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Role: Development of framework and outline for an open source curriculum in the elements of information ecology, with the goal of cultivating awareness of the nature and dynamics of information ecosysems and of the evolving information age based on an appreciation of the fundamental properties of information, information systems and networks and an appreciation of the one light in all of creation. www.information-ecology.net	New York, NY 1998.02-
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The First Step Huang-ti, The Yellow Emperor "To have no thought and put forth no effort is the first step towards understanding the tao ..." From the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine, circa 300 B.C.E. information-habitat.net/first	China
Queries on Opening to the Light Morley, Barry, Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends An inspiring set of Quaker Queries on Opening to the Light, presented by Barry Morley at Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in 1988. information-habitat.net/queries	Maryland 1988.08
Queries on Unity with Nature Pollard, Robert (editor), Friends Committee on Unity with Nature Queries, or probing questions, representing a compilation and synthesis of queries on Unity with Nature that had been developed by Friends (Quakers) at Monthly and Yearly meetings across the U.S.A., from a perspective that sees people in unity with nature, not apart from it. These queries were subsequently published as the Quaker contribution to the 1989 Environmental Sabbath resource guide developed by the U.N. Environment Programme. information-habitat.net/queries/uwn.htm	Baltimore, MD 1989.04
Foundations for a Sustainable Common Future Pollard, Robert, Earthcare Interfaith Network Identification of value issues that are key to a transition to a sustainable future; need for holistic approaches, interfaith cooperation, integrating faith and practice, networking skills, and participation in UNCED preparations. Testimony presented at the Globescope Pacific Assembly, Los Angeles, November 1989. information-habitat.net/values/fscf.htm	Baltimore, MD 1989.08
Queries on Environment and Development Pollard, Robert (editor), Friends Committee on Unity with Nature A set of queries developed for Friends Committee on Unity with Nature for submission as testimony to the Globescope Pacific Assembly in Los Angeles with the intention of examining spiritual dimensions of environment and development. The Queries were later used as key themes by the organizers of The Other Economic Summit in 1997 (TOES-97). information-habitat.net/queries/qed.htm	Baltimore, MD 1989.08
Balance with Nature Pollard, Robert, Earthcare Interfaith Network Identification of an imbalance with nature as a central theme underlying the major global crises we face, and the need for a spiritual response. Testimony presented at the Globescope Pacific Assembly, Los Angeles, 1989.11 information-habitat.net/values/balance.htm	Los Angeles, CA 1989.11
On The Line: Interactive Preparations for the First Earth Summit. A Project Proposal Pollard, Robert & Leland, Bill, On The Line: Interactive Preparations for the First Earth Summit through Institute for Global Communications Successful proposal for a project of Econet / Institute of Global Communications -- funded by the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation -- with a conceptual framework and overview of methodology for On The Line, a publication to facilitate interactive preparation for the Earth Summit (UNCED), and designed for global electronic distribution as a typeset microcomputer document. information-habitat.net/docs/otl-prop.htm	Baltimore & San Francisco 1991.04
On The Line: Interactive Preparations for the First Earth Summit Pollard, Robert & Kiss, Ida (editors), On The Line: Interactive Preparations for the First Earth Summit Guide to on-line communication issues and resources related to the UNCED / Earth Summit preparations; highlights some key issues for PrepCom 3; overview of PrepCom 3 documents and UNCED-related electronic conferences. information-habitat.net/docs/otl-1.htm	Geneva, Switzerland 1991.08
Da Zi Bao: An Interactive Process Pollard, Robert & Liamine, Nathalie (editors), Environment Liaison Centre International A "participant interactive message system" that was based on a compilation of concise (50 words or less) messages from the participants of the Roots of the Future International NGO Conference in Paris. A total of nine issues were published during the four days of the conference. information-habitat.net/dazibao	Paris, France 1991.12
