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Data and information system

Quality Control

Updated on 13/07/2018
Définition
Sens technique
Set of technical and operational rules and procedures that ensure compliance of the actions carried out at different stages of the operation, in order to guarantee the results, all this being managed by a Quality Assurance System.
Source
According to BRGM

Analyzed fraction

Updated on 26/10/2022
Définition
Sens technique

Component of the substrate/medium to be analyzed. Three broad categories of analyzed fractions were defined by the National Service for Water Data and Reference-dataset Management (Sandre): (i) rough or full substrate (e.g. the "untreated water" fraction analyzed from the "water" substrate); (ii) partial fractions (as classified by part of the same medium, e.g. for sediments: particles

Source
According to OFB and IOWater

Code of a measuring station

Updated on 26/10/2022
Définition
Sens technique

Identifier of one measuring station managed by the National Service for Water Data and Reference-dataset Management (Sandre), issued by the Water Agencies for all the stations measuring water quality in their basin.

Source
According to OFB

Index

Updated on 19/06/2018
Définition
Sens technique
Characteristic constant of an ecosystem, obtained by applying a given algorithm to quantitative values specific to some factors of a biotope, a population or an entire community.
Source
According to Ifremer

Reference data bank

Updated on 13/07/2018
Définition
Sens technique
National data bank, either centralized or decentralized, managed by an identified stakeholder on behalf of the stakeholders involved in the Water Information System (WIS) and single recognized source for a type of validated data, a type of use and at a certain validation level
Source
According to the Ministry for the Environment

Data bank

Updated on 26/10/2022
Définition
Sens technique

A set of elementary data coming from one or more collecting devices organized by computer processing. It can extract data and make them available to users. The elementary data collecting devices may be located in several data banks. In some cases the data bank may contain processed data.

Source
According to OFB and IOWater

Meta collecting system

Updated on 26/10/2022
Définition
Sens technique

Collecting system corresponding to the grouping of a set of points with existing collecting devices. This group may for example correspond to the grouping of collecting devices located on the same territory, to a logical grouping of themes, to an operational goal, etc. Consistency of the meta device comes from common rules applicable to all associated collecting devices.

Source
According to OFB and IOWater

Synthetic data

Updated on 19/06/2018
Définition
Sens technique
Raw or processed data that have been analyzed and calculated to obtain more concise information. For this purpose, these data can be regrouped according to geographical, time and/or professional criteria (e.g. the average yield of wastewater treatment plants per Department, the annual production of sludge per tank, etc).
Source
According to the Ministry for the Environment