Overview | Online Resource Development | The Standards Process | Metadata | Information Organization | Information Presentation | Geographic Information Systems | Social/Institutional Aspects

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Developing standards for structuring, indexing and sharing environmental information is essential to enhance our ability to address global issues in environmental policy and human health. These are very complex problems, but a great deal of work has already been done by information scientists, biologists, environmental researchers, software engineers and many others.

The intent of this site is to promote greater communication among all of these groups, to support their ability to build on and share their existing accomplishments.

A History of Information Management
Informatics is a very broad discipline whose meaning is somewhat contested. This history page by Michael Buckland offers some perspective.

 

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