TY - JOUR AU - Brodaric, B. AU - Journeay, M. AU - Talwar, S. AU - Harrap, R. AU - van Ulden, J. AU - Grant, R. AU - Denny, S. PY - 2003/12/31 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The Architecture of the Georgia Basin Digital Library: Using geoscientific knowledge in sustainable development JF - Geologija JA - geologija VL - 46 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://www.geologija-revija.si/index.php/geologija/article/view/1708 SP - 343 - 347 AB - <p>To address societal issues such as sustainable development, geoscience knowledge must be transformed from its conventional packaging. A holistic approach to this transformation requires that (1) geo-information be used to develop indicators such as mineral potential, material availability, groundwater capacity, etc., and that (2) the indicators are combined with socio-economic factors to guide generation of future scenarios for land use, population, urban growth, etc. In this paper we discuss the architecture of a prototype system designed to support these two activities. The system consists of a geoscientific data and knowledge repository that is loosely linked with a future scenario modeling tool (Questâ„¢). The repository supplies transformed information to the tool, and also provides explanations for the input variables and output results. An example implementation, Georgia Basin Digital Library, is also presented.</p> ER -