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This contribution falls within the framework of online discourse and contrastive translation with the specific purpose of comparing the ways former American president Donald Trump's threatening tweets have been translated and have circulated in the French online written press. Opening our reflection to the impact of social networks in modern journalism, we will specify the essential role played by translation in the production, transmission and spread of news by mobilizing some key concepts (e.g. transediting). Our article also aims to offer new insights into the complex speech act of threat and its digital use in political tweets. For this, we will draw a synthesis of the main characteristics of threat, supported by a brief description of what is called argumentum ad baculum. In the light of the above, through a sample of tweets derived from the Trump Twitter Archive, we will investigate threat from a perspective which also emphasizes technolinguistic features specific to Twitter and, subsequently, we will provide an overview of the different translation choices that were observed in the articles of the French online national newspapers, collected from Europresse database and Google. To do this, the analysis is characterized by a contrastive approach as it will be based on the different versions of the abovementioned messages inserted in the news electronic texts by the journalist-translator. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Diphuès database is an open access research, exchange and dialogue tool devoted to the half-human half-vegetal figures in Roman Antiquity. It is the result of two research projects that have been carried out since 2012 under the aegis of the F.R.S.-FNRS (Fonds de la recherche scientifique de Belgique). From 2024, it will be made available in open access to the international scientific community by the 'Service d'Histoire de l'art et Archéologie de l'Antiquité gréco-romaine' (SHAArAGR) and the 'Centre Informatique de Philosophie & Lettres' (CIPL) of the University of Liège. Diphuès is based on a corpus originally designed as a personal work tool to serve specific research objectives. This tool has undergone several major modifications, in its structure and purpose, so that it can be used to produce new knowledge. Its network application is seen as the final stage in the research communication process and is part of a wider effort to share knowledge and resources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article is devoted to the development of databases of the factographic reference system. The method of formalization of normative information is proposed. The classification of tables into “descriptive” and “prescriptive” has been introduced. The article describes an approach to the formalization of “prescriptive” tables, all the parameters of which are divided into two groups – quantitative and qualitative. SR 30.13330.2020 Internal water supply and sewerage of buildings Chapter 7 “Fire-fighting water supply” and Appendix J “Water consumption for firefighting” were chosen as the object of formalization. The data structure required to determine the internal fire extinguishing device, the number of fire cranes and water consumption is presented. A fragment of the database “Water consumption” and screen forms of the developed application “Water consumption for firefighting” are presented. The input data for the application is the type of building and the parameters depending on the type of building, the result is information about the need for fire-fighting plumbing and a link to the document. The presented example of expanding the database with information from SR 486.1311500.2020 indicates the flexibility of the proposed approach.

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Although epidemiology is part of a strong tradition of data quantification and standardization, it mobilizes various sources, in particular archives. This article therefore looks at this little-known reuse, focusing especially on cohort studies and morbidity registers. It examines the changes in data value and status when processing archival documents into databases through four research stages: source data analysis, coding, data quality evaluation and, eventually, the reconstitution of missing data.

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The dialogue with Iulian Boldea, poet, literary critic and historian, essayist, doctor, professor at the University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology “George Emil Palade” in Târgu Mureş, Romania, editor-in-chief of several periodicals, addresses a series issues related to cultural and scientific journals. It’s being discussed about diminishing the role of cultural publications in the context of the development of blogs and social networks, about the impact of the Internet on literary criticism, about the activity of scientific journals, about maintenance of journals dedicated exclusively to the study of literature, about the role of scientific publications in shaping the moral profile of people and by promoting of Romanian culture in the global space.

