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Data and information system

Processed data

Updated on 19/06/2018
Définition
Sens technique

Data inferred from other data using a sophisticated method to facilitate the understanding of what is observed (e.g. a collecting rate, the average yield of a wastewater treatment plant, etc). The goal is to make them usable for a given or understandable need for a specific audience (processed data can be an indicator).

Source
According to the Ministry for the Environment

Elementary data

Updated on 19/06/2018
Définition
Sens technique
In the modelling of information systems, data whose breakdown does not make sense (they cannot be obtained from other data). Elementary data can be raw (unqualified) or qualified data (which have already undergone various validation phases).
Source
According to the CERTA Network

Raw data

Updated on 13/07/2018
Définition
Sens technique
Elementary data coming from a measurement (meter index, water depth at a gauging station, etc), that have not yet been validated, or organized in a database, nor interpreted.
Source
According to the Ministry for the Environment

Enhancement

Updated on 13/07/2018
Définition
Sens technique
Process that takes an active approach to disseminate information, usually at the end of any data processing and formatting activity, to make them more easily digestible by non-technical users.
Source
According to the Ministry of Ecology

Retention

Updated on 13/07/2018
Définition
Sens technique
Process to keep data in a database from which it is easy to extract them through queries. Databases can be centralized at the national level (reference databases) or at basin level, or shared through multiple websites, according to a single data model.
Source
According to the Ministry of Ecology

Data collection

Updated on 04/07/2018
Définition
Sens technique

Process related to the transmission of data generated by different stakeholders and means to a storage device. Most often data collecting is made by the producer himself, who makes the data selection, formatting and transmission. Sometimes an intermediary collects data from one or more producers

Source
According to the Ministry for the Environment

"Comma-separated values" format

Updated on 13/07/2018
Définition
Sens technique
This is a full-text format whose tabular data are separated by semicolons (";"). The CSV format is a very simple form of database, where each row is a record and the fields are separated by one predefined character. This file can easily be imported into a database or spreadsheet
Source
According to SCHAPI

Impact

Updated on 26/10/2022
Définition
Sens technique
According to the DPSIR (Driving Forces - Pressures - State - Impacts - Responses) conceptual data model it means the consequences of pressures on the aquatic environment (e.g. increase in phosphorus concentrations, loss of biological diversity, fish death, increased frequency of certain human diseases, modification of some economic variables, etc).
Source
According to the Ministry for the Environment and OFB

Hydrographic area

Updated on 26/10/2022
Définition
Sens technique
The hydrographic division includes all four parts of the French territory hierarchized according to increasing drainage systems: Hydrographic Region (1st order), hydrographic Sector (2nd order), hydrographic Sub-sector (3rd order), hydrographic area (4th order). A sector is cut into a maximum of 10 sub-sectors and a sub-sector is cut into a maximum of 10 hydrographic areas.
Source
According to OFB and IOWater