Bulletin de Liaison Interactif Liamine, Nathalie, Environment Liaison Centre International and International Synergy Institute Four issues - one French-English, two English-French, and one French-Castellano - eighteen pages, using "Da Zi Bao" style processes.	New York, NY 1992.03
Da Zi Bao in Rio Pollard, Robert, International Synergy Institute Proposal for the implementation of the Da Zi Bao interactive bulletin system at the '92 Global Forum in Rio. information-habitat.net/docs/dzb-rio.htm	Baltimore, MD 1992.04
Da Zi Bao Pollard, Robert (Project director), International Synergy Institute Fifty-eight issues of the Da Zi Bao interactive bulletin were published during the '92 Global Forum in Rio; 21 issues were in English, 25 in Portuguese, 8 in Spanish and 4 in French. More than 2,200 separate messages in all were published. An additional 10 issues of Da Zi Bao were published in conjunction with the Inter-Sectoral Dialogue meetings at the Global Forum.	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1992.06
Manual for Participant Interactive Message System McLaren, Nadia, Union of International Associations rev International Synergy Institute A manual - in HTML format - for the management of participant interactive message systems growing out of the inital work of Anthony Judge, and its subsequent development under the auspices of the process, a project of what was the International Synergy Institute, and is now Information Habitat: Where Information Lives, information-habitat.net/pims/manual	Brussels 1993.01
Your Voice McLaren, Nadia and Pollard, Robert (editors), Parliament of World Religions Twelve issues of Your Voice -- an interactive bulletin based on the Da Zi Bao model -- were published during the 1993 Parliament of World Religions. Three of the issues were dedicated to the proceedings of a "Parliament of the People" and one issue was a report based on the meetings of the Assembly of Religious and Spiritual Leaders. information-habitat.net/your-voice	Chicago, IL 1993.08
Model Process for Interactive Participation Zopf, Jayne & Pollard, Robert Description of the interactive participation process used at the Parliament of the People at the 1993 Parliament of World Religions - a grassroots parallel process to the Assembly of Spiritual and Religious Leaders. information-habitat.net/your-voice/process.htm	Chicago, IL 1993.09
Habitat II Online: Invitation to a Journey Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives Statement at 1996 Earth Day celebration at the Peace Bell at United Nations Headquarters, extending an invitation to participate in a journey - to Istanbul and beyond; a journey of recommitment to the principles and values of Earth Day; a journey of discovery and exploration of new ways and tools with which we can work together in fulfilling the vision of Earth Day. information-habitat.net/journey	New York, NY 1996.03
Habitat II Online: An Ecological Design Process Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives An overview of ecological design considerations in the development of the Habitat II Online initiative to enable coherent, intelligent response to the agenda of the Habitat II conference incorporating an ecology of information, an ecology of education, and an ecology of participation. information-habitat.net/h2o/design.htm	New York, NY 1996.05
Village Meetings on the Internet: Theory and Practice of Information Ecology Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives Conference presentation on the use of Internet Relay Chat as a simple, accessible and viable methodology for holding online "village meetings".	Vienna, Austria 1997.02
The Digital Date Clock as a Universal Date Format Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives Proposes the adoption of the digital date clock as a universal format for recording dates - using yyyy.mm.dd - eg 1998.12.20 - format that eliminates ambiguity and cultural variation in recording dates, uses characters compatible with prevailing standards for file names, exhibits the properties of an ordinal number and as a result promotes orderliness, and is not only fully year 2000 compliant but can also be used as a public awareness learning mechanism in preparing for the millennium bug / crisis / bomb - Y2K. www.jiscmail.ac.uk/files/dpu-pip/y2k-counting.pdf	New York, NY 1997.06
Holistic Approaches to Freshwater Vitality: An Information Ecology Approach Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives for Information Ecology Caucus, NGO/CSD Steering Committee Outline framework for the use of an information ecology approach - focussing on watershed-based interactive public access to freshwater information - developed on the basis of NGO recommendations from the Freshwater Caucus and the Informaton Ecology Cacus of the NGO/CSD Ste fering Committee in response to "Integrated Management of Freshwater Resources" recommendations from a 1998.01 Expert Group meeting in Harare. information-habitat.net/h2o-partners/hafv.pdf	New York, NY 1998.03