(Series Information) European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration, 2021 6(1), 473-491 | Article | (Table of Contents) I. The cumulative complexities of ETIAS. - II. ETIAS, element of a Global Information System. - II.1. Integration conditions. - II.2. The integration mechanisms. - III. ETIAS, element of a penal mechanism. - III.1. Differentiating the criminal and administrative functions of ETIAS. - III.2. Blurring of the penal and administrative functions of ETIAS. - IV. Conclusion. | (Abstract) In order to manage migratory flows, the large-scale information system ETIAS (European Travel Information and Authorisation System) aims to establish whether third- country nationals whose country takes part in visa-waiving agreements could be authorized to travel to the EU. This Article intends to shine a light from a legal perspective on the ambivalence of the means and ends of the ETIAS database. ETIAS is not solely an instrument of migratory flow management. It is also, more discretely, a criminal justice instrument. In addition to the ad-ministrative function of ETIAS, there is a law-enforcement capability: once data pertaining to candidates seeking travel authorization is collected, it becomes available to ends which are estranged from the administrative function of ETIAS. This Article intends to highlight the opaque nature of ETIAS resulting from its cumulating complexities at the crossroads of law and information technology, EU and member states competences, administrative and criminal laws. ETIAS is indicative of a more global model that it is helping to deploy, suggesting the prospect of a data set pertaining to migrants and available for criminal purposes. In conclusion, this Article raises the following questions: is ETIAS compatible with fundamental liberties? And in this respect should its hidden criminal dimension raise concerns?

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Over the past two decades, digital technologies have gained unprecedented development, having a significant impact in all areas of human activity. Museums were also involved in the whirlwind of the technological revolution, and this opened up vital opportunities for preserving and promoting the cultural heritage. Due to digital technologies, museums can more effectively manage their collections, provide better preservation and study of cultural values, and increase the accessibility and attractiveness of cultural heritage for the public. Based on these considerations, the purpose of the communication is to highlight some practical ways for the museum to use technological innovation to improve its performance and gain a competitive advantage. The issues of digitization of cultural heritage at European level is considered by defining concepts in the field of digital technologies, assessing the advantages and disadvantages of using modern technologies, as well as by noting good practices for digitizing the collections of museums in countries with experience in this field. Next, the current context of the application of the digital strategy for the cultural heritage administered by the National Museum of History of Moldova is presented and analyzed in detail, being pointed out the problems and perspectives of the digitization process of the museum collections.

This paper aims to describe the building-up of SciE-Lex (http://www.ub.edu/grelic/eng/scielex2/scielex.html), a collocational database of non-specialized terms in biomedical English, which was primarily conceived as a response to the lack of reference tools accounting for the lexicogrammatical patterning associated with non-technical terms frequently used in the health science discourse. SciE-Lex thus serves the purpose of assisting L2 English writers from the health science discourse community in their production of biomedical texts in English. This collocational database is the result of a lexicographic project carried out by the GreLiC research group at the University of Barcelona, and as such it has undergone various developmental stages since its inception. In order to evaluate its adequacy as a writing tool addressed to the Spanish biomedical community and confirm the appropriateness of the combinatorial patterning and phraseological information included in each entry, a group of language experts were asked to assess the dictionary by stressing both its weaknesses and strengths. Their feedback has stressed the suitability of SciE-Lex as a lexicographic resource and yielded significant improvement of the tool. Last but not least, SciE-Lex has also been successfully tested with targeted users in a series of “Writing for publication” workshops held at the University of Barcelona, and taught by the author, the results of which have corroborated the usefulness of this lexical database to enhance Spanish users’ biomedical English published writing.

Databases and Spatial Representation of Moroccan Roman Mosaics Morocco boasts a rich and extensive heritage of Roman mosaics. Each of these mosaics is assigned a very detailed record documenting their discovery, dimensions, state of conservation, and so on. A good number of the mosaics have been removed from their original site and are currently in storerooms awaiting restoration. The objective of this project is to create a GIS database that will collate all the records for each of these mosaics. Geo-referencing software (ArcGIS) can be used to view the mosaics in situ. The creation of such a database will make it easier to access information about each mosaic and to facilitate management and decision making.

