INVISIP: Establishment of a ccntext repository to support the site planning process

The EU-funded project INVISIP aims to create a framework to support all involved parties in the site planning process: Municipal authorities and departments, planning offices, data suppliers and citizens. This paper describes the INVISIP approach, global aims and objectives as well as the current state of the project. Here, from the technical point of view first results achieved within the analysis phase of the project have shown different possibilities to enhance data mining and visualization tasks by information visualization techniques using metadata and familiar metaphors. On the other hand, from the application-driven point of view the necessity to establish an integrated framework for the site planning process providing not only data handling techniques but also context information concerning the workflow, tasks and objectives within the different site planning phases, is an important result of the case studies within the four INVISIP partner countries (Germany, Italy, Sweden and Poland). Concerning this issue, the establishment of a context repository and its usage within the proposed INVISIP architecture and the application scenario (site planning of a shopping center in a suburban area) will be discussed in detail.