Eileen Luke, eluke@ceris.purdue.edu, Purdue University, CERIS, 1231 Cumberland Ave #A, West Lafayette, IN, Will Baldwin, wbaldwin@oznet.ksu.edu, Kansas State, Department of Communications, Research and Extension, Information and Educational Technology, 211b Umberger Hall, Manhattan, KS, Howard Beck, hwb@ufl.edu, University of Florida, Building 162, PO Box 110495, Gainesville, FL, Karen Scott, kas8@cornell.edu, Cornell University, Plant Pathology, 412 Plant Science, Ithaca, NY, Lee Duynslager, cips@msu.edu, Michigan State University, Center for Integrated Plant Systems, 107 Center for Integrated Plant Systems, East Lansing, MI, and Carla Thomas, cthomas@ucdavis.edu, UC Davis, Plant Pathology, 5202 Storer Hall, Davis, CA.
Data and information flow in the NPDN consists of 4 main components – collection, storage, retrieval, and dissemination. All four components in this distributed information and communication infrastructure must be secure, reliable, and efficient. The data system of the NPDN was developed as a coordinated effort among the five regional centers and Purdue University. It is activated when a sample is brought into a lab where it is uniquely identified and labeled. Modules and software have been developed for data entry, report summaries, data transfer, submission of data by states and other organizations using an XML standard, dynamic map generation, secure notification, image library, training, content management of web sites, etc. Information in the NPDN has all levels of access from public accessibility to extreme sensitivity requiring very limited access. Security policies and practices have and continue to be addressed in the flow of information.
Information technology
