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Changing Dynamics
of Sharing
TRI Information
Tim Antisdel
March 31, 2009
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Changing Dynamics of Sharing
TRI Information
Agenda
National Dialogue
Early Data Sharing
Data Publishing
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What People Want
http://www.epa.gov/nationaldialogue/index.html
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EPAs Access Strategy
Develop the technology capacity to support information access from EPA.Strengthen Access Infrastructure
Create a program to learn and monitor the needs of EPAs information audiences.Customer Needs and MonitoringProgram
Cross-Cutting
Support EPA and its audiences ability to access information and collaborate using newweb technologies. Includes Beta.epa.gov, a digital space for EPA staff to experimentwith innovative web and software applications.
EPA and New Web TechnologiesNew Technologies
Enhance the integration of environmental information to improve corporateenvironmental transparency, especially regarding corporate lineage.
Corporate EnvironmentalTransparency
Publish to the web all major EPA data assets, which provides broader access to the rawdata.
Data Publishing Program
Use Information
Deliver information in multiple formats for different audiences, their level of access totechnology, and their spoken language.
Bridging the Digital Divide
Connect people to the correct internal experts who can help them find, understand anduse information.Connecting the Public and EPA
Understand Information
Develop and implement a search strategy for EPA and implement the Web ContentManagement System.
Search Strategy
Develop and implement a single EPA site that helps people locate environmental datafrom EPA and other sources.
Data Finder
Find Information
DescriptionActions
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What Users Want
(Data Publishing)
Raw data to be made publicly available as
quickly as possible after it is collected by EPA
Clear documentation that includes informationabout the quality of the data.
To conduct their own analyses and to
customize the data for their or their customers
use.
The Data in multiple formats and made
available through multiple access methods.
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User Groups and
their Needs
Data publishing responds the needs of twospecific groups:
Technical Users who need to download data(especially large data sets) for local use.
Data Developers and others who want tointegrate EPA data into their own applications
and/or to redistribute or republish it for theircustomers.
Ad Hoc Data Users that want to query thedata on-line using tools provided by EPA.
three
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How will TRI Respond?
Early Data Sharing
Enhanced Data Publishing
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Early Data Sharing
Planned for RY 2008 (CY 2009) Make the raw Data available to the Public as
soon as possible after the reporting Deadline Post the raw data files on the TRI website for
downloading State Data File Format
Basic Data File Format
Disclaimer: Percentage of Data & Data Revisions
Update 4 or 5 times prior to the PDR
Still have the PDR in Dec/January
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Early Data Sharing
Possibilities for Future:
Load Envirofacts and TRI-Explorer with the
Early data (on a flow basis). Post Disclaimer and Percent of Data Available
Limit the tools to non trend reports for early data
Release the Early data through webservices.
Issues: How much is enough data to start?
When should we release the data?
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Early Data SharingPossibilities for Future:
Establish a Collaboration site or tool Enable people to share their thoughts and findings
about the earlier data Their analyses If they think the early data is useful, ETC.
www.chemicalright2know.org.
Create a Real-Time PDR Replicate all the reports from the PDR as on-line
As data flows in, the reports would dynamicallyupdate.
Disclaimers and Percentage of Data Posted
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Data Publishing
Posting Data Files Target: Technical Users
Data Files
State Data Files Basic Data Files
New Formats Access Database with Queries built in
XML files
Other formats
More Frequent updates
New!
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Data Publishing
Improving the On-line Tools Target: Ad Hoc Query Users
Envirofacts Labeling
Meta data
Ordering & Grouping
Information Access Division - Rewrite
TRI-Explorer Back-end Merge with Envirofacts
Extract, Transform & Load (ETL) tool
TRI-
Explorer
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Data Publishing
The TRI.net application Target: Ad Hoc Query Users
Ad Hoc Query Tool
Downloadable to Desktops
Integrates other data sets
Has GIS mapping built in
Automatic Data Updates See the Presentation at 2:30 on Wednesday by
Bill Smith
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Enhanced
Data Publishing
Data Publishing Services
Target: Data Developers
TRI will establish a pilot implementation
of Data Publishing Services later thisyear.
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Data Publishing Services
Whats a Data Publishing Service? Its a web service One or more programs that can be called
over the internet The specifications for calling the program
will be posted on the Internet It will be called from a Web application
(that a developer writes). Its not for an end user / the general
public
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Data Publishing Services
The Data Publishing/Web Service will:
Receive requests for data Extract the needed data from a database
Format the Data in XML
Return it to the caller in a SOAP wrapper
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Data Publishing Services
Why Do This?
Only Developers will use these services
TRI Data will have the potential of appearing anunlimited number of Web Sites andApplications throughout the world
TRI data will reach and aid more people
More Analysis and Study
The data can be Combined with other data in on-line applicationslike Mashups
The basic mission of the TRI program
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Data Publishing Services
What data will be made available onthrough the TRI Data PublishingServices?
Facility DataChemical InformationForm InformationOn-site ReleasesOff-site Transfer Summary Totals
Source Reduction Info fromSection 8Activities and Uses
Off-site Transfer Locations and
AmtsTransfers into or within a stateTreatment Activities and MethodsRecycling Processes
Recovery Processes
Summary Reports
FRS Data (Lat/Long &
Prog. Ids)
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Data Publishing Services
Basic Plan for Action
3. Build test/prototype web services using
OIC/CDX framework4. Find Partners to test
5. Get feedback
6. Adjust as necessary
7. Deploy Production Services
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Data Publishing Services
Will our Data Publishing / Webservices replaceTRI-Explorer and Envirofacts?
No! Both Envirofacts and TRI-Explorer arealready web applications that provide aninterface that allows users to request dataand to display the data returned. DataPublishing / Web Services dont provide
this feature.
However, its possible that one day, bothEnvirofacts and TRI-Explorer mayincorporate the TRI Data PublishingServices as a means of querying the data.
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RSS Feeds
Target: Anyone Interested in TRI news
RSS - Real Simple Syndication
Whats an RSS Feed? A way of getting the latest headlines from your favorite websites and blogs. The headlines are actually links to stories, web pages, documents, programs,
wikis, blogs, etc. Basically you can announce the existence of anything that can be put on the
web
Things TRI might want to broadcast via an RSS feed The PDR is released TRI-ME web is available The Burden Reduction Rule has reversed The Reporting Forms and Instructions document is available New Data files have been posted
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RSS Feeds
To use an RSS feedback
Have means to read a feed
Download Feed Reader to your desktop
Browser that allows live bookmarking
Sign up at a website that provides a reader via an
account (i.e. Google Reader at MyGoogle.com)
Subscribe to a Feed
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Early Data Sharing Posting RY 08 Data Files in July/August
Several Future possibilities Early Release through
Envirofacts/Explorer
Web Services
Collaboration site for Early Release Real Time PDR
Enhanced Data Publishing Posting Data Files
Improving or Adding to the On-line Tools
The TRI.net application
Data Publishing Services
RSS Feeds
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Questions
Certificated
Professional
Timothy Antisdel
Computer Specialist
Information Outreach BranchTRI Program Division
Environmental Protection Agency MC 2844T
1200 Pennsylvania Ave
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: (202) 566-0733
Fax: (202) 566-0727
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