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Auflistung nach Autor:in "Ackermann, Patrick"

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  • Konferenzbeitrag
    Building a Sustainable Information System in the Domain of Chemical and Biological Safety
    (Innovations in Sharing Environmental Observations and Information, 2011) Menger, Matthias; Ackermann, Patrick; Bandholtz, Thomas; Jaspert, Rainer; Logean, Antoine
    This article gives a big picture of an innovative strategy to handle change in an application which supports assessment processes related to legal obligations of the Federal Environment Agency, Division IV Chemical Safety. Changes affect the data structures that describe the environmental impact of chemical. The solution is based on a data type construction kit, a Domain Specific Language (DSL) on top of XML schema, and dynamic XML processing. The solution enables modifications of the data structures at runtime, even without restarting the application. We do not claim a multiple-purpose solution, but one which is tailored to the common patterns of daily work in Division IV Chemical Safety. This is exactly why it may serve as a blue print for several similar application challenges in a different domain context.
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    Linked Environmental Data – The next Step for Environmental Information Systems
    (Proceedings of the 27th Conference on Environmental Informatics - Informatics for Environmental Protection, Sustainable Development and Risk Management, 2013) Menger, Matthias; Ackermann, Patrick; Linse, Andreas; Bandholtz, Thomas
    The Federal Environment Agency (UBA) in Germany as one Competent Authority of the European Member States involved with the assessment and authorisation of chemicals, pesticides, biozides and medicals, has a wide expertise of complex information systems. Having timely, comprehensive and reliable information on the environmental relevant properties (e.g. of chemical substances and preparations) is of immense importance for all sections dealing with environmental protection issues. Regarding the reality of available information systems in each environmental section, and moreover in each section itself, there has been developed several specific approachs to gather, store and search its relevant data. This makes sense due to each section has its own requirements, different user groups (industry and authorities or just authorities or scientific partners etc.), different budgets to bring technology on the road , and different (legally obligatory) procedures to handle the data and information of such systems. Nevertheless, there several strong reasons to look for a Linked Environmental Data infrastructure at least internally in one authority itself: Overcome the mostly separated systems Explore the potential of data silos in several environmental sections Efficiency/effectiveness in data gathering, assessment, results, budgets sharing of knowledge, i.e. use of specific prepared information of specially intended information systems timelyness of data/information best data/information from most competent partner/section gain from already available systems and their data/information speed up developments and availability of data/information Of course there are also several points which might be a huge obstacle to Linked Environmental Data (LED), e.g. confidential business data. This leads already to the distinction between Open LED and Non-Open LED . Nevertheless, the potential benefits and the possibilities offered via the modern information technology should allow some thoughts about a better re-use of already painfully gathered data/ information or developed systems. In the field of chemical information systems the Federal Environment Agency has developed a comprehensive environment information system in the last three years which already offers potentials to make use of Linked Environmental Data. Regarding the aspect that information is dealing with all environmental issues it makes sense to think about technical possibilities and challenges of Linked Environmetal Data and push it forward in a suitable manner.
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    Modular Information System on Chemicals - From Concept to Reality
    (EnviroInfo Dessau 2012, Part 1: Core Application Areas, 2012) Menger, Matthias; Bandholtz, Thomas; Ackermann, Patrick; Jaspert, Rainer
    The Federal Environment Agency (UBA) in Germany is one Competent Authority of the European Member States nearby other involved with the assessment and authorisation of chemicals. For more then 15 years the Agency has been experiences for design and implementation of complex data bases as well as the management of environmental monitoring and chemical data. Comprehensive and reliable information on the environmental properties of chemical substances and preparations is of immense importance for all areas of environmental protection and for averting danger.UBA plays an important role in the enforcement of national and European environmental laws and regulations, for example in the field of industrial chemicals, plant protection products, medical and biocide products. If a risk to human health or the environment exists, UBA recommends conditions of use, propose restrictions or bans. For the scientific review and thus authorisation or restricition of this chemical substances or products an informations system based on a valide and accurat database is needed.This operational Information System Chemical Safety (ICS), developed and put on place for more then 15 years as a monolith with proprietary software, has been re-designed in a new modular information system. The paper ‘illuminates’ the technical solutions with the challenges and chances which has to be taken and offered, resulting in a highly flexible modular system to administer all important data and information on chemicals by using different software components/moduls connected with each other.