La universalización y democratización de diversas geotecnologías, sumada a la creación y consumo de grandes cantidades de geodatos, ha generado un impulso para lograr soluciones tecnológicas que satisfagan las nuevas necesidades surgidas. El debate actual se centra en la disyuntiva de la continuidad de operar con sistemas tradicionales, o bien apostar por el surgimiento y consolidación de nuevas tecnologías, como es el caso del Big Data. A todo ello se suma la necesidad de evaluar y analizar el encaje de los SIG, herramienta fundamental del geógrafo en estos nuevos planteamientos. Dentro de todo este complejo universo, se tomará como ejemplo la transición que se está produciendo en el campo de las bases de datos, verdadero corazón de un SIG. Tradicionalmente se ha venido empleando modelos relacionales, que están actualmente en pugna con opciones más novedosas, entre las que destaca el ya citado Big Data, con una potente irrupción en el mundo geográfico, y con un gran peso fuera de él. A través de una revisión crítica, realizada de forma empírica, mediante el desarrollo de una matriz multicriterio y de la aplicación de un análisis DAFO, con este trabajo se pretenden evaluar las opciones tecnológicas, actuales y futuras, más adecuadas para dar respuesta a este nuevo paradigma. Abstract The universalization and democratization of diverse geotechnologies, added to the creation and consumption of large amounts of geodata, has generated an impulse to achieve technological solutions that meet the new needs that have arisen. The current debate focuses on the dilemma of the continuity of operating with traditional systems, or betting on the emergence and consolidation of new technologies, such as Big Data. To all this is added the need to evaluate and analyze the fit of GIS, a fundamental tool of the geographer in these new approaches. Within this complex universe, we will take as an example the transition that is taking place in the field of databases, the true heart of a GIS. Traditionally they have been using relational models, which are currently in conflict with newer options, among which the Big Data stands out, with a strong irruption in the geographical world, and with a great weight outside it. Through a critical review, conducted empirically, through the development of a multicriteria matrix and the application of a SWOT analysis, this paper aims to evaluate the technological options, current and future, more appropriate to respond to this new paradigm.

The documentation compiled by the Recueil général des monuments sculptés en France pendant le Haut Moyen âge research teams is kept in the Sculpture Department of the Musée du Louvre. There are plans to transform it into a database. This “dematerialisation” requires long and meticulous preparatory work. First, it is necessary to have an overall view of the collection that, moreover, bears witness to the systematic working methods that predate the development of information technology. Then the documents to be digitised must be selected and prepared. Four different methods of putting the documents online using the MediaWiki tool may be envisaged, in the hope of ensuring interoperability between the SATHMA database, which is supplemented by CARE and other heritage databases.

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Equestrian artists (EA), with their multiple characteristics, are poorly identified in the world of performing arts. The issue of professionalisation of the sector is not perceived in the same way by the actors concerned. The contribution focuses on the relationship of AEs to training and is based on a plural data collection: semi-directive interviews (n=31), and interviews carried out on the basis of traces of the activity in a prototypical training course. The latter, designed by a team of researchers in the context of technological research, was experienced in total immersion for a week (researchers and AEs). The inter-level approach makes it possible to understand the modes of learning favoured in the course of the AEs; moreover, it opens up the experience lived by the latter, engaged, with the researchers, in a training intended to test the proposals and to adjust the professionalization project. The results open up a reflection on what this research produces in terms of knowledge, and on what it engages/transforms at the collective and individual levels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As part of the "reengineering" of initial studies of physiotherapy, it is sought to understand the situation of transmission-learning of the clinical reasoning of a student and his tutor in an internship situation, during the first patient encounter. The first session is considered a problematic situation in the link professions. Using Houssaye's pedagogical triangle (2014) and Lescouarch's quadrangle (2018), the interactions of guardianship and shoring are looked at. The approach used is part of the field of professional knowledge. The student performs, under supervision, a first care session with a patient accustomed to this liberal practice. The survey methodology implemented includes recordings of care sessions. The comments are based on the analysis of data from five patient/tutor/student triads. The analysis of the interactions and the different positions taken by the actors during the session allows modeling in an educational pyramid, placing the patient as a third part mediator in the learning of clinical reasoning. He assumes several roles depending on the support and the pedagogical posture he adopts. The patient's role in this learning be an unthought of the training. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Born in December 1958, Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) was dissolved on May, 11th 2018. During its almost sixty years of existence, ETA has undergone phases of military offensive and then a decline in its operational activity. In order to understand the limits of these episodes and their reasons, we have created an original database listing all the actions of the armed group. Its analysis contributes to highlight the strategic developments of the clandestine organisation and makes possible to discuss the conclusions previously drawn from the group's databases of fatal victims. We will thus consider the consequences of methodological choices on the interpretation the history of a clandestine organisation and of its key moments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The political debate on the migration crisis poses many problems with reference to the categorization of migrants and refugees, whose legal definition does not satisfy the designation needs. This contribution aims to explore the terminology of migration through online terminology platforms and databases. The contribution provides a framework of the choices that lead to use one term over another in the context of migration terminology.

