In the RésEau demonstration environment, efforts have focused on exploring and discovering what it takes to enable the sharing, discovery, access, and use of environmental information. The RésEau model illustrates dynamic access to Canada 's environmental data across numerous jurisdictions.

Here, contributors adhere to the same standards and principles in their data and information storage, cataloguing, and access methods. The scientific authority of the information is well documented, and the data and information rests at the source, meaning that the information is stored and managed only once, but is accessible to all through the RésEau portal. This approach effectively reduces duplication and ensures the most current information is accessed.

This environmental information model easily allows for continual contribution of information and ease of access for decision-making application development.

RésEau Principles 

• Sharing - to promote and facilitate data sharing across distributed sources.
• Discovery - to enable data discovery by using metadata and geospatial standards in an open, interoperable architecture.
• Access - to provide direct access to integrated data and information where desirable.
• Use - to demonstrate the use of science-based tools for analysis, reporting, and decision support.

RésEau Technical Architecture White Paper

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