The goal of the CSIEM Environmental Information Management framework, as presented herein, is to allow compatibility, inter-operability and between crticial data assets, and version control as is required for the development of a comprehensive and integrated modelling platform.

The framework can be viewed as three separate systems:

Data Collation Data Governance & Reporting Data Integration The relationship between the various iniatives, the CSIEM Environmental Information Management framework, and downstream model applications are outlined schematically below.

The aim of the data collation step is to bring data together in a co-ordinated way. Data that is sourced and collated from various government agencies, researchers and industry groups is stored in a “data lake” in their raw format. Each data provider is assigned a unique agency identifier, and datasets are also grouped based on the main programs or iniatives the collection was associated with. Raw data is stored in a rigid folder structure based on these two identifiers :

Agency/Program/ < ... data-sets ...>

For more information, see the The Cockburn Sound Integrated Ecosystem Model Manual