Geoscience Reference
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The current implementation phase centres on the primary goal of develop-
ing a methodology for a GKT. It has two key components: developing a
conceptual tool and building a demonstration prototype to evaluate the
effectiveness of the theory applied. A case study is used to manage the task
at hand, focusing on Wilsons Promontory National Park (WPNP), one of
the parks managed by PV, and a portion of its data - fire management data.
The conceptual model considers a broad range of data, users, tools and
applications that can potentially form part of the GKT. It is developed
using findings from the exploratory phase and results from case study
specific tasks such as a visitor survey at WPNP and an exploration of non-
traditional data sources, in particular existing Web archives.
The demonstration prototype is based on a portion of the conceptual GKT
with selected data, functionality and user group. After its development, it
will be evaluated and refined as required.
4.1 Applying non-traditional data sources
The aforementioned term
non-traditional
data warrants clarification. In the
era of the New Web, information is not just provided by
experts
anymore.
Instead, information can be sourced via the Web through digital data
archives that are created and made publicly available by organisations and
through social media tools like blogs, wikis, and media sharing sites. New
information can also be actively generated by providing participatory and
collaborative tools (Web 2.0 tools) for people to use.
It will be explored if these non-expert, non-traditional data sources can
benefit the GKT. Although the base data for the GKT is PV's existing data
archive, instead of merely relying on this organisational data from
trusted
experts, alternative data sources not traditionally used will be considered.
Fig. 1
shows examples of potential data sources that the GKT could draw
on, with a focus already on the case study area WPNP.
