Information Systems for the "Observation and Experimentation Systems for Environmental Research" (SOERE)

Observation and Experimentation Systems for Environmental Research (SOERE, AllEnvi label) are network of sites devoted to the long term study of environment. Information Systems are developed by the INRA EcoInformatic Group in order to manage data collected from the SOERE and others long-term observatory sites coordinated or jointly coordinated by INRA (F-ORE-T: forest ecosystems; ACBB: grassland and field crop agroecosystems; PRO, soils and impact of organic waste products; OLA, Observatoire des LACs alpins). The process of development of a SOERE Information System is based on a collaborative approach involving a core group of informatics engineers located in INRA Infosol Service Unit and partners from the SOERE. The whole Information System is composed by a core software component (the kernel), common to all IS, and plugins specific to the different types of data (Climate, Flux, Phytoplankton, Zooplankton...). Each IS is accessible through specific web interfaces. All components are based on Java technologies.