The ICDP Information Network

Telework and Information Management in Scientific Drilling Projects

Jens Klump and Ronald Conze

GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam

What is the ICDP?

The International Continental Scientific Drilling Program is a multinational programme to further and fund geosciences in the field of continental scientific drilling.

Members are: Austria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Iceland, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Poland, USA, as well as UNESCO, ODP and Schlumberger Inc.

ICDP Participants and Projects

ICDP Goals

Scientific Drilling gives us an insight into the processes and structures inside the earth.

The drilling locations are chosen as key sites of the earth system.

The results give us the information we need to develop responsible and sustainable strategies to manage our environment and Earth’s natural resources.

ICDP Research Themes

drill phase scientific evaluation publication phase

ICDP Project Life Cycle

Telework in ICDP Projects

ICDP activities are international collaborative projects.

Data are collected at a central site and redistributed via the internet.

Communication and data access within the ICDP Information Network are channelled through ICDP project portals.

The ICDP Information Network

To facilitate telework within the ICDP, the ICDP Information Network has two main aims:

1. Provide project information and communication tools for all members of the science team.

2. Allow project members to access and analyse complex project data and derived data products.

These services are integrated into project portals.

World Project Science

Team

Potsdam/Passadena OSG Companies

CalTech

Hilo Field Lab Drill Site

Drillers Office

(Users)

(Project Management,Headquarters)

(Operational Sites)

ICDP Information Network Agents

Drill Site

•Daily Drilling Report

•Budget Plan

•Initial Cuttings/Core Documentation

Internet

Potsdam

GFZ

OSG

Field Office

Pasadena

CalTech et al.

Core/Mud

Logging

Lab

Hawaii

Laptops

Internet

Internet

Internet

Science Team

Internet

ICDP Information Network Topology

Drilling Information System (DIS)

= data acquisition

Project Portal

= data dissemination

ICDP Information Network Basics

ICDP Information Network

General On-Site Data Flow

Example: LakeDIS Data Model

Modules: Project

metadata Core

tracking Sample

tracking Analytical

data and metadata

Data Access through Web Portals

The power of a database system does not lie in storing data, but in its ability to recompile data in a new and meaningful way.

Besides the provision of simple data tables, the database has to serve as a base for more advanced tools for the display and analysis of data.

Access to data can be aided by project portals.

What are Portals?

Access to a broad array of online resources and services.

Recognisable topic hierarchies. Powerful search technologies. Personalised services. Configurable presentation. Integration of heterogeneous corporate

resources.

ICDP Portal Services

ICDP Clearinghouse Data Warehouse / Log Data Mart Scientific Visualisation Online Map Server / Online GIS Communication Tools Virtual Crust Data Mart* Bore(w)hole Plan (online planning tool)*

* Work in progress

Catalogue

Maps

Thesaurus

Meta Data

Presentation

Navigation

Retrieval

Navigation

The ICDP Clearinghouse

Example: HSDP Log Data Mart

Example: Visualisation

Data from the ICDP Data Warehouse can be visualised in interactive diagrams.

Example: Online Map Service

Interactive maps as a spatial query tool.

Visualisation of data in their spatial context.

From Data to Knowledge

Data management is only the first step. Advanced tools are needed to allow

researchers to extract information from datasets.

Communication about the newly gained information creates knowledge.

Knowledge Management

Information Management

Data Management

DatabaseData

Information

Knowledge

process

providemodel

distributeextractdescribe

understandassociatepublish

recordgeneratemaintain

Value / Benefit

Creation of Added Value Data → Information → Knowledge

Future of the ICDP Information Network

Development of project portal frameworks

Resource Integration Service Integration Knowledge Integration

The ICDP Information Network: Summary

The ICDP Information Network is a system for telework in geosciences. It offers:

Management of data acquired by a globally distributed group of researchers,

Access to complex scientific drilling project data for all members of the scientific team, worldwide,

Tools to communicate the newly gained information.

The ICDP Information Network is a first step towards knowledge management in geosciences.

Online Resources

International Continental Drilling Program http://www.icdp-online.de

High resolution CONTINENTal paleoclimate recorded in Lake Baikal http://continent.gfz-potsdam.de