Development of a website and an information system for an European R&D project : the example of the STRATFEED project

Abstract

The multidisciplinary nature, the international partnership and the large amount of information to be managed in an European project such as STRATFEED, require the development of an information management system. Within the framework of this project, the development of the Internet-oriented computer system required three facets: the data and information collection, the database building and the development of different applications. A tool for the dissemination of results (STRATFEED website) with both a public part and a confidential part, a tool for data management (STRATFEED manager), a tool for data queries (STRATFEED explorer) and two tools for decision-making (ARIES Decision Support System –– CD-Rom release and STRATFEED Decision Support System – Internet release) were developed. The modular concept, which relates to the different topics of the project, facilitates the updating and development of a system according to research progress and user needs. The concept developed for this project can be used for any other project and can easily be adapted to meet new requirements. The example of the STRATFEED project can be accessed at: http://stratfeed.cra.wallonie.be

Keywords

• Databases
• internet
• project management
• decision support
• knowledge based systems
• computer systems