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indicate this, with over 75% of people having positive ideas about the par-
ticipatory nature of the Web. However, it has also been accepted that there
are some negative issues associated with Web 2.0, something park visitors
similarly recognised. These include issues relating to privacy, copyright
and the quality of user generated information.
It is too early to say anything about applying alternative data sources, other
than that public digital data archives relevant to WPNP or fire management
do exist. How, and if, their quality and usefulness can be assessed, and if
they can enhance PV's existing data archive, is yet to be determined.
7- Future directions
With the research project being over the half way mark, the next steps are
to focus on the remaining tasks still to be completed. These include:
•
Develop a conceptual model of the GKT. This is in progress with an
initial model produced and assessed by stakeholders, awaiting further
refinement;
•
Develop a method to assess data quality and usefulness applicable to the
alternative data sources;
•
Develop a demonstration prototype based on a portion of the conceptual
GKT (basic guidelines for data, tools and functionality have been drawn
up thus far); and
•
Evaluation of the prototype by selected PV staff, and following their
recommendations, amending the prototype as appropriate.
There are a number of other issues to be taken into account, such as the
aforementioned privacy and copyright issues in relation to user generated
information, accessibility, and user access restrictions (log-in options). It is
envisaged that these will form part of the conceptual GKT as recommenda-
tions or suggestions for future consideration. If PV decides to expand the
demonstration prototype or develop an actual GKT in the future, these
issues would need to be addressed and relevant strategies and policies
formed to deal with them accordingly.