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Russia holds massive biodiversity data accumulated in botanical and zoological collections, literature publications, annual reports of natural reserves, nature conservation, and monitoring study project reports. While some data have been digitized and organized in databases or spreadsheets, most of the biodiversity data in Russia remain dormant and digitally inaccessible. Concepts of open access to research data is spreading, and the lack of data publishing tradition and of use of data standards remain prominent. A national biodiversity information system is lacking and most of the biodiversity data are not available or the available data are not consolidated. As a result, Russian biodiversity data remain fragmented and inaccessible for researchers. The majority of Russian biodiversity databases do not have web interfaces and are accessible only to a limited numbers of researchers. The main reason for lack of access to these resources relates to the fact that the databases have previously been developed only as a local resource. In addition, many sources have previously been developed in the desktop database environments mainly using MS Access and, in some cases, earlier DBMS for DOS, i.e., file-server system, which does not have the functionality to create access to records through a web interface. Among the databases with a web interface, a few information systems have interactive maps with the species occurrence data and systems allowing registered users to upload data. It is important to note that the conceptual structures of these databases were created without taking into account modern standards of the Darwin Core; furthermore, some data sources were developed prior to the first work version of the Darwin Core release in 2001. Despite the complexity and size of the biodiversity data landscape in Russia, the interest in publishing data through international biodiversity portals is increasing among Russian researchers. Since 2014, institutional data publishers in Russia have published about 140 000 species occurrences through gbif.org. The increase in data publishing activity calls for the creation of a GBIF node in Russia, aiming to support Russian biodiversity experts in international data work.

For distinct reasons, Romania has not yet been part of the international effort to exploit me- dieval curial sources, preserved either in the Vatican and Roman Archives, or in domestic col- lections. Nowadays, however, this view is beginning to change. An increased interest in these remarkable documentary texts has been encouraged and facilitated primarily by multiple ini- tiatives that intend to bring papal or curial documents from regional repositories closer to re- searchers in the form of digital data. In a very short time, international, national, or institu- tional projects providing data bases and/or collections of digital images of medieval sources have become indispensable research tools. Transylvania, in particular, once a province of the Kingdom of Hungary and thus part of the medieval Latin world, benefits significantly from this wave of computer supported and controlled endeavours (both old and more recent). The in- tention of my presentation is to discuss how medieval studies from Transylvania (traditionally a multilingual and international research environment) employ this new technological com- pound, examine the limitations of each distinctive project, and finally consider possible steps for further expansion and improvement.

The identification of mineral supply sources and trade routes are at the heart of the archaeological issues. The tracing of sources of metal production via lead isotopy has been used since the 1980s to identify the deposits from which the metal constituting the archaeological objects came. Such studies are based on mineral signature repositories and archaeologists have thus built up databases containing thousands of ore deposit analyses. The databases, however, only very rarely include geological information and are limited to geographic information. But considering only geographical data leads to many limitations of studies, including the overlapping of signatures between remote regions. This problem could nevertheless be circumvented by taking into account precise ore deposit data that enables to think in terms of restricted mineralized subsets. We illustrate this through the example of data collected in the Alps by Marcoux (1986) and Nimis et al. (2012). Taking into account geological data (and more specifically, gitological data) could thus considerably improve the accuracy of provenance interpretations and enable multivariate statistical processing to be carried out (these statistical treatments are inconclusive if they are carried out on purely geographical data). However, remains the problem of the thousands of ore analyses carried out without having defined their mineralization context. Although still imperfect (some contexts are not individualized), the use of a statistical treatment could nevertheless be used to identify the gitological contexts.

