1. 1 Data, Information and Knowledge in the British Geological Survey Jeremy Giles

2. 2 Data Rich n BGS is a data rich organisation – 863,919 onshore boreholes – 7,694 pallets of borehole cores – 138,896 digital borehole logs – 35,755 field slips from geologists – 7,694 lithostratigraphical definitions – 153,752 rock samples – etc. etc.

3. 3 A Bit of History n BGS has been collecting for 164 years n Oldest records predate BGS n Manual index systems have served for the bulk of that period n Digital systems developed from the bottom up to meet the needs of specific projects n Need to bring control recognised in mid-90s

4. 4 Data Management n Two projects have been initiated to improve situation – Geoscience Integrated Database System (BGS-geoIDS) – Digital Geoscience Spatial Model (DGSM)

5. 5 Time Table BGS-geoIDS 199820002005 DGSM

6. 6 BGS-geoIDS Vision The overall aim of the project is to produce a single unified Corporate database of geoscience information that will enable BGS scientists to undertake R&D more effectively and help BGS to maximise its competitive advantage.

7. 7 BGS-geoIDS n Compilation of Discovery Metadata n Data Model of Existing System n Data Policy and Management n Desktop Data Delivery

8. 8 Compilation of Discovery Metadata n Entry point to BGS-geoIDS for most users n Tells potential users what is available and other key details n National Geospatial Data Framework (NGDF) Discovery Metadata Standards has 36 fields of which 13 are mandatory.

9. 9 Discovery Metadata Report

10. 10 BGS-geoIDS n Compilation of Discovery Metadata n Data Model of Existing System n Data Policy and Management n Desktop Data Delivery

11. 11 Data Model of Existing System n Reverse engineer a physical data model n Identify and implement missing links n Identify and migrate workstation database to corporate databases n Technical Metadata

12. 12 Technical Metadata Reports

13. 13 Technical Metadata Report

14. 14 BGS-geoIDS n Compilation of Discovery Metadata n Data Model of Existing System n Data Policy and Management n Desktop Data Delivery

15. 15 Data Policy and Management n Development of a corporate data policy n Development of a corporate data management plan n Development of data management plans for individual projects

16. 16 BGS-geoIDS n Compilation of Discovery Metadata n Data Model of Existing System n Data Policy and Management n Desktop Data Delivery

17. 17 Boreholes near Burlington House

18. 18 Boreholes near Burlington House

19. 19 Query by Form

20. 20 Answer by Report

21. 21 DGSM Vision The DGSM is a framework for managing BGS's knowledge of the UK and its surrounding continental shelf. It will foster a model-centred ethos with BGS in which all geoscience disciplines will contribute to and enhance the development of a set of multidimensional, coherent, integrated geoscience models.

22. 22 Selection/ conversion Selection/ conversion Maps Reports Plotting/ reporting Analysis GIS/ Cartography Standard geometric data Warehouse geometric data Observational data Metadata layer Spatially- referenced data Other data Text images statistics Data Process links Data flow Key Visualisation BGS-geoIDS

23. 23 DGSM Framework 1 n Enhance existing data model to deal with geometrical and topological relationships n Design a data warehouse to contain application specific datasets n Definitions of metadata necessary to identify standard geometric and Warehouse models n Defining and disseminating best practice

24. 24 DGSM Framework 2 n Setting project software standards n DGSM policies covering procedures for model validation and approval, ensuring standards in model development and update n Developing the approaches to geoscience 'authoring' of documents and knowledge n User training programme

25. 25 DGSM Trail Areas n Selected trail areas to test a variety of geological environments – London and the SE – Midland Valley of Scotland – Atlantic Margin of the UK Continental Shelf – Great Yarmouth – Cheshire Basin

26. 26 BGS-geoIDS Information Data Solutions DGSM Knowledge Expertise Overview