LANGKAWI GEODIVERSITY REPOSITORY SYSTEM
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2011
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Journal of Sustainability Science and Management
Abstract
The development of a geodiversity information and repository system is a valuable
solution that can assure the management and preservation of geological data sets are more interesting,
reachable and shared to the public at large. This research was embarked upon based on the
realisation that, with the advancement of information and communication technology, knowledge
about geodiversity might be better represented and explored. This research attempted to establish
how geodiversity components and their relationships could be modelled into various forms of
digital object (DO) to enable access and sharing of geodiversity information. The objectives of this
research were (1) to establish a data model for geodiversity repository, (2) to design and implement
Geodiversity Repository System, and (3) to capture the Langkawi geodiversity data into a single
repository specifically for tourism industries. This development was conducted through an action research approach which comprised in five phases: diagnosing, action planning, action taking,
evaluating and specifying learning. This paper presents the phases in the action-research cycle for
the development of Langkawi Geodiversity System, also known as MyGeo-RS. It highlights the
theoretical architecture, the design of geodiversity repository and the implementation. The data
captured and provided in this system is suitable for tourism industries but gives little contribution
to scientific applications. This will be the limitation of current design and architecture and further
work needs to be done to accommodate the scientific requirements.
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Digital Object Model, Langkawi Geodiversity, Geodiversity Repository System, MyGeo-RS System, Action Research