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Introduction: blood cultures are the best diagnostic tool for the detection of bacteremia. However, false positive results may lead to confusion about antibiotic regimens, putting the lives of patients at risk. The main purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of coagulase negative Staphylococci (CoNS) as well as of Corynebacterium spp and Bacillus spp in the bags of blood culture analyzed in the microbiology laboratory at the Ibn-Rochd University Hospital in Casablanca. This prevalence was evaluated according to various Hospital Departments over the year 2016. Methods: we conducted a descriptive, retrospective study by analysing the computerized database of the Laboratory of bacteriology and virology at the Ibn-Rochd University Hospital in Casablanca over a 12-month period from 1 st January to 31 st December 2016. Our study focused on bacteria forming part of the commensal flora (coagulase negative Staphylococcus, Corynebacteria spp and Bacillus spp). The blood culture bags were incubated in the automated blood culture system (Bactec FX). The identification of the germs from a positive culture was performed according to the standard techniques of bacteriology and susceptibility testing was performed according to EUCAST 2015. We conducted an analysis of the computerized database of KALISIL system (Netika) version (2.2.10.) of the Microbiology Laboratory at the Ibn-Rochd University Hospital in Casablanca. Results: out of 7959 requests for blood cultures obtained from 5801 patients addressed to the laboratory of bacteriology, 2491 were positive, of which 848, reflecting a rate of 34% of positive bags or 10.6% of the whole of bags received over the year 2016, were positive for coagulase negative Staphylococcus, 56 bags of blood cultures, reflecting a rate of 2.2%, were positive for Corrynébacteruim SP, followed by 60 bags of blood cultures, reflecting a rate of 2.4%, which were positive for Bacillus sp. The frequency of isolation of coagulase negative Staphylococcus compared to other bacteria according to Clinical Departments showed a higher frequency in the Paediatric Department (47.2%) followed by the Medicine Department (44.1%). Conclusion: this study shows that coagulase negative Staphylococci are the organisms most frequently isolated from blood cultures. They are a non-negligible cause of nosocomial infections, but they are also the most common blood culture contaminants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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В статье излагаются некоторые аспекты формирования проекта информационной системы «Музыкальная культура Сибири». Предложены принципы технологического решения, обеспечения доступа и защиты информации, рассматриваются проблемы структурирования данных при подходе к подобному типу задач.

This paper proposes an initial discussion about the production of automatized journalistic narratives. Despite being a topic discussed in specialized sites and international conferences in communication area, the concepts are still deficient in academic research. For this article, we studied the concepts of narrative, databases and algorithms, indicating a theoretical trend that explains this automatized journalistic narratives. As characterization, we use the cases of Los Angeles Times, Narrative Science and Automated Insights.

The European Union Reference Laboratory for the detection of animal proteins in feedingstuffs (EURL-AP) has developed an online micrographs collection supporting its network activities within the European Union for the detection of prohibited animal by-products in feed. So far, the only official method for detecting these by-products is light microscopy, which is highly dependent on the skills of a microscopist because it relies on particle recognition. In order to help the microscopist network to achieve high proficiency levels, it was necessary to create an online reference tool based on micrographs and accessible via an Intranet platform. Members of the National Reference Laboratories for animal proteins in feedingstuffs (NRL-AP) and the International Association for Feedingstuff Analysis – Section Feedingstuff Microscopy (IAG) have access to this micrographs collection. This paper describes how the online collection was created and what conditions had to be taken into account in creating such a tool. It also describes how information are periodically updated and managed within the context of the large amount of information included in each micrograph. The need for a robust back-office system as the foundation for all the research activities in this project is also covered, and the evaluation of the use of the online collection is discussed.

Using the Belgian soil map for mapping groundwater vulnerability. Groundwater vulnerability mapping is a critical activity in the implementation of the water resources protection policy. The vulnerability of groundwater bodies is largely determined by the properties of the overlying soil. The soil map and associated data bases contain spatially distributed information, which can be easily introduced into the vulnerability mapping procedure. In this paper, soil information is used in the vulnerability mapping procedure through the "partial vulnerability from the soil" (VPS) concept. Three methods are presented for mapping the VPS: the first method uses the soil map only, while the second and third methods use data from the soil analytical data base. The three methods are applied to mapping the vulnerability of the Brusselean sands groundwater body, in the center of Belgium. The three approaches yield three different vulnerability maps, and explanations for these differences between approaches are given. Finally, a strategy is presented for validating the different approaches to mapping the partial vulnerability from the soil.

