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Industry Trends and outside of government, and part of that included implementation of a new Public Call Center inclusive of a location-based service for public reporting and complaint management. Discussions are ongoing with the concerned authorities to explore how the SDI can be leveraged to support the tracking and monitoring of the Emirate's substantial investments in infrastructure and as a basis for performance assessment through time. In another example, the interim government in Libya, although in its infancy, has promoted the notion of "eLibya," utilizing information technology, communications and SDI as key building blocks in a nation-building process. Although the Libya SDI master plan was developed back in 2005-2006, the use of accurate and current information as the basis for prioritizing investment in social and physical infrastructure is seen as key to the success of moving the country forward. The Evolution of SDI SDI 1.0: Reduce duplication of data SDI 2.0: Spatially enable the government SDI 3.0: Provide location-based services for the public to establish a spatially enabled society Governments with access to information that has been cross-referenced and analyzed against citizen-generated information will be able to more-effectively direct government resources to where they're needed most. Current SDI Developments SLLEONG The government of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, located in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is starting to explore this new horizon, including pursuing the implementation of an "Executive Dashboard" as one initial facet of a more-broadly defined Decision Support System (DSS). The Abu Dhabi Systems & Information Centre was mandated by the Abu Dhabi Executive Council to promote and facilitate information and communications technology development across Abu Dhabi society in Abu Dhabi, in the UAE, is exploring new ways to leverage GIS data. 28 G E O W O R L D / N O V E M B E R 2 O 1 2 SDI Trends at a Glance The term SDI 3.0 indicates the third generation of SDI development. The first two generations, SDI 1.0 and SDI 2.0, made today's advancements possible. For perspective, it's important to have an understanding of this background. Throughout the 1990s, governments began to recognize the need for SDIs as formal mechanisms for sharing information across government entities. Emphasis in the SDI 1.0 era was on data sharing and metadata, with an initial focus primarily on national, small-scale information and the needs of national agencies. Selected groups of federal or primary stakeholders were required to participate, while others may have had an option to follow or participate as second-tier "observers." Communities established basic GeoPortal and supporting data-clearinghouse environments as initial common repositories for use. However, not all fundamental data requirements were covered, and there were ongoing projects that needed to be aligned to ensure government investment could fill the gaps in an efficient and coordinated manner. During this era, data custodians began the process of periodically updating the clearinghouse data with "snapshots" of information, which may or may not be updated in real time. From 2003-2012, the era of SDI 2.0 saw enterprise GIS at the entity level largely optimized in all the key stakeholder organizations, while additional emphasis was placed on providing application services within the community. The breadth of the stakeholder community was widened to include users who weren't primary data providers, and there often was more official engagement with government stakeholders beyond federal agencies, including institutional, private and civil society sector actors. At this point, there was at least passive improvement in coordination across Government Special Issue