The goal of the Web Group is to clearly articulate differences in and justifications for alternative management strategies by providing users tools to trace through the decisions processes in an ordered and scientific fashion. 1 Information flow in adaptive management of Columbia River resources. Interaction of primary and secondary database sites By the flexible nature of Web tools, a number of primary and secondary database sites can provide many of the functions and features of data handling, analysis and display. What distinguishes sites is their essential function. Primary sites obtain data from field monitoring and are responsible for maintaining data integrity and serving raw data to other sites.
Secondary sites add value to the data through statistical analysis and modeling activities.
Data maintained by the secondary sites includes the results of the analysis and the analysis programs themselves. This broader definition of data originates from the concepts of object oriented programming, which itself is a revolution in programming. Secondary sites can be categorized in terms of who accesses them. The public, government officials, and decisions makers are the main users of decision sites. The University of Washington is a secondary database site that develops and maintains models for the analysis of fish responses to flows.