Information Ecology and Information Society Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives A brief overview of information ecology focussing on the emerging significance of information space, of the need for public information space and the development of such spaces through the use of information and communications technology in the course of the series of global conferences of the 1990, and of the electronic mailing list as the key tool in support of non-governmental participation in the global conferences, with an overview of properties of electronic mailing lists and recommendations. Presented at "The Challenges of Information Technology for the Non-Profit Sector". Powerpoint presentation. www.jiscmail.ac.uk/files/dpu-pip/ien-ie-is.ppt	Vienna, Austria 1998.11
Information Ecology: Holistic Framework for Empowerment & Transformation Information Flows Process Working Group, New Partnerships For Action A holistic perspective on information flows, recognizing three fundamental dimensions of information space - content / substance, personal / community relationships, and the nature of information technology - and three basic phases of information processing - compilation / organization, communication / dissemination, and reception / utilisation. Powerpoint presentation. www.jiscmail.ac.uk/files/dpu-pip/ien-ie-hf.ppt	Turin, Italy 1998.12
Introduction to Information Ecology Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives A preliminary overview of some basics of information ecology and the relationship between information systems and other ecosystems; the nature of key properties of information and information flows and exchanges, including implications of physical properties of information - zero mass and size, light-speed; and overview of the application of information technology in support of the participation of NGOs in the preparation for and follow-up to the agreements of the global conferences of the 1990s. (Draft, in progress) www.jiscmail.ac.uk/files/dpu-pip/ien-iie.ppt	Brooklyn, NY 1998.12
Soesterberg Declaration Soesterberg Forum, via UNED-UK and Information Habitat Declaration adopted at a Conference in Soesterberg, The Netherlands, by Non-Governmental Organizations preparing for participation in the European Ministerial Conference on Environment & Health organized World Health Organization that includes recommendations on protocols for public participation and access to information based on the principles of the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters. www.jiscmail.ac.uk/files/dpu-pip/99soesterberg.txt	Soesterberg, Netherlands 1999.01
Full Cost Electronic Market Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives Schematic outline of key characteristics and relationships, and elements of the ecological properties relational database - engine of the market, incorporating "double entry bookkeeping for the earth". Outline, generated in Inspiration(r), in pdf format. www.jiscmail.ac.uk/files/dpu-pip/ien-fullcost.pdf	Brooklyn, NY 1999.10
Information Ecology - Heritage Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives Sketch of the conceptual, practical and spiritual heritage of Information Ecology. Generated in Inspiration(r) software; pdf format. www.jiscmail.ac.uk/files/dpu-pip/ien-heritage.pdf	Brooklyn, NY 1999.10
Information Ecology of Electronic Mail Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives Key material, economic, social and practical factors, in the context of electronic mail as a common and economical medium for communication and information exchange. Outline, generated in Inspiration(r), in pdf format. www.jiscmail.ac.uk/files/dpu-pip/ien-ieem.pdf	Brooklyn, NY 1999.10
Network Properties Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives Fundamental properties and characteristics of networks, including integrity, connectivity, governance and groundedness. Outline, generated in Inspiration(r) in pdf format. www.jiscmail.ac.uk/files/dpu-pip/ien-network.pdf	Brooklyn, NY 1999.10
The Evolving Knowledge-Based Global Economy Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives An outline of background and context relating to cosideration of the Ministerial Declaration of the high-level segment of ECOSOC on "Development and international cooperation in the twenty-first century: the role of information technology in the context of a knowledge-based global economy" submitted by Information Habitat at the meeting of the High-Level Panel of Experts at the United Nations in preparation for the High-level segment of ECOSOC. information-habitat.net/ie/nonpaper.htm	New York, NY 2000.04
