Electronic Reference Library, Phase 2 Analysis of Web-Based Content Management Systems for Managing Iowa DOT Engineering Specifications: Assessing Best Practices

This proposal addresses construction of an online content management system that will support distributed collaborative authorship and editing of the Iowa DOT's Specifications Section documents. The project builds on previous work between Iowa DOT and Iowa State's Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering Department on the Electronic Reference Library (ERL). Just as the ERL vastly improved distribution of these documents, the proposed content management system will streamline their production and editing by consolidating the text into an XML-based database system that supports refined version control, detailed editorial workflows, and multiple output formats.

• Record URL:
  http://www.iowadot.gov/erl/index.html

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Sponsor Organizations:

  Iowa Department of Transportation

  800 Lincoln Way
  Ames, IA  United States  50010
• Project Managers:

  Regenold, Michele

• Performing Organizations:

  Iowa Department of Transportation

  800 Lincoln Way
  Ames, IA  United States  50010
• Principal Investigators:

  Sauer, Geoffrey

• Start Date: 20050501
• Expected Completion Date: 20071231
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• Source Data: RiP Project 10955

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Best practices; Electronic materials; Libraries; Management information systems; Referencing; Research projects; Websites (Information retrieval)
• Identifier Terms: Iowa Department of Transportation
• Geographic Terms: Iowa
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Design; Education and Training; Research; Terminals and Facilities; I30: Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01458588
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Iowa Department of Transportation
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 12:46PM