PROJECT 

Name:  An Expert System and New Web Interface for Tools on the Fire Research and Management Exchange System (FRAMES)

Date Published:  2003

Brief Description:  The goal of FRAMES is to be an effective mechanism for wildland fire technology and information transfer. Visit http://frames.nbii.gov/ This is a project that is really the development of a tool.

Complete Description:  Throughout history, bold ideas would have faded and disappeared without the tools and technology transfer necessary to help advance them. Today, a variety of tools are critical to wildland fire and fuels management. They range from the Pulaski to the latest fire behavior model. These tools, many of them increasingly available via the Internet, are heavily used by wildland fire researchers, managers, policymakers, and the public. However, these tools are of no use if they are unknown or inaccessible to those who need them when they need them. Tool users need a one-stop source of objective information to compare, evaluate and obtain tools. Tool developers need an eBay-like marketplace where their products can be viewed and delivered to users. For wildland fire and fuels management to progress, tool users and providers need a system of collaboration so that old tools can be improved and new tools can be created. The Fire Research and Management Exchange System (FRAMES) website, http://www.frames.gov/, is dedicated to helping provide and improve the availability and quality of electronic tools and related information that serves the wildland fire community and other concerned and interested parties nationwide. In January of 2003, FRAMES will assume the responsibility of managing Fire Management Tools Online (FMTO), the premier website for delivering electronic tools to the wildland fire community. The FRAMES Tools Project is currently underway to construct a new database architecture and web interface to substantially update and expand the current FMTO website. With matching funds, we will create the FRAMES Tools Database, redesign and improve the search engine for the database, and substantially increase the number of tools and the availability to download them. We request funds from the JFSP to: (1) conduct a workshop with tool users and providers, the information gleaned from the workshop will then be used to (2) develop a tool ID card, (3) an expert rule-based system, and (4) web interface that will help potential tool users navigate to the tool or tools that are applicable, accessible, and comprehensible for their need or needs-to match the right tool with the right job. The 1-yr project will address Task 1 AFP, 2003-4 to Develop information structures, tools, or decision support systems for accessing, disseminating, and applying wildland fire and fuels research results from Joint Fire Science Program funded investigations and other relevant sources.

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An expert system and new web interface for tools on the fire research and management exchange system (FRAMES) -- Final Report

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Contributor

Name/Organization	Contribution	Role	Contact Information
Robert Keane		Co-Principal Investigator
Lloyd Queen		Co-Principal Investigator
Greg Gollberg		Co-Principal Investigator
Mark Twery		Co-Principal Investigator
Wayne Cook		Co-Principal Investigator
Penelope Morgan		PI

Metadata Reference

Details ®	Created date: 5/5/2005 Metadata Creator: Chris Szell The Nature Conservancy (919) 484-7857 Ext. 142 cszell@tnc.org Type: FRAMES project Metadata Version: 1 Security Info: Schema: http://frames.nbii.gov/metadata/projects/projects.xsd
Keyword(s):	FRAMES subject categories communications GACC regions ALL

Additional Information

	For additional resources, disclaimers,  and other FRAMES contact information, please visit the FRAMES website, at http://frames.nbii.gov.
	*Please note: Depending on metadata completion, upkeep, and availability, not all related resources may be available through FRAMES.