Peace Cubes - Gifts of Light Pollard, Robert, Whitehaven and Whitgift Trust for Information Habitat: Where Information Lives Home for the Peace Cubes - Virtual Light and Colour Cubes that are at the centre of a three-dimensional mathematics of colour and light and that can transform our understanding of the nature and dimensions of light and colour. The Peace Cubes can also serve as vital elements in a new global curriculum on mathematics, colour and light, as symbols for the One Light in all of Creation, and as teaching tools on the properties of knowledge-based economies, and as an introduction to the properties of zero-based economy. All of the images are computer-generated, the most recent images based on HTML tables generated from a DataPerfect database, as were most of the sets of web pages of images. information-habitat.net/peace-cubes	Brooklyn, NY 2000.10
Peace Tiles - Gifts of Light Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives A set of the ninety-six peace tiles - based on mirror images of the faces and the cycles of all possible pairs of contiguous faces of the Peace Cubes. Each colourful tile is framed below a frieze of the corresponding faces. The bottom frieze contains the photographic negative of the tile. Below that are the sixteen "cycle tiles" corresponding to the faces of the main tile. Sound complicated? In practice it is easy - and fun if you let your eyes and feelings guide you. Virtually no words, yet simple to grasp visually. The web site for the Peace Tiles was launched on October 24, United Nations Day, 2000. information-habitat.net/tiles	Brooklyn, NY 2000.10
Peace Faces - Faces of the Peace Cubes Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives A meditation on the forty-eight faces of the light and colour cubes. Each face represents a meeting place of four primary colours and may evoke a unique feeling. Each face is framed below a frieze of the eight rotations and reflections of itself. At the loer right of the face is its photographic negative. A bottom frieze contains small icons of the forty eight faces. Easy - and enjoyable; forget about words; let your eyes and feelings guide you. information-habitat.net/faces	Brooklyn, NY 2000.10
A Journey of Light, Reconciliation and Peace Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives Interfaith journey invoking light, reconciliation and peace in response to the World Trade Center bombings of September 11 and the aftermath of the bombings. The journey is a series of eight brief passages: Queries on Opneing to the Light; Twin Beacons of Light; Twin Light and Colour Cubes; Tsited Pairs of Cubes; Oh Say Can You See By the One Light in All; Reconciliation in Primary Colours; Reconciliation in 16 Colour Palettes; and The Great Invocation. information-habitat.net/reconcile	New York, NY 2001.12
Towards a Curriculum in Information Ecology: Partnership, Informatics and Participation Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives A compilation of documents and images relating to the development of a curriculum in Information Ecology in cooperation with the Development Planning Unit - Partnership, Informatics and Participation University College, London information-habitat.net/docs/dpu-docs.htm	New York, NY 2002.03
Introduction to Information Ecology: A Journey from Rio to Johannesburg Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives Overview of key concepts and issues in information ecology as it evolved in the course of a focus on information and communications technology in the context of NGO participation in UN Conferences and related NGO and intergovernmental proceedings beginning with preparations for the 1992 Earth Summit and leading into the 10 year review of the Earth Summit in Johannesburg. Presented to the Information Technology SIG at Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, www.jiscmail.ac.uk.edu/files/dpu-pip/ien-iie-jrj.ppt	New Haven, CT 2002.04
Open Source Curriculum in DataPerfect and Firestorm Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives DataPerfect and Firestorm - an Open Source Curriculum - is at the heart of the Digital Engine - a key element in Information Ecology - for the development of a set of curriculum and learning resources for the use of DataPerfect: The most brilliant, elegant, versatile, robust relational database that has ever been created; Can be freely downloaded Effortless installation and operation on a local area network Readily programmable to generate multiple sets of interlinked web pages, in clear and consistent format. Existence of a very supportive DataPerfect User Group that generally generates quick and helpful responses to anyone who asks for help. Macintosh version on its way - beta test by late 2003? projects.takingitglobal.org/perfect-fire	New York, NY 2003.01
