The editorial function of the territorial intelligence systems. Jean-Jacques GIRARDOT
- Jean-Jacques GIRARDOT. Associate Professor in Economics, University of Franche-Comté, BESANÇON, France
Abstract
Whilst the knowledge society is developing, the editorial function is also developing within the territorial intelligence systems. It is directly linked to the promotion of partnership and participation.
The territorial intelligence systems develop as an instrument of the second-range actors of territorial development: agencies, town planning agencies, settlement services, socio-economic observatories, etc. They are shared and cooperative systems. During the latest years, they allowed the information mutualisation and their processing. The growing importance of the editorial function implies that lots of present evolutions continue: Internet accessibility, integration and automation of the data processing and integration of expertise and experiences. Besides, the editorial function implies the harmonization of meta-data and the interface between man and computer, so as to make the data and results of their processing accessible to the partners and inhabitants.
The communication makes an updating of our thinking about the editorial function of the systems of territorial intelligence. Computer science and information systems aim at increasing the communication between the human beings. A territorial intelligence system is an instrument at the service of the actors who ambition to control the equitable and sustainable development of their territory. Since the irruption of data processing, we led research activities to design friendly software, then to model the structure of a territorial information system that is at the service of a network of territorial actors, and more recently to integrate the data analysis functions. They led us to presently consider the territorial intelligence system from the prospect of a digital edition chain, which is animated by a partnership of territorial actors at the service of a territorial community.
Cite this article
GIRARDOT J.-J., 2007. The editorial function of the territorial intelligence systems. In International Conference of Territorial Intelligence, Alba Iulia 2006. Vol.1, Papers on region, identity and sustainable development, Aeternitas, Alba Iulia, 2007, p. 255-265. <URL: http://www.territorial-intelligence.eu/index.php/alba06/Girardot2>
