Silk Roads Cultural Heritage Resource Information System (CHRIS). This Web-based Information Management System supports the preparation of the Central Asia Silk Roads serial and transnational nominations on the UNESCO World Heritage list. The project has been set up thanks to the financial support of the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (BELSPO) and in collaboration with UNESCO World Heritage Centre in conjunction with the People’s Republic of China and the Japanese Funds-in-Trust UNESCO project. It provides a holistic approach for the recording, documenta tion, protection and monitoring tasks as part of the management of these potential World Heritage Properties. The Silk Roads CHRIS is easily accessible to the general user, presented in a bilingual English and Russian frame and interoperable, i.e. open for other applications to connect to. In this way, all information for the nomination dossiers is easily verified regarding consistency and quality and ready for managing, periodic reporting and monitoring processes in the respect to the property listed. Fina lly, this study provides a general framework to establish the effectiveness and limits of the use of information systems for serial transnational nominations of World Heritage Properties and to demonstrate the potentials of an improved heritage documentation system.

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International Librarianship

Advances in Library and Information Science - Collaboration in International and Comparative Librarianship ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-4365-9.ch006 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 51-62

Author(s):

Alan Hopkinson

Keyword(s):

Information Management ◽

Information Science ◽

International Standards ◽

Library And Information Science ◽

Master's Program ◽

Work Experiences ◽

Western Balkans ◽

Historical Manuscripts ◽

British Commonwealth ◽

Former Soviet Republics

This chapter expresses the author’s lifetime work experiences in international librarianship. It includes trainings in bibliographic exchange formats and database management under UNISIST Program in India and Nepal; his 25 years of teaching of CDS/ISIS in the developing countries as UN consultant; his work of introducing IFLA standards and introduction of a new master’s program in Library and Information Science in three of the former Soviet republics; his assistance to get them funds to link to the internet and digitising their historical manuscripts and learned journals; his work as an instrument in Commonwealth Professional Fellowships to help British Commonwealth countries to embrace the latest techniques in information management. To make UK’s voice heard in the field of international standards led to author’s participation in the UNIMARC and UDC projects. The author is now working on information literacy education project in the universities of the Western Balkans.

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Document or Lose It—On the Importance of Information Management for Genetic Resources Conservation in Genebanks

Plants ◽

10.3390/plants9081050 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (8) ◽

pp. 1050 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Stephan Weise ◽

Ulrike Lohwasser ◽

Markus Oppermann

Keyword(s):

Genetic Resources ◽

Information Management ◽

Plant Genetic Resources ◽

Critical Role ◽

Warning System ◽

International Standards ◽

Food And Agriculture ◽

Legal Obligations ◽

Resources Conservation ◽

Almost All

Genebanks play an important role in the long-term conservation of plant genetic resources and are complementary to the conservation of diversity in farmers’ fields and in nature. In this context, documentation plays a critical role. Without well-structured documentation, it is not possible to make statements about the value of a resource, especially with regard to its potential for breeding and research. In particular, comprehensive information management is a prerequisite for the further development of genebank collections. This requires detailed information about the composition of a collection, thus allowing statements about which species and/or regions of origin are under-represented. This task is of strategic importance, especially due to the threats to crop plants and their wild relatives caused by advancing climate change. Both the actual conservation management and the fulfilment of legal obligations depend on information. Hence, documentation units have been established in almost all genebanks worldwide. They all face the challenge that knowledge about genebank accessions must be permanently managed and passed on across generations. International standards such as Multi-Crop Passport Descriptors (MCPD) have been established for the exchange of data between genebanks, and allow the operation of international information systems, such as the World Information and Early Warning System on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (WIEWS), the European Search Catalogue for Plant Genetic Resources (EURISCO) or Genesys.

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Study on the standard architecture for geoinformation common services

ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences ◽

10.5194/isprsarchives-xl-4-349-2014 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol XL-4 ◽

pp. 349-352

Author(s):

Z. Zha ◽

L. Zhang ◽

C. Wang ◽

J. Jiang ◽

W. Huang

Keyword(s):

Information Management ◽

Research Work ◽

International Standards ◽

Social Activities ◽

Practical Situation ◽

Public Facilities ◽

Service Information ◽

The Status ◽

Key Issues ◽

Set Up

The construction of platform for geoinformation common services was completed or on going in in most provinces and cities in these years in China, and the platforms plays an important role in the economic and social activities. Geoinfromation and geoinfromation based services are the key issues in the platform. The standards on geoinormation common services play as bridges among the users, systems and designers of the platform. The standard architecture for geoinformation common services is the guideline for designing and using the standard system in which the standards integrated to each other to promote the development, sharing and services of geoinformation resources. <br><br> To establish the standard architecture for geoinformation common services is one of the tasks of "Study on important standards for geonformation common services and management of public facilities in city". The scope of the standard architecture is defined, such as data or information model, interoperability interface or service, information management. Some Research work on the status of international standards of geoinormation common services in organization and countries, like ISO/TC 211, OGC and other countries or unions like USA, EU, Japan have done. Some principles are set up to evaluate the standard, such as availability, suitability and extensible ability. Then the development requirement and practical situation are analyzed, and a framework of the standard architecture for geoinformation common services are proposed. <br><br> Finally, a summary and prospects of the geoinformation standards are made.

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