Elements of Light and Colour - An Open Souce Curriculum Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives Design, development and implementation of an open source curriculum in the elements of light and colour, based on the properties of the Virtual Light and Colour Cubes, incorporating an elementary three-dimensional mathematics of light and colour and a new appreciation and understanding of the nature and characteristics of the primary colours of light and pigment. projects.takingitglobal.org/light-elements	New York, NY 2003.04
Digital Bridges in Peace Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives Installation in the Digital Bridges exhibit at the Westbeth Gallery, with Reconciliation in 16 Colour Palettes as the centrepiece, framed by sets of images based on the Peace Cubes and highlighting the Peace Cubes as vital building blocks. www.digital-bridges.net	New York, NY 2003.08
Gandhi-King Season for Nonviolence - TakingITGlobal Pollard, Robert (facilitator), Information Habitat: Where Information Lives Creation and development of a globally-accessible Information Habitat for the Gandhi-King Season for Nonviolence - a database-generated web site and interactive information resources in support of participation in the upcoming Season - in conjunction with an undeniable need for a timely expression of support for ways of nonviolence, peace and justice - and for ways in which creative and cooperative uses of information technology, based on an appreciation of fundamental properties of information, information systems and networks - can offer transformative opportunities for sustainability, justice and peace. projects.takingitglobal.org/gandhi-king	New York, NY 2003.12
2004 Gandhi-King Season - An open source curriculum in Compassionate Activism for Global Healing Pollard, Robert, Information Habitat: Where Information Lives The 2004 web site for the Gandhi-King Season incorporates a design for a comprehensive, accessible open source compilation of curriculum resources in compassionate activism for lobal healing, the theme of the Gandhi-King Season. www.gandhi-king-season.net	New York, NY 2003.12
Electronic mailing lists Documents Databases
[information-ecology] - Information Ecology Caucus Lightly used electronic mailing list for the Information Ecology Caucus. Active. To subscribe to [information-ecology], send a blank email message to information-ecology-subscribe@yahoogroups.com	2001.12-
[dpu-pip] - Development Planning Unit - Partnership, Informatics, Participation The [dpu-pip] mailing list has not been used for email messages, however, extensive use has been made of the "files" feature on what was originally a Mailbase platform to make available, via email, a collection of documents relating to the Partnership, Informatics and Participation (PIP) initiative in partnership with the Development Planning Unit (DPU), University College, London. Inactive.	1999.01-
[pip] - Partnership, Informatics and Participation To subscribe to [pip], send an email message to majordomo@undp.org with the following one-line message: subscribe pip-L	1997.10-
Databases Documents Email lists
BALANCE - Balancing Checking Accounts & Cash Flow Checking account balance; elaboration of an original DataPerfect template with increased detail, including provision for multiple bank accounts, Petty Cash accounts, vendor information, etc.	Baltimore, MD 1986.09
PARIS - Participants in Roots of the Future, International NGO Conference, Paris Organizational affiliation, addresses, etc. of participants in the International NGO Conference in Paris in December 1991. Source of directory of conference participants.	Paris, France 1991.09
DAZIBAO - First Draft of Da Zi Bao Database Design First draft of the database for participant interactive message system	Paris, France 1991.11
DZB-1 - Da Zi Bao - Roots of the Future The database for a "participant interactive message system" that was based on a compilation of concise (50 words or less) messages from the participants of the Roots of the Future International NGO Conference in Paris. The issues of Da Zi Bao were generated from WP5.1 secondary merge files generated from the database and the use of WP5.1 macros and styles. A total of nine issues were published during the four days of the conference, and a compilation of all the messages, organized by key word, was generated from DZB-1.	Paris, France 1991.12
