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Flagship Initiative Pilot Tutorial: EPA Report on the Environment

EPA Wiki and Blog Work GroupBrand Niemann

Senior Enterprise ArchitectU.S. EPA

March 6, 2010http://semanticommunity.net/

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Overview

• 1. Background

• 2. EPA Report on the Environment– 2.1 EPA’s Web and Electronic Versions– 2.2 My First Semantic Publishing Version– 2.3 My Second Semantic Publishing Version

• 3. Suggestions

• 4. Questions and Answers

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1. Background• October 28, 2009:

– Federal IT Summit Cloud Computing Panel: EPA work on "a cloud computing desktop" cited as a best practice by Peter Tseronis, Co-Chair, Cloud Computing Advisory Committee.

• December 10, 2009:– Data Architecture Subcommittee Meeting with Donna Roy (NIEM) and

Jim Hendler (Data-gov Semantic Wiki) and discussions of Data.gov CONOPS and its evolution to the Semantic Web.

• December 15, 2009:– Semantic Web Meetup: Party Cloudy with a Chance of Semantics. (Put

Your Desktop in the Cloud to Support the Open Government Directive and Data.gov/semantic!).

• December 17, 2009:– Federal Cloud Computing Advisory Council Meeting (same as above).

• December 24, 2009:– 2010 Office of Environmental Information National Symposium, May 11

– 13, 2010, Proposal for Presentation and Tutorial.

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1. Background• January 11, 2010:

– Open Government Directive Workshop and Government Desktop in the Cloud Breakout Session at the US Department of Transportation at the Direction of the Office of the EPA Administrator and the National Center for Innovation.

• January 14-15, 2010:– Federal CIO Council Boot Camp Training, Partnership for Public Service

SAGE Program, Washington, DC. My Suggested 2010 Plan for an Open Government Directive Roadmap Using Cloud Computing Desktop / Mobile Apps as a Member of the Federal CIO Council's Best Practice Committee.

• January 19-21, 2010:– EPA Enterprise Architecture Strategic Planning Sessions

• January 21, 2010:– Put Your Statistical Work in the Cloud in Support of the Open

Government Directive and Data.gov/semantic (EPA Statistical Users Group).

• January 28, 2010:– Tutorial for the EAWG: Solution Architecture for 2010.

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1. Background

• February 4, 2010:– Design Suggestions for EPA’s One Wiki in Support of the EPA

OGD Work Group,.• March 3, 2010:

– Joint Services / Cloud Computing Session: Semantic Cloud Computing and Linked Open Data Discussion of Three Uses Cases.

• March 3rd, 2010:– For Open Government, Technology Is The Least of Your

Problems (Gartner Blog Comment).• March 4, 2010:

– 2010 Annual Statistical Abstract of the United States: More than 1300 high-value data sets and graphs with standard metadata, and EPA Report on the Environment Indicators: More than 200 high-value data sets and graphs with standard metadata.

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2. EPA Report on the Environment 2.1 EPA’s Web and Electronic Versions

Home Page Chapters

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2. EPA Report on the Environment 2.1 EPA’s Web and Electronic Versions

Chapters (expanded) Indicator (Question)

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2. EPA Report on the Environment 2.1 EPA’s Web and Electronic Versions

Charts and Graphs References

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2. EPA Report on the Environment 2.1 EPA’s Web and Electronic Versions

Metadata Output to PDF

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2. EPA Report on the Environment 2.1 EPA’s Web and Electronic Versions

Results (no highlighted terms)Search

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2. EPA Report on the Environment 2.1 EPA’s Web and Electronic Versions

• Report on the Environment:– http://www.epa.gov/roe/

• Chapters:– http://cfpub.epa.gov/eroe/index.cfm?fuseaction=list.listByQues

• Indicators:– http://cfpub.epa.gov/eroe/index.cfm?fuseaction=detail.viewInd&ch=46&lShowInd=0&subtop=341&lv=

list.listByChapter&r=209838 • Charts and Graphs:

– http://cfpub.epa.gov/eroe/index.cfm?fuseaction=detail.viewMidImg&ch=46&lShowInd=0&subtop=341&lv=list.listByChapter&r=209838