O presente texto analisa discursos de peritos e de políticos produzidos acerca da criação de uma base de dados de perfis de ADN em Portugal para identificação civil e investigação criminal, com o intuito de explorar alguns patamares de construção da biossegurança. Constata-se que três tipos principais de argumentação são utilizados: a ciência como suporte de uma justiça simultaneamente mais eficaz e mais credível; a necessidade de acompanhar o percurso de países mais desenvolvidos em matéria de investigação criminal e de cooperação transfronteiriça; o contributo para o bem comum. Trata-se de um projeto técnico-genético e biopolítico crescentemente global e imbricado em imaginários coletivos assentes no medo do crime e do criminoso, que assenta mais em promessas de utilidade imaginada e de eficácia na identificação de criminosos do que na invocação dos riscos e das incertezas.This paper analyses the discourses produced by experts and politicians about the creation of a DNA database for civil identification and criminal investigation purposes in Portugal, aiming to explore some stances in the construction of biosecurity. Three main types of arguments are found: science as the support of a simultaneously more effective and reliable justice; the need to follow the course of more developed countries in terms of criminal investigation and trans-border cooperation; the contribution towards the common good. This concerns an increasingly global technical-genetic and biopolitical project, merged within collective imageries built upon on fears of crime and criminals, which is more grounded on promises of imagined utility and efficacy in the identification of offenders than on the invocation of the risks and uncertainties.

The paper presents an analysis of the events (accidents and disasters of natural and anthropomorphic origin) that affected La Paz, Lima and Quito from 1970 to 2007. This analysis explores conditions of vulnerability and compares the three capitals. Even if they have not been destroyed in the last decades by a calamitous event, all three have been disturbed and very often damaged. However, they have different profiles in relation to the origin of the events that occurred. Although the distinction between how natural and anthropomorphic factors share responsibility in the damage to the capital, it is difficult to establish a general trend. In Lima, the events are more related to anthropomorphic factor, while in La Paz they are more of natural origin. Quito presents more balanced situation. The way that the databases are built tends to favour this outcome. However they also show the difficulty analyzing these events in the highly complex urban milieu. Therefore, the article asks us to think about the limitations in the information that permits this analysis and about the bias and the insufficiencies of the existing databases.

The multi-disciplinary and international nature of large European projects requires powerful managerial and communicative tools to ensure the transmission of information to the end-users. One such project is TRACE entitled “Tracing Food Commodities in Europe”. One of its objectives is to provide a communication system dedicated to be the central source of information on food authenticity and traceability in Europe. This paper explores the web tools used and communication vehicles offered to scientists involved in the TRACE project to communicate internally as well as to the public. Two main tools have been built: an Intranet and a public website. The TRACE website can be accessed at http://www.trace.eu.org. A particular emphasis was placed on the efficiency, the relevance and the accessibility of the information, the publicity of the website as well as the use of the collaborative utilities. The rationale of web space design as well as integration of proprietary software solutions are presented. Perspectives on the using of web tools in the research projects are discussed.

The aim of this paper is to present the potential which could be offered by managing databases in direct marketing through gathering the information that could offer the shortest and efficient way to the clients needs. The paper includes the necessary steps to make this activity a real success

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The University of Illinois developed an open-source collections management software program and in August 2006 began making it freely available to archivists, curators, and special collections librarians. This program gives those with limited technological resources and knowledge the ability to easily mount a variety of on-line access tools to their historical collections using ISAD(G)1 and DACS2-compliant standards for description. Archon was created with robust interoperability using a single web-based platform for the management of collections of documents and artifacts held by archives, museums and libraries. It was developed as a “plug and play” application for easy installation on any web server or on any web hosting service. It uses common web-browser input mechanisms and SQL data storage to produce dynamic data output in the form of searchable collections websites, MARC bibliographic records (Smiraglia 1990), EAD finding aids (Pitti 268-293), and long-term preservation TXT data files. The article discusses the design concepts that lead to the University of Illinois’ creation of Archon, the challenges faced by the archives community when providing descriptive access to large bodies of historical papers and records, and describes Archon’s public and administrative interfaces as well as future plans for additional developments to this software program.

Setting up Spatial Decision Support Systems in environmental fields: examples from Outil Géo-Environnemental d'Aide à la Décision (OGEAD) with a special emphasis for soil data. OGEAD is a project that aims to disseminate geographical information related to the environment to civil servants and interested people. This publication describes/explains three examples highlighting environmental data, in particular those related to soil. These examples show an evolution from stand alone applications to WebGIS applications allowing intranet and internet distribution. The publication emphasises the importance of linking data distribution with adapted tools for an efficient use; these tools include various components such as presentation, interpretation and diagnostics.