Data federation

USNRC. 1981. United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Uranium fuel cycle environmental data. Federal Register 46 15154-15175. 

Federal Register (1999) Ethnic factors in the acceptability of foreign clinical data. Federal Register 63(111), June 10 31790-94. 

Food and Drug Administration. 1975. New drugs for investigational use adoption of informational clinical research standards acceptance of foreign data . Federal Register 40(69) 16052-16057. 

Data federation systems with query interfaces do allow the human being to extract the knowledge using the invaluable natural computer between his or her ears, but the veritable tsunami of data that is starting to pour in exhausts the number of experts and the time that they have to do such a chore. 

HLA has an object-oriented world-view, which is not to be confused with OOP (object-oriented programming) because it doesn t specify the methods of objects, since in the common case this is not info to be transferred between federates. This view does only define how a federate must communicate with other federates, while it doesn t consider the internal representation of each federate. So, a simulation object model (SOM) is built, which defines what kind of data federates have to exchange with each other. Furthermore, a meta-object model, the federation object model (FOM), collects all the classes defined by each participant to the federation in order to give a description of all shared information [56]. 

The National Materials Property Data Network, Inc. Materials Information ASM International The National Materials Property Data Network, Inc. U.S. Department of Defense and Federal Aviation Administration... 

Occupational Safety and Health J ct. OSHA regulations deal principally with physical aspects of safety and those things generally associated with accident prevention. These federal regulations deal especially with the need for estabHshed material safety data sheets and the proper labeling of printing inks under the Hazard Communication Laws. 

FIFRA Sections 3 and 4 pertain to registration and reregistration of pesticides, with clearly defined data requirements as outlined in Tide 40 of the US. Code of federal Regulations (51). About 120 different studies are Hsted, most of which are to be done on technical-grade active ingredients (TGAIs). 

The Federal Food, Dmg and Cosmetic (FDAC) Act defines dmgs as "...articles intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man..." and "articles (other than food) intended to affect the stmcture of any function of the body of man." In the United States and elsewhere, the introduction of a new dmg is subject to a sequence of weU-defined stages of development and approval (4). Each stage involves either scientific testing or submission and preparation of data and analysis review (Fig. 2). 

Consumer Products. The Consumer Product Safety Commission s (CPSC) labeling criteria under the Federal Ha2ardous Substances Act are based on biological testing. In the absence of specific data, CPSC requites specific cautionary statements for consumer products containing certain types and amounts of sodium siUcates (87). 

Tide V of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 covers federally approved state operating permits for manufacturing faciUties. One requirement of this regulation is that manufacturers must report emissions information of identified ha2ardous air pollutants specific to thein operation from a list of 189 named in the Clean Air Act Amendments. Rubber and tine manufacturers had to meet this requirement by the end of 1995. The Rubber Manufacturers Association has begun an industrywide project to develop accurate and reliable emissions data to aid manufacturers to comply with these requinements (44). 

Water-use data and withdrawal rates for public water-supply systems are well documented by municipalities. The U.S. PubHc Health Service (USPHS) (5), American Water Works Association (AWWA) (6—10), and Federal Housing Administration (FHA) (11) have compiled statistics at regular intervals for >23, 000 municipalities in the United States. 

Manufacturers of benzene are requited by federal law to pubHsh Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) that describe in detail the procedures for its safe handling. Benzene is classified as a flammable Hquid and should be stored away from any potential source of ignition. Fine and explosion hazard data for benzene are shown (91). 

Chemical information is compiled in this volume in accordance with an alphabetical listing based on the most commonly used chemical name. The most common chemical name designation is based either on (1) that designation specified in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Titles 46 and 49, or (2) a common name for those chemicals known to be hazardous during shipment. As such, for most common names, the shipping name recommended by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is used as it appears in Title 49 of the CFRs. For each chemical entry, there are five data or information fields that are provided. These information fields are as follows ... 

FiOyRE 5.57 Results of alternative extrapolation models for the same experimental data. (Reprinted with permission from Risk Assessment in the Federal Government. Copyright 1983 by the National Academy of Sciences. Courtesy of the National Academy Press, Washington, DC.)... 

Maintains a data base which collects and classifies all of the information about air toxics control programs submitted by federal, state and local agencies. The information is organized by agency, pollutant and emission source. Serves state and local agencies and the public. Monday through Friday, 7 30 a.m. - 5 00p.m., EST. 

This report is by Battelle Columbus Division to the Line Pipe Research Supervisory Committee of the American Gas Association. It presents an analysis of statistical data obtained from reports of lea)c or rupture (service) incidents and test failures in natural gas transmission and gathering lines over the 14.5 year period from 1970 through June, 1984. All gas transmission companies were required to notify the Office of Pipeline Safety Operations in the event of a "reportable" incident, as defined by the Code of Federal Regulations. The purpose of the study is to organize the reportable incident data into a meaningful format from which the safety record of the industry can be assessed. 

Develop improved methods for providing public access to data collected under federal enviromnental statutes... 

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