Ian Pettman
Developer of Environmental Information Services
Ian has a strong, long-standing background in fisheries science. He was part of a team that developed the first international fisheries information service to be based on WWW 2.0 protocols, an XML structure and linked data.
Ian specialises in terminology tools for enhanced search and retrieve services. He has worked with the Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies (ISTC), Rome; the University of Sheffield etc.to develop fishery ontologies for UN and EU contracts. He has also worked with UN FAO and the University of Glasgow to assist in the development of a Virtual Research Environment (iMarine) for fisheries.
Ian’s professional interests include all aspects of environmental information services including design; content; search; enhanced retrieval tools; dissemination and evaluation. Ian is the current Chair of the Advisory Board for the Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts information service. He is also Chair of various Working Groups for subject, taxonomic and geographic retrieval tools.