DZB-GH - Da Zi Bao - Global Heart Convocation Four single page issues of Da Zi Bao were published in a small-scale, informal implementation of the Da Zi Bao process at the gathering of people on the basis of a Heart-centered concern for the issues of the upcoming Earth Summit.	Tucson, AZ 1992.02
DZB-GS - Da Zi Bao - Second Global Structures Convocation Seven one-sided issues, one hundred and three messages - in six different colours - of Da Zi Bao at a major conference to explores the need for new global structures in the context of preparatio. ns for the Earth Summit. The issues were sold for 25 cents apiece, and revenue from sales more than covered the immediate material costs of the issues.	Washington, DC 1992.02
SYNERGY - International Synergy Institute Primary database for the International Synergy Institute, successor to EIN, and served as a database of NGOs participating in the final stages of preparation for the Earth Summit and the followup to the Summit, and participation in subsequent UN Conferences, especially for the World Summit on Sustainable Development, held in Copenhagen in 1995.	Baltimore, MD 1992.02
DZB-PC4 - Da Zi Bao - UNCED PrepCom 4 Full-text database of all the Da Zi Bao issues during the final Preparatory Committee for UNCED (the Earth Summit). 17 issues, 175 messages published.	New York, NY 1992.03
DZB-RIO - Da Zi Bao - '92 Global Forum Full text database containing the fifty-eight issues of the Da Zi Bao interactive bulletin that were published during the '92 Global Forum in Rio; 21 issues were in English, 25 in Portuguese, 8 in Spanish and 4 in French. More than 2,200 separate messages in all were published - more than 2,800 records were gathered. An additional 10 issues of Da Zi Bao were published in conjunction with the Inter-Sectoral Dialogue meetings at the Global Forum.	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1992.06
NGOUNCED - NGOs Accredited to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development Documentation of information pertaining to Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) accredited to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) Conference - and made available by the NGIO Liaison Office of the UNCED Secretariat. NGOUNCED incorporated information on NGO representatives, relevance, sectors, key words, accreditation dates and record of the official Conference document approving the accreditation.	Baltimore, MD 1992.08
INGOF - International NGO Forum Registrants for and Signatories of the Alternative Treaties at the '92 Global Forum	Millbrook, United Kingdom 1992.09
TREATIES - Rio Agreements: Agenda 21, Biodiversity & Climate Conventions, etc. Full text searchable database of all the Rio Agreements: Agenda 21, Rio Declaration, Biodiversity & Climate Conventions, Forest Principles, Alternative Treates and Women's Action Agenda 21. TREATIES was used to generate the first version of Agenda 21 to be published in HTML format on the World Wide Web, in June 1995. Based on recent revisions, TREATIES is able to generate an interlinked set of web pages with the identification of all the occurrences in Agenda 21 and the Rio Declaration of selected words and phrases - presently for up to three words or phrases.	Millbrook, United Kingdom 1993.01
ACCENT - Accent variations A database of alternative character sets and their correspondences, ACCENT allows easy lookup of alternative represntation of non-ASCII characters used under different protocols - e.g. ASCII, ANSI/Windows, HTML-N, HTML-A, IBASCII, etc. ACCENT can generate conversion files to be used in conjunction with CNV-41, a simple DOS-based program - made available on line and by e-mail request - that can convert between any two sets of character representations.	New York, NY 1994.01
INFOHAB - Information Habitat: Where Information Lives The initial database for Information Habitat: Where Information Lives; succeeded by the NGOS@UN database. During the active life of INFOHAB, it was the locus of major growth in its structure and contents, and was used to manage, inter alia, databases for key NGO Committees - on Human Settlements, Social Development, Sustainable Development, the NGO Steering Committee to the U.N. Commission on Sustainable Development, and the preliminry database for participants in preparations for the Millennium Forum.	New York, NY 1995.05
DATABASE - Database of databases Database on the structure, contents and organization of Dataperfect databases developed by Robert Pollard, under the auspices of Information Habitat and a number of earlier organizations. Contains data on file names, descriptions, sizes, data links, reports, et cetera. Generates listings and reports of database characteristics and descriptions, including the report you are reading.	New York, NY 1995.06
