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VegTrack: A structured vegetation restoration activity database

ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT & RESTORATION, Issue 2 2009
Andre Zerger
Summary, Information about on-ground vegetation restoration activities (e.g. fencing and revegetation) is critical if natural resource management (NRM) groups are to monitor progress towards restoration targets, assess the efficacy of their interventions and adaptively learn from different actions. However, in Australia, there are few practical guidelines for recording data, making it difficult to consistently compare actions between sites and through time. Records of primary information are particularly important given the ongoing national investment in vegetation restoration activities. With the aid of six-case study areas in different landscapes, robust guidelines and tools were developed and incorporated into VegTrack, a methodology, which allows groups to develop their own vegetation restoration activity database. VegTrack differentiates spatial data from attribute data storing each in different databases (a GIS and a relational database management system respectively). We describe the process which enables NRM groups to develop their own database, and provide a Microsoft Access 2003 version of VegTrack to allow NRM groups to commence activity recording. To demonstrate the utility of the VegTrack method in different situations and to encourage consistency across study areas, we describe the application of the guidelines for several scenarios including riparian revegetation, corridors disrupted by roads and infill plantings. [source]

Applying XBRL in an Accounting Information System Design Using the REA Approach: An Instructional Case,

ACCOUNTING PERSPECTIVES, Issue 1 2010
JACOB PENG
base de données relationnelles; document d'instance; modélisation REA; XBRL Abstract The Church in Somewhere (CIS) is a small community church which uses an Excel spreadsheet to keep its financial records. The church administrator is considering moving from a spreadsheet accounting system to a relational database system that can easily be expanded to include more information in the future. In this paper we examine the transforming process in this hypothetical case by following a resource-event-agent (REA) modeling paradigm to create a database. We then link the REA model to financial reporting using Microsoft Access. In addition, using the financial report in the database, students prepare and validate an eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) document for CIS. Instead of applying the complex U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) Taxonomies, Release 2009, the case uses a dedicated CIS Taxonomy to complete the mapping and tagging processes. L'application du XBRL dans la conception d'un système d'information comptable selon le modèle ressource-événement-agent: cas didactique Résumé Church in Somewhere (CIS) est une petite église communautaire qui utilise un tableur Excel pour tenir ses registres financiers. L'administrateur de l'église songe à passer du système comptable du tableur à un système de base de données relationnelles susceptible d'être facilement élargi de manière à recevoir ultérieurement davantage d'informations. Dans ce cas hypothétique, les auteurs examinent le processus de « conversion », en suivant le paradigme du modèle ressource-événement-agent (REA), menant à la création d'une base de données. Ils relient ensuite le modèle REA à l'information financière par le truchement de Microsoft Access. En se servant du rapport financier de la base de données, ils fournissent en outre aux étudiants l'occasion de préparer et de valider un document XBRL pour CIS. Plutôt que d'appliquer les taxonomies complexes des PCGR des États-Unis, édition 2009, les auteurs utilisent dans leur cas une taxonomie propre à CIS pour réaliser les processus de cartographie et de codage. [source]

Designing and Implementing an Information System for the Dental Office of Branckowitz & Young

ACCOUNTING PERSPECTIVES, Issue 4 2008
Alex Nikitkov
ABSTRACT This case provides students with the opportunity to create a functional information system (IS) for a service company. The case facilitates a guided hands-on experience where students learn to analyze a business entity in the context of its environment; recognize what business processes comprise an entity's value chain; and develop, document, and implement a tailor-made IS to support the entity's operation. In order to keep the amount of development realistic and the system transparent for students, the case focuses on a small service company: a dental office. The case uses a resource,events,agents (REA) analytical framework for modeling and Microsoft Access for IS implementation. The case is structured modularly, enabling instructors to either explain material or demonstrate analysis/development of a segment of an IS in class and then challenge the students to complete the module's development following the instructor's example. Instructors have the flexibility to give students fewer (or additional) directions in developing the information system, depending on the students' backgrounds and abilities. Instructors also have a choice to limit the scope of the development and implementation to any number of four business processes. [source]

BENTHIC MARINE ALGAL HERBARIUM OF LONG ISLAND SOUND DIGITAL COLLECTION

JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY, Issue 2001
Article first published online: 24 SEP 200
Cudiner, S.2, Gillies, N.2 & Yarish, C.1 1Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Stamford, CT 06901-23151; 2Jeremy Richard Library, University of Connecticut, Stamford, CT 06901-2315 University of Connecticut presents the "Benthic Marine Algal Herbarium of Long Island Sound Digital Collection." When Phase One of this project is completed, this collection will include an online herbarium of all Long Island Sound macroalgae species. The database will be on the web and open to the public. The taxonomy and descriptive text are part of a collaboration between the University of Connecticut and NEAS. Database features include the ability to create searches and generate sets based on subjects, division, class, order, family, genus, habitat, species, keyword, location, etc. Each record will be cataloged according to Dublin Core cataloging guidelines. All species have a thumbnail image and a larger image for full viewing. TIFF files will be archived and available in the future (10mg images). Certain species will be marked as a teaching collection and made available upon request on a CDrom for teaching purposes. Future plans include expanding the database geographically in the Northeast. The database is located and maintained on a server at the Homer Babbidge Library on the UConn Storrs campus. The information is in Microsoft Access, and is made available for viewing and searching on the web through ColdFusion. This online collection is in the process of being created, a test site is now available at: http://norman.lib.uconn.edu:6550/algae/algaesearch.cfm (hit enter for all records or use search term: lamin) [source]