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Civil-Comp Proceedings
ISSN 1759-3433
CCP: 36
INFORMATION REPRESENTATION AND DELIVERY IN CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING DESIGN
Edited by: B. Kumar and A. Retik
Paper VI.2

Engineering Data Access and Retrieval via the World Wide Web

J. Botari and J. Biedermann

School of Engineering, University of Guelph, Canada

Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper
J. Botari, J. Biedermann, "Engineering Data Access and Retrieval via the World Wide Web", in B. Kumar, A. Retik, (Editors), "Information Representation and Delivery in Civil and Structural Engineering Design", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, pp 153-161, 1996. doi:10.4203/ccp.36.6.2
Abstract
Current literature and case examples from engineering indicate that access to existing information can be a limiting factor in civil engineering practice. Improvements in data communications, particularly as brought about by the World Wide Web, can greatly enhance the accessibility of information while maintaining integrity and security of a stored database. This paper reviews current data access implementations on the World Wide Web and summarises their features. The desirable and essential features of a Web-based, data search and retrieval system for the distribution of engineering data are identified and a small-scale test system is described. The system uses water flow data commonly required by Canadian engineers.

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