A Metadata-Based Framework for Multilingual Ecological Information Management

Herein, we introduce a framework of an ecological information management prototype of tools based on a metadata standard. The framework was developed by the Ecological Informatics Working Group of the Taiwan Forestry Research Institute (TFRI) to aid with editing, storing, and using documents in the multiple languages of Asian cultures that comprise the East-Asia Pacific International Long-Term Ecological Research (EAP-ILTER) Network.
The conceptual framework of the system can be divided into three tiers. The first tier deals with datasets and related information. The second tier relates to information management. Once datasets and other related information have been described, they are stored in a schema-independent database. The third tier is comprised of the full web-based interfaces that allow easy access to the second tier.
Results of the application of this framework consist of an Ecological Metadata Language (EML) document database module, a data analysis function module, and a collection of 58 EML documents.

本文提出一种基于元数据标准（metadata standard）的生态信息管理工具原型框架。该框架由台湾林业试验所（Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, TFRI）下属的生态信息学工作组研发，旨在辅助编辑、存储及使用服务于东亚太国际长期生态研究（East-Asia Pacific International Long-Term Ecological Research, EAP-ILTER）网络的、适配东亚太平洋区域多元文化语言的文档。

本系统的概念框架可划分为三个层级：第一层级聚焦数据集及相关信息；第二层级负责信息管理流程，在完成数据集及其他相关信息的元数据描述后，相关内容将被存储于模式无关数据库中；第三层级由完备的网页端交互界面构成，可便捷访问第二层级的存储资源。

本框架的应用成果包括生态元数据语言（Ecological Metadata Language, EML）文档数据库模块、数据分析功能模块，以及包含58份EML文档的合集。