Stylianos Kephalopoulos1, Stephanie K Bopp2, Silvia Dalla Costa3, Alberto Cusinato4, Dorelia Lipsa5, Otmar Geiss6. 1. European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy. Electronic address: stylianos.kephalopoulos@ec.europa.eu. 2. European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy. Electronic address: stephanie.bopp@ec.europa.eu. 3. European Environment Agency, Copenhagen, Denmark. Electronic address: silvia.dallacosta@eea.europa.eu. 4. European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy. Electronic address: alberto.cusinato@ec.europa.eu. 5. European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy. Electronic address: dorelia.lipsa@ec.europa.eu. 6. European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy. Electronic address: otmar.geiss@ec.europa.eu.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The European Commission has developed and put in place the Information Platform for Chemical Monitoring Data (IPCHEM), to promote a more coherent approach to the generation, collection, storage and use of chemical monitoring data in relation to humans and the environment. OBJECTIVES: This paper describes the specific development of the IPCHEM thematic module "Products and Indoor Air Data" which aims to facilitate the retrieval of and access to existing and future chemical monitoring data sources stemming from e.g. national monitoring programs of EU Member States and EU funded projects. The current development focusses on harmonised data and metadata templates and code lists related to indoor air monitoring data. METHODS: The extension and revision of the IPCHEM metadata and data collection templates for indoor air monitoring data was based on harmonisation and standardisation efforts on the development of indoor air monitoring protocols and guidelines for monitoring indoor pollution attributed to chemical and biological stressors, which were undertaken by European Commission Services, EU funded projects and research networks and EU Members States. RESULTS: A list of ten candidate data collections for potential integration were identified and prioritised. A different level of relevance was attributed to the enhanced metadata and data elements (mandatory, recommended, optional) to allow for their flexible applicability by end users. These elements should be provided for reaching the required quality in the data documentation as well as for ensuring a correct data traceability and interpretation. CONCLUSIONS: The proposed enhanced metadata and data models of the IPCHEM thematic module "Products and Indoor Air Data" can be used by data providers when planning and setting up their future indoor air monitoring campaigns, or to further mapping and harmonising data elements of their existing data collections for further integration into IPCHEM. This will boost the effective implementation of a coordinated approach for collecting, accessing and sharing existing and future indoor air monitoring data in support of policy making.
BACKGROUND: The European Commission has developed and put in place the Information Platform for Chemical Monitoring Data (IPCHEM), to promote a more coherent approach to the generation, collection, storage and use of chemical monitoring data in relation to humans and the environment. OBJECTIVES: This paper describes the specific development of the IPCHEM thematic module "Products and Indoor Air Data" which aims to facilitate the retrieval of and access to existing and future chemical monitoring data sources stemming from e.g. national monitoring programs of EU Member States and EU funded projects. The current development focusses on harmonised data and metadata templates and code lists related to indoor air monitoring data. METHODS: The extension and revision of the IPCHEM metadata and data collection templates for indoor air monitoring data was based on harmonisation and standardisation efforts on the development of indoor air monitoring protocols and guidelines for monitoring indoor pollution attributed to chemical and biological stressors, which were undertaken by European Commission Services, EU funded projects and research networks and EU Members States. RESULTS: A list of ten candidate data collections for potential integration were identified and prioritised. A different level of relevance was attributed to the enhanced metadata and data elements (mandatory, recommended, optional) to allow for their flexible applicability by end users. These elements should be provided for reaching the required quality in the data documentation as well as for ensuring a correct data traceability and interpretation. CONCLUSIONS: The proposed enhanced metadata and data models of the IPCHEM thematic module "Products and Indoor Air Data" can be used by data providers when planning and setting up their future indoor air monitoring campaigns, or to further mapping and harmonising data elements of their existing data collections for further integration into IPCHEM. This will boost the effective implementation of a coordinated approach for collecting, accessing and sharing existing and future indoor air monitoring data in support of policy making.
Authors: Yuri Bruinen de Bruin; Antonio Franco; Andreas Ahrens; Alick Morris; Hans Verhagen; Stylianos Kephalopoulos; Valeria Dulio; Jaroslav Slobodnik; Dick T H M Sijm; Theo Vermeire; Takaaki Ito; Koki Takaki; Jonathas De Mello; Jos Bessems; Maryam Zare Jeddi; Celia Tanarro Gozalo; Kevin Pollard; Josephine McCourt; Peter Fantke Journal: J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol Date: 2021-10-25 Impact factor: 6.371