National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Inventory & Monitoring Program Natural Resource Information Portal nrinfo.nps.gov Margaret Beer, I&M Data Manager 2011 George Wright Society Meeting, March 17, 2011

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Natural Resource Program Center October, NRPC Data Management Policy “…NRPC will create a central web portal, a single sign-on system, and develop a common user interface for all natural resource applications…” “ NRPC will integrate all applications, eliminate redundant data storage, and streamline standard functions...” “ NRPC systems will transition to Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). This transition will strategically position NRPC to better deal with future changes in technology…”

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NRInfo Portal Essentials - Authentication: system knows who you are and what you can do, without usernames and passwords - Standardized look, feel, navigation throughout - Managed Access: NPS and public - Sensitivity, Proprietary status, Quality assessment: managed at the record level -The portal isn’t the only way to reach the underlying data

NRInfo Portal Essentials - User Requirements: hundreds of users and potential users interviewed during development process - Iterative Development: Short development cycles; functionality added or improved with each cycle - Performance: will be getting better! - Much to improve.

NRInfo Portal – on deck - Public Use Statistics: work will begin this year to integrate application into the portal - Inventory Tracking: Integration by the end of the fiscal year - T&E species, RPRS, APCAM: currently being considered for conversion and integration - Geospatial capabilities: expanding with each release -

NRInfo Steering Committees  Reference  NPSpecies  Portal

Portal Steering Committee  Overall portal functionality, look, feel, navigation, layout

Portal Steering Committee – other ideas  one tab called “search”  bring back the name “data store”  tabs based on function, not subject  specific searches or ways to retrieve “authoritative” data sets  “human use” tab is confusing to cultural staff  look at Google’s use of links in upper- left corner of its home page  look at Databasin.org website  etc.

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We need your ideas, suggestions, gripes, concerns, requests. Or Brent Frakes, Alison Loar, Kathy Dratch, Margaret Beer, Peter Budde