PADAMOT project work-package 3 : design and compilation of database

The European Union 5th Framework Project “PADAMOT”
(Palaeohydrogeological Data Analysis and Model Testing)
uses advanced analytical techniques and numerical modelling
to investigate the evolution of groundwater and minerals
during the Quaternary climate changes, in order to gain
insight into processes significant to the safety of radioactive
waste repositories. A consortium of ten organizations representing
four countries is carrying out the project. BGS has
particular responsibility to carry out work under Work
Package 3 (WP3) of the project: ‘Design and Compilation
of Database’. Within this context, the two main deliverables
have been achieved: construction of the project web
site, and development and population of the project database,
which has been made available to project partners via
the web site.
This report describes work undertaken and deliverables
achieved on WP3. Section 1 provides a brief introduction.
In Section 2, the background to the project and the BGS
role within it are described. Section 3 describes the software
architecture supporting the PADAMOT web site and
project database. Section 4 describes the web site in some
detail. In Section 5, development and population of the project
database and its associated web-based data browser
application are described. A number of appendices provide
additional detailed information too bulky to fit in the body
of the report. A brief glossary and references are provided
at the end of the report.