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The CDI SSF provides a conceptual architecture that: illustrates how the CDI contributes to Bureau-level data integration efforts; and defines how current and future CDI projects fit within the framework.
Figure 2: CDI Science Support Framework (SSF)
USGS SCIENTISTS conduct MONITORING, ASSESSMENT, AND RESEARCH that generates DATA ASSETS. Through the application of business, computational, and analytical processes and technologies, these USGS DATA ASSETS flow vertically through the SSF from a base of MONITORING, ASSESSMENT, AND RESEARCH through the Scientific Data Life Cycle (SDLC) processes, applications, Web services, and semantics. The DATA ASSETSare transformed into INFORMATION products that benefit from data and knowledge management and also increase KNOWLEDGE and understanding of the Earth's physical and biological systems. Data assets also flow horizontally through the SSF from and through science projects to data and knowledge management.
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