ASRIS data is provided by numerous data owners and custodians, mostly jurisdictional government agencies, through a cooperative approach overseen by the National Committee on Soil and Terrain (NCST). Variation in the data management systems (hardware and software) implemented by data providers and minor variation in data formats and content provide significant and time consuming hurdles to efficient national data collation.With technological advancement and improved network connectivity and capacity is it now plausible to develop and implement mechanisms for controlled, online data delivery and update. ACLEP has been working to devise a plan for improved online data delivery to and from ASRIS which will streamline future activity and provide mechanisms for interaction with other providers and users of digital soil data – such as may be required for example forsoil carbon data as part ofa carbon farming initiative.The plan involves a standards based approach and a web service oriented architecture. This means that transferred data packets, with known structures and content, can be validated against agreed information models and supported by controlled vocabularies, such that users can easily understand and use the content. Data will be made accessible in a variety of formats including as web and mobile services, providing exciting opportunities for increased access and use of soil data in a wide variety of web tools, online models and mobile device applications.
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