The Registry of EPA Applications and Databases (READ) is an authoritative registry that uniquely identifies the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) diverse information resources including computer application systems, databases, and models. As a catalog of available EPA information, READ provides a single point of entry to identify, locate, and access Agency information resources. READ supports EPA's metadata vision to: create and store metadata in as few places as possible; improve the quality and consistency of metadata; and provide a central point of access to the complete collection of all Agency information resources metadata.
READ currently has basic metadata for some, but not all, EPA data systems. The information is being expanded to support the requirements of the application inventory. To demonstrate the application inventory functions, four fully populated data system records have been completed in READ. The complete records are the Risk Management Plans Information (RMP*Info), Storage and Retrieval for Water Quality Data (STORET), Safe Drinking Water Information System/Federal Version (SDWIS/FED), and the Environmental Data Registry (EDR). An effort is underway to populate the database with information about all EPA application systems.
READ Search provides the ability to query information by data system, information resources, Agency organizations, and contact persons.
Click on a letter/number below to retrieve a list of data systems beginning with that letter/number. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Enter keyword (e.g., air) or text string (e.g., Clean Air Act) in keyword field. The search will query all text fields (e.g., name, acronym, abstract, etc. ) and results will be limited to data systems. For an Information Resource Search description, please click on Help. Definitions for Information Resource Types may be found in the Glossary.
Please read the SoR Disclaimer for the Registry of EPA Applications and Databases. The Introduction and
Help pages provide information to assist in understanding and using READ.
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