1983 integrated data users workshop: proceedings. Summary

Conference · Tue Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:6363443

Olson, R J; Millemann, N T ^[1]

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1. eds.

The Integrated Data Users Group (IDUG) is composed of people from various federal agencies and other organizations who have chosen to participate in a forum for exchange of information regarding use of integrated data. Integrated data are environmental, health, and socioeconomic data that are often found in large files, are ususally machine-readable, are frequently geographically oriented, cover large areas that may include the entire United States, and otherwise require combining data of dissimilar types and origins. The key field for merging files is usually a geographic area. Counties in the United States are commonly used geographic units, but other areas such as river basins may be used. The group's purpose is to address problems that cannot be adequately addressed using data from a single study or survey but require integration of data from different files. The goals are: (1) to increase our knowledge of the existence and availability of pertinent data bases; (2) to encourage transfer of those data among users; (3) to improve use of data file standards for completeness, accuracy, comparability to published sources, documentation, codes and nomenclatures; and (4) to promote development and use of affordable, simple, practical methods of acquiring, processing, evaluating, and reporting integrated data. The primary means of achieving these goals is through the annual Integrated Data Users Workshop. The conference sessions included: integrated data systems in the context of foresight and strategic planning; data clearinghouse roles and functions; data quality issues; socioeconomic and demographic data issues in data integration; political and economic barriers to data integrating; numeric data referral centers/clearinghouses; integrated systems in the context of anticipated technological changes; qualtiy assurance obligations for integrated data users; and practical applications of integrated data approaches. (GHT)

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6363443
• Report Number(s): CONF-831117-Summ.; ON: DE86001444
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
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ABSTRACTS
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LEADING ABSTRACT
MANAGEMENT
MATHEMATICS
MEETINGS
NUMERICAL DATA
QUALITY CONTROL
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