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EIMS became EPA's node of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI)
(http://www.fgdc.gov/)
as of August 24, 2000. EIMS is a registered Geospatial Clearinghouse Node of NSDI, and
as such allows the national network of NSDI Gateway servers to search EPA-EIMS for geospatial metadata at EPA.
The EIMS database supports the full Geospatial Metadata Content Standard developed
by the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC).
NSDI is an excellent opportunity for Agency scientists to publish, share, and use digital
geographic information over the Internet.
The EIMS database and associated web application are periodically
updated in response to input from our partners and users.
Enhancements of the EIMS web application will be implemented
when completed by the EIMS development team.
Suggestions for future enhancements of EIMS may be submitted using
the Comments link at the bottom of this page.
Read below about some of the latest features that have
been added to EIMS.
| Release Date |
Description |
| October 5, 2001 |
Release of the EIMS User Guide and Data Administration
Guidelines in an electronic format. |
| November 9, 2000 |
This release added a version history capability for metadata
records. A metadata record can be associated with metadata for an earlier version of the object being described.
EIMS uses this association in the search function. The summary page for a record will display links
to later versions of metadata which have been included in the version history.
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| October 24, 2000 |
This release added capabilities for data librarians
to add and edit metadata for all partners and also included the following enhancements:
- Abstract lengthened to 8,000 characters
- New notice and additional information fields
- More project attribute fields
- Changes for display of related entries
- Access control for groups
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| October 5, 2000 |
The EIMS data model was enhanced with the addition of
more descriptive information about documents and projects, including project tracking and project cost details.
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| August 24, 2000 |
EIMS became EPA's node of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI).
Contact Cheryl Itkin (202-564-3357) for more information about geospatial metadata in EIMS
or instructions on how to search the NSDI.
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| April 25, 2000 |
The EIMS database and web application were
revised to allow more robust descriptive information in metadata for documents. Document subtypes
(journals, reports, etc.) were added, along with the capability to generate and store a full
citation for a document.
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