VisualDocument Management Tool

Richard HammondEKM Team Leader

U.S. EPA Region 4, Atlantahammond.richard@epa.gov

Kiran BatchuGeoDecisions

kbatchu@geodecisions.com

Structureddata

Unstructureddata

Business Model

Inputs Business Rules Outputs

Business Rules

Filters

Databases

Models

VisualizationsModels

Geoawareproducts

Text Reports

UndefinedProducts

Structureddata

Unstructureddata

Range of Inputs

Inputs

email, phone, water cooler meetings

weekly reports, formal correspondenceTechnical reports RI/FS

Data

Knowledgeextraction

Geospatialproduct

Institutional memory

Semi-structureddata

Inputs Business Rules Outputs

Savannah River Site

Topic experts

xmltools+

Typical FFACTR report

1.1. Export to SVG format

SVG database (svg.mdb)

Basicsvg.txt

VB6 application

Propriety GIS maps

FFACTR report (ffactr.xls)

2.2. Convert FFACTR report to SVG map

Updated SVG document map

EPA Knowledge Management Application Data PreparationEPAKM App flow diagram 02/28/2005

Epakm.xml

3.3. Number and type of ‘document status’ information is updated based on user- selected OU

Site specific pdf document is dis77played in a window.

EPAKM main user interface

Epakm.xml

Epakm.xsl

Semantic query (OU)

Zoomed view of selected OU5.5. Attribute information is displayed in a pop-up html window

Standard ‘Word’ reports are stored as ‘XML’ documents

6.6. Extracts and assimilates information from various documents and displays a ‘synthetic document’ as pop-up html windowPop-up window shows the ‘U238’

tables extracted from3 different documents

4.4. A user can ‘hear’ pre-defined categories of information

EPAKM App flow diagram 02/28/2005

EPA Knowledge Management Application Functionality

Attribute data