Locus Technologies Presents Paper on EPA SEDD Format at Pittcon 2004.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Pittcon 2004 SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 31, 2004 Locus Technologies (Locus), a leader in environmental information management, presented a paper on the use of the EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. SEDD SEDD Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate (US Army Research Laboratory) SEDD Superfund Electronic Data Deliverable (XML Web-Based Application for the US EPA) format with web-based environmental data systems at the 2004 Pittsburgh Conference (Pittcon) in Chicago, IL. Dr. Todd Pierce of Locus authored the paper entitled "A Web-based Solution for Analytical Data Interchange Using EPA XML-Based SEDD Format and Locus's EIM EIM Enterprise Incentive Management EIM Enterprise Information Management EIM Enterprise Identity Mapping (IBM) EIM Enterprise Instant Messaging EIM Employee Internet Management EIM European Institute for the Media System." The paper was presented on March 7 during the "New Developments in Analytical Instrumentation and Software" session. The Staged Electronic Data Deliverable (SEDD) is an inter-agency effort spearheaded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE USACE United States Army Corps of Engineers ) to create a generic format for electronic delivery of analytical data for environmental programs. A major advantage for analytical laboratories is that SEDD can be implemented in stages. This fact allows laboratories to meet EDD requirements for multiple programs without having to overhaul their EDD-producing systems as agency or program needs change. The SEDD is based on Extensible Markup Language See XML. (language, text) Extensible Markup Language - (XML) An initiative from the W3C defining an "extremely simple" dialect of SGML suitable for use on the World-Wide Web. http://w3.org/XML/. (XML), which has quickly become the de facto standard Hardware or software that is widely used, but not endorsed by a standards organization. Contrast with de jure standard. de facto standard - A widespread consensus on a particular product or protocol which has not been ratified by any official standards body, such as ISO, for information exchange over the Internet. XML provides data integration and communication backbone for Locus's EIM system. Dr. Pierce's paper showed how Locus's award-winning, web-based Environmental Information Management(TM) (EIM(TM)) system, a part of their LocusFocus(SM) environmental web portal, can import EDDs in the SEDD format. EIM accepts SEDD files in Stage 2a format, which contains the basic analytical results (including the sample ID, analyte, result, and qualifier) plus method quality control data. The EIM import module includes data verification and consistency checks outlined in the Document Type Definition (DTD (Document Type Definition) A language that describes the contents of an SGML document. The DTD is also used with XML, and the DTD definitions may be embedded within an XML document or in a separate file. ) for Stage 2a, as well as forms for viewing the data in the imported SEDD file. EIM then lets users create reports, build graphs, query selected results, and download selected datasets into Microsoft Excel, ESRI's ArcView, or other third-party packages. About Locus Technologies Locus Technologies, provides information management, and automation services for the environmental industry. Locus's multi-channel dynamic web portal, LocusFocus(SM), provides for all aspects of environmental site management and is designed to eliminate the many inefficiencies and incompatible technologies that afflict the industry. Visit Locus Technologies at www.locustec.com. |
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