Data
- Data capture, synthesis, analysis, evaluation; metadata; data generation
- Data structures; data storage, indexing, retrieval;
- Data exchange and sharing;
- Data display and manipulation;
- Data dissemination strategies; printing, CD-ROM, internet;
- Data quality, data consistency, data standards;
Database
- Database planning, design, maintenance; archiving;
- Interfacing databases to the internet; to other systems, to data products; interoperability;
- Database standards; compatibility; federated databases;
- Data mining, data science;
- Human-computer interfaces; visualisation in databases;
- Use of database packages, commercial issues; distributed databases;
- Legal issues, intellectual property rights; data policy; data access;
- Financial management, pricing, charging, marketing, selling; e-commerce;
- Industrial applications, industrial requirements;
- Adding intelligence to data systems, data modelling;
- Novel applications; case studies; interdisciplinary systems
