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Auflistung nach Autor:in "Saarenmaa, Hannu"

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  • Konferenzbeitrag
    Infrastructure and Tools for a European Environmental Information System – The Contribution through Reportnet
    (Environmental Communication in the Information Society - Proceedings of the 16th Conference, 2002) Jesen, Stefan; Saarenmaa, Hannu; Martin, Jock
    Streamlining of reporting systems is currently a priority for the EU under the 6th Environmental Action Programme. The paper describes an approach to improve the current practices in environmental reporting on the European level by creating a new dimension of cooperation between member countries, EU institutions, OECD and the various conventions. Under the umbrella of this European Environmental Information System (EEIS), a shared information infrastructure should allow better use and reuse of the reporting information leading to reduction of the reporting burden at the national level, while providing the international reporting community with better, faster and more policy-relevant information. A practical implementation of the information infrastructure framework through an application suite called Reportnet is described. It would have components for reporting obligations, metadata, directory services, data repositories, and process monitoring, and would be built using and contribute to European Unions common tools and techniques. Reportnet is an implementation of a data collection network in a situation where data volumes vary (but are usually low) and the frequencies of reporting are typically once a year; where users are widely distributed but committed to a network solution to data flows and dissemination and where there is generally public access to data.
  • Konferenzbeitrag
    Towards a shared European environmental information infrastructure
    (Sustainability in the Information Society, 2001) Saarenmaa, Hannu
    The magnitude and causes of the so-called reporting burden are briefly reviewed. Lack of a shared information infrastructure is determined a major contributor to it. The characteristics of an information infrastructure are discussed. XML-based standards for data interchange have to be agreed upon and national repositories of data deliveries must be erected so that the content for international reporting can be better reused and shared. Components of such an infrastructure, called here the Reportnet, are presented. Creation of the Reportnet will be the environment sector's response to eEurope and should result in an unbroken electronic value chain for international environmental reporting.