A glossary with the explanation of some of the terms used in the AVI Project.

 

Archive (digital)

 

Relational database. 45 tables containg the information currently available in digital format.

Archive (paper archive)

 

The archive containing all the original documents and forms inventoried. It contains more tha 30,000 newspaper articles.

ASWin

 

Computer program to display Regional reports (for Windows 3.1).

AVI

 

Italian achronym for Italian Affected Sites (by mass-movements and floods)

AVI project

 

Special project commissioned by the Department of Civil Protection to the CNR-GNDCI.

AVIBase

 

Computer database for release to the public. The latest release is 5.0 in Microsoft Access (Office '97) format.

Catalogue (of sites)

 

List of sites affected by landslides or by floods.

Digital archive

 

Relational database. 45 tables containg the information currently available in digital format.

Event

 

Occurrence of a landslide or a flood at any give site.

Event form

 

S2 form. Used during the first inventory to store information on a single event.

Inventory

 

The process of gathering information.

Inventory (1st phase)

 

The forst inventory carried out by 17 teams in 1991-1992.

Regional reports

 

Volumes published in 1994-1995 summarising information at the regional level. They contain a list of affected sites

News

 

Information available from a newspaper on a single site or an event.

S0 form

 

Semplice scheda utilizzata per il censimento delle informazioni cronachistiche.

S1 from

 

Used to store information found on a nespaper article.

S2 form

 

Used during the first inventory to store information on a single event.

S3 form

 

S2 form with more technical details

S4 form

 

Modiffied after the S3 form. Tables and filelds have been changed. It is used to store the information into the digital archive.

Site

 

Area affected by a landslide or a flood. Mapped as a poit at 1:100,000 scale

Source form

 

S1 form. Used during the first inventory to store information from a single source.

Update

 

Upade of the original inventory carried out in the years 1991-1992. The firs update was completed for the period 1991-1994



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