• Download Spreadsheets (xls):– http://oaspub.epa.gov/eims/eims.roereport.getfile?p_download_id=10543– http://oaspub.epa.gov/eims/eims.roereport.getfile?p_download_id=10542

• References:– http://cfpub.epa.gov/eroe/index.cfm?fuseaction=detail.viewReference&ch

=46&lShowInd=0&subtop=341&lv=list.listByChapter&r=209838 • Metadata:

– http://cfpub.epa.gov/eroe/index.cfm?fuseaction=detail.viewMeta&ch=46&lShowInd=0&subtop=341&lv=list.listByChapter&r=209838

• Create PDF:– http://cfpub.epa.gov/eroe/index.cfm?fuseaction=detail.viewPDF&ch=46&lShowInd=0&subtop=341&lv=

list.listByChapter&r=209838 • Search:

– http://nlquery.epa.gov/epasearch/epasearch?typeofsearch=area&querytext=carbon+monoxide+emissions&submit=Go&fld=nceawww1|eroe&areaname=EPA+Report+on+the+Environment&areacontacts=http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/nceacontact.cfm&areasearchurl=&result_template=epafiles_default.xsl&filter=sample4filt.hts

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EPA Report on the Environment2.2 My First Semantic Publishing Version

• Structure:– Introduction– What the Data Show– Limitations– Data Sources– References– Downloads– Metadata

Introduction

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EPA Report on the Environment2.2 My First Semantic Publishing Version

What the Data Show Limitations

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EPA Report on the Environment2.2 My First Semantic Publishing Version

Data Sources References

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EPA Report on the Environment2.2 My First Semantic Publishing Version

MetadataDownloads (did not have xls’s)

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EPA Report on the Environment2.2 My First Semantic Publishing Version

Expert Search Results

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EPA Report on the Environment2.2 My First Semantic Publishing Version

• Introduction:– http://web-services.gov/lpBin22/lpext.dll/Folder/Infobase11/1?fn=main-j.htm&f

=templates&2.0 • What the Data Show:

– http://web-services.gov/lpBin22/lpext.dll/Folder/Infobase11/1?fn=main-j.htm&f=templates&2.0

• Limitations:– http://web-services.gov/lpBin22/lpext.dll/Folder/Infobase11/1?fn=main-j.htm&f

=templates&2.0 • Data Sources:

– http://web-services.gov/lpBin22/lpext.dll/Folder/Infobase11/1?fn=main-j.htm&f=templates&2.0

• References:– http://web-services.gov/lpBin22/lpext.dll/Folder/Infobase11/1?fn=main-j.htm&f

=templates&2.0 • Downloads:

– http://web-services.gov/lpBin22/lpext.dll/Folder/Infobase11/1?fn=main-j.htm&f=templates&2.0

• Metadata:– http://web-services.gov/lpBin22/lpext.dll/Folder/Infobase11/1?fn=main-j.htm&f

=templates&2.0 • Search:

– http://web-services.gov/lpBin22/lpext.dll?f=templates&fn=searchform-frames.htm&id=10.1048/ExpertSearch&

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EPA Report on the Environment2.3 My Second Semantic Publishing Version

Home Page Chapter

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EPA Report on the Environment2.3 My Second Semantic Publishing Version

Indicators Structure

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EPA Report on the Environment2.3 My Second Semantic Publishing Version

Introduction What the Data Show

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EPA Report on the Environment2.3 My Second Semantic Publishing Version

Limitations Charts and Graphs

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EPA Report on the Environment2.3 My Second Semantic Publishing Version

Data Sources References

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EPA Report on the Environment2.3 My Second Semantic Publishing Version

Downloads Metadata

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EPA Report on the Environment2.3 My Second Semantic Publishing Version

Site Map Search Results

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EPA Report on the Environment2.3 My Second Semantic Publishing Version

