SICRIS (SlovenIan Current Research Information System) dr. Dejan Dinevski, IZUM

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SICRIS(SlovenIan Current Research Information
System)dr. Dejan Dinevski, IZUM
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SICRIS - basic information

• The SICRIS information system is being developed
  by the Institute of Information Science under
  the authority of the Ministry of Education,
  Science and Sport.
• The databases (RESEARCH ORGANISATIONS,
  RESEARCHERS, PROJECTS) are linked and most of the
  data is presented in the Slovene and English.
• In the databases structure EU recommendations for
  research monitoring (CERIF 2000),
  internationally-approved classification schemes
  (CERIF 91), and legal regulations in force in
  Slovenia have been considered.

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The data in SICRIS

• Databases (Oct. 2001)
• Research projects (1945)
• Research programs (334)
• Research organisations (350)
• Research groups (820)
• Researchers (8440)
• Financial data details about public financing
  of the research projects.
• SICRIS has a link to the COBISS system and its
  bibliographic database, which allows the users a
  direct insight into researchers' bibliographies.
• ONLINE updating!

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DATA COLLECTION
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SICRIS application

• Three tier object oriented web application
• User interface (HTML/web browser, ASP)
• Bussiness logic
• Database access
• Microsoft IIS web server
• SQL Server 7 database
• Running on separate system
• Stored procedures for flexibility and speed

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CERIF 2000 in SICRIS

• Proposed implementation utilities were not used
• General data structure (three main entities
  org., res., proj.), data types and relations from
  CERIF 2000 were considered
• Complete implementation of CERIF 2000 was not
  possible due to specific demands