FORUM96 - NGO Forum '96 Database created in very short order to manage schedules for the NGO Forum, input and organize details of events and event organizers and presenters, resolve time and/or room conflicts. FORUM96 was used to generate - on-demand - interim schedules for planning purposes, and to generate up-to-date daily printed schedules and event that were posted throught the NGO Forum site.	Istanbul, Turkey 1996.05
NGOS@UN - ngos@un - Non-Governmental Organizations at the United Nations NGOS@UN was designed as a catalyst for a cooperative information ecology framework to work with the Secretary-General of the United Nations in response to a request from the Economic and Social Council to make every effort to enhance and streamline, as appropriate, practical arrangements to facilitate the participation of non-governmental organizations in the work of the United Nations - and specifically to make effective use of database technology. NGOS@UN grew out of the INFOHAB database, and integrated extensive information - from disparate sources - of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) accredited to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and to the Global Conferences of the 1990s. As it developed, NGOS@UN grew significantly in size and structure incorporating major new sections, including record of NGOs in the process of seeking accreditation with ECOSOC, historical data on NGO accreditation, and information on official United Nations documents pertaining to NGO Accreditation and the work of the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations.	Brooklyn, NY 1999.02
ECOLOGY - Gaia University network of knowledge, information ecology database ECOLOGY is the successor to the INTERNET database, renamed to focus attention on its ecological properties, and incorporating minor revisions and updates to its structure, in addition to the conceptual shift associated with the change of name.	Brooklyn, NY 2000.11
HABITAT3 - Habitat Three An evolution from the ECOLOGY database, Habitat Three is conceived of both as a preliminary organizing database for an anticipated Habitat III Conference to be held in 2016, and as a prototype digital habitat for the Third Millennium. The HABITAT3 database serves as the primary database of Information Habitat and as the engine that generates the pages for Project Information Habitat.	Brooklyn, NY 2001.03
DIGITAL - Digital Engine The Digital Engine is a prototype for an open source digital engine based on information ecology design principles. The digital engine incorporates a set of related databases designed to enable the establishment and maintenance of interactive public fora, and incorporates an evolving set of protocols for the structure, field formats of data files, and a rule-based framework for relationships between data files. DIGITAL is being created using DataPerfect 2.6F - a remarkably powerful, versatile, robust and elegant remarkable DOS-based relational database that was released in 1985 as a key element of the WordPerfect Library - a library that included WordPerfect 3.0, and a powerful menu driven Shell program that allows rapid switching and data exchange between Shell-compatible programs. The use of WordPerfect Shell 4.0 - the latest version - is integral to the design and development of the DIGITAL database, for example through the use of Shell macros that can, for example, automatically generate a set of data fields and set up formulas that define the field values; through the screen capture feature that is invaluable in documentation of the database; and enable full integration with WordPerfect 5.1+ - the still unrivalled classic of word-processing software.	New York, NY 2002.08
MEMORIAL - Memorial Database Rebuilding at World Trade Center The MEMORIAL database incorporates a database of public comments at Listening to the City on the original designs for the World Trade Center site. The database incorporates a coding system incorporating a database of key elements of the site, within an overall structured conceptual framework, and linked to appropriate views from the original designs.	New York, NY 2002.08
LIGHT - Let there be Light The success to the COLOURS database, LIGHT is evolving as an engine to generate light - through the generation of sets of web pages - for images based on the Light and Colour Cubes, and for sets of digital or digitized photos - and the integration of the images with text, documents, web sites, and relevant links.	New York, NY 2003.01
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