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Linked Environmental Data – The next Step for Environmental Information Systems
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2013
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Shaker Verlag
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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.