• Home Page:– http://epaontology.wik.is/

• Chapter:– http://epaontology.wik.is/2_Air

• Indicators:– http://epaontology.wik.is/2_Air/2.2_What_Are_the_Trends_in_Outdoor_Air_Quality_and_Th

eir_Effects_on_Human_Health_and_the_Environment%3f/2.2.2_ROE_Indicators

• Structure:– http://epaontology.wik.is/2_Air/2.2_What_Are_the_Trends_in_Outdoor_Air_Quality_and_Th

eir_Effects_on_Human_Health_and_the_Environment%3f/2.2.2_ROE_Indicators/2.2.2.1_Carbon_Monoxide_Emissions

• Introduction:– http://epaontology.wik.is/2_Air/2.2_What_Are_the_Trends_in_Outdoor_Air_Quality_and_Th

eir_Effects_on_Human_Health_and_the_Environment%3f/2.2.2_ROE_Indicators/2.2.2.1_Carbon_Monoxide_Emissions/2.2.2.1.1_Introduction

• What the Data Show:– http://epaontology.wik.is/2_Air/2.2_What_Are_the_Trends_in_Outdoor_Air_Quality_and_Th

eir_Effects_on_Human_Health_and_the_Environment%3f/2.2.2_ROE_Indicators/2.2.2.1_Carbon_Monoxide_Emissions/2.2.2.1.2_What_the_Data_Show

• Limitations:– http://epaontology.wik.is/2_Air/2.2_What_Are_the_Trends_in_Outdoor_Air_Quality_and_Th

eir_Effects_on_Human_Health_and_the_Environment%3f/2.2.2_ROE_Indicators/2.2.2.1_Carbon_Monoxide_Emissions/2.2.2.1.3_Limitations

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EPA Report on the Environment2.3 My Second Semantic Publishing Version

• Charts and Graphs:– http://epaontology.wik.is/2_Air/2.2_What_Are_the_Trends_in_Outdoor_Air_Quality_and_Their_Effects_on_

Human_Health_and_the_Environment%3f/2.2.2_ROE_Indicators/2.2.2.1_Carbon_Monoxide_Emissions/2.2.2.1.4_Charts_and_Graphs

• Data Sources:– http://epaontology.wik.is/2_Air/

2.2_What_Are_the_Trends_in_Outdoor_Air_Quality_and_Their_Effects_on_Human_Health_and_the_Environment%3f/2.2.2_ROE_Indicators/2.2.2.1_Carbon_Monoxide_Emissions/2.2.2.1.5_Data_Sources

• References:– http://epaontology.wik.is/2_Air/

2.2_What_Are_the_Trends_in_Outdoor_Air_Quality_and_Their_Effects_on_Human_Health_and_the_Environment%3f/2.2.2_ROE_Indicators/2.2.2.1_Carbon_Monoxide_Emissions/2.2.2.1.6_References

• Downloads:– http://epaontology.wik.is/2_Air/

2.2_What_Are_the_Trends_in_Outdoor_Air_Quality_and_Their_Effects_on_Human_Health_and_the_Environment%3f/2.2.2_ROE_Indicators/2.2.2.1_Carbon_Monoxide_Emissions/2.2.2.1.7_Downloads

• Metadata:– http://epaontology.wik.is/2_Air/

2.2_What_Are_the_Trends_in_Outdoor_Air_Quality_and_Their_Effects_on_Human_Health_and_the_Environment%3f/2.2.2_ROE_Indicators/2.2.2.1_Carbon_Monoxide_Emissions/2.2.2.1.8_Metadata

• Site Map:– http://epaontology.wik.is/Special:Sitemap

• Search Results:– http://epaontology.wik.is/Special:Search?search=carbon+monoxide+emissions&type=fulltext&go=Find

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3. Suggestions

• The EPA Wiki and Blog Working Group can:– Construct a set of well-defined URLs like the second

semantic publishing example.– Reproduce the hierarchical structure used and copy

and paste my work into the MediaWiki.– Try to import/convert the MindTouch 2009 MySQL

Database into MediaWiki and see what happens.– Use the MediaWiki Extension to work with the Excel

Spreadsheets directly within the Wiki environment like the MindTouch/Sheetster Integration (forthcoming).

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4. Questions and Answers