The Sustainable Web Portal for Observation Data

Abstract

In the agricultural domain, observation data has been recognized as an essential resource that drives an efficient decision-making and problem-solving. The application of observation data can be in different shapes depending on consumers. To promote the utilization of observation data to any consumers, this paper thus proposes the conceptual Web Portal for observation data, namely Environment Informatorium or Informatorium. In particular, Informatorium aims at providing a one-stop service that balances the significance of both information providers and consumers. Specifically, it encourages providers to register their services that provide the observation data and are locally deployed at their sites. It also accommodates consumers to query for the desirable observation data across geographically distributed repositories with ease. In addition, it allows consumers to interactively play with different pieces of observation data in a user-oriented manner by integrating or visualizing them altogether.