Metadata Support for Customization in Environmental Information Management Systems
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چکیده
Modern information management technology is an effective means by which to provide access to large amounts of distributed and diverse information. Often information management systems provide functionality which is based on metadata, i.e. data describing data, in order to support users in searching for and retrieving data required to perform a specific task. This is especially true for environmental information systems. Support for customization and personalisation of these metadata according to the personal needs of a user can further increase the potential benefit and effectiveness of information management systems. The paper reports on experiences we encountered in current environmental information management projects. Based on these experiences, the paper introduces a customization architecture for information management systems which allows users to customize such systems according to their personal needs.
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