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Linked Data at EPAJune 29, 2011

David G. Smith PE PLSUSEPA Office of Environmental Information

202-566-0797SmithG.David@epa.gov

RDF via Data.Gov

History…

RDF via Data.Gov<rdf:Description rdf:about="#entry9985"> <hdatum_desc>NAD83</hdatum_desc> <state_name>NEBRASKA</state_name> <latitude83>40.944623</latitude83> <interest_types>STATE MASTER</interest_types> <city_name>GARLAND</city_name> <create_date>01-MAR-00</create_date> <frs_facility_detail_report_url rdf:resource=" http://iaspub.epa.gov/enviro/fii_query_detail.disp_program_facility?p_registry_id=110006555085 "/> <congressional_dist_num>01</congressional_dist_num> <pgm_sys_acrnms>NE-IIS</pgm_sys_acrnms> <epa_region_code>07</epa_region_code> <country_name>USA</country_name> <fips_code>31159</fips_code> <huc_code>10200203</huc_code> <collect_desc>ADDRESS MATCHING-HOUSE NUMBER</collect_desc> <primary_name>TERRI KELLER RESIDENCE</primary_name> <rdf:type rdf:resource=" http://data-gov.tw.rpi.edu/2009/data-gov-twc.rdf#DataEntry "/> <ref_point_desc>ENTRANCE POINT OF A FACILITY OR STATION</ref_point_desc> <postal_code>683609338</postal_code> <registry_id>110006555085</registry_id> <location_address>1976 OLD MILL RD</location_address> <accuracy_value>30</accuracy_value> <update_date>06-AUG-01</update_date> <county_name>SEWARD</county_name> <conveyor>FRS</conveyor> <longitude83>-96.990306</longitude83> <state_code>NE</state_code> <site_type_name>STATIONARY</site_type_name> </rdf:Description>

A very basic serialization to RDF, lacking deeper geospatial enablement and semantic contextualization

History…

• FRS is a data aggregator• FRS performs integration, validation and QA

across 32 federal databases and 57 state, territory and tribal databases

• FRS contains information on 2.8 million facilities

• > 80% of facilities have lat/long information

FRS Overview

IndividualIndividual

Organization

IndividualIndividual

Mailing Address

AffiliationAffiliation

Environmental InterestEnvironmental Interest

IndustrialClassificationIndustrialClassification

SupplementalInterest

AlternativeName

Geospatial

Facility/Site

High Level Data Model

Major Programs Represented in FRS

http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/frs_demo/new_crosswalks.html

• AirAFS AQSCAMDBS EGRIDNEI RBLCRFS (Ethanol)

• WaterPCS ICIS-

NPDESSDWIS CWNS

• Chemical ReleasesTRIS RMPTSCA SSTS FRP BRAC

• Hazardous WasteACRES CERCLISRCRAINFO RADINFO

• Enforcement/ComplianceICIS ECRMNCDB

• SchoolsNCES GNIS BIA INDIAN SCHOOL

• Other

LANDFILL

FRS Scope

More robust, multifaceted, standards-driven, contextualized representation

Site

Regulatory Dimension

Organizational Dimension

Temporal Dimension SpatialDimension

Activity

Lat/Long

Physical USPS Address

Municipality

HUC Code

SIC Code

People

Operational POC

Legal POC

Administrative POC

Site-level Organizational Affiliation

Ultimate Organizational Parent

NAICS Code

Program IDs

FRS Modeling

FRS Data

Where is EPA now?• http://epa.gov.clients.talis.com/.html• Ontology:

http://epa.gov.clients.talis.com/schema.html• Example:

http://epa.gov.clients.talis.com/facilities/110000868918.html

• Search:http://api.talis.com/stores/epagov-dev1/items

• Mashup: https://wiki.us.talis.com/dev/demos/epa_frs/brownfields.html

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count(?site){?site rdf:type epa:BrownfieldsSite .?site epa:region region:04}

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FRS Data

SELECT ?state ?name (count( ?site ) as ?count) WHERE{

?site a epa:NuclearElectricityGenerator .?site place:in ?state .?state a place:State . ?state foaf:name ?name . FILTER regex(?name, ".+")

}GROUP BY ?state ?nameORDER BY DESC(?count)

EPA is currently testing functionality to meet business needs; tweaking models and exploring opportunities

EPA Linked Data Efforts

What else is EPA doing?• Soon:

– Substance Registry

• Next…– Toxic Release Inventory– Corporate Entities?– Regulations?

• Collaborating– CIO Committee DAS– SOCOP http://socop.org/– http://www.w3.org/2011/gld/charter– EcoInformatics, VoCampDC, GeoSPARQL, others

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Thanks/Questions

David G. Smith PE PLS• USEPA Office of Environmental Information• 202-566-0797• SmithG.David@epa.gov

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Topic URLFRS Home Site http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/fii/FRS Geodata Download http://www.epa.gov/enviro/geo_data.htmlMy Environment http://www.epa.gov/myenvironment/EPA Geospatial Program http://www.epa.gov/geospatial/index.htmlEPA Geodata Gateway https://geogateway.epa.gov/EPA Geo Metadata https://geogateway.epa.gov/EME/