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possibility and overall benefits of establishing the museum. Discussions were conducted at local
conferences to hear suggestions and opinions from local groups to consolidate the principles,
concepts, and other issues regarding the construction of The National Museum of Marine
Resources in Hualien. At a local conference held on July 8, 2019, local marine groups that had
worked on marine issues in Hualien and local groups that had concerned about issues regarding
marine and local culture were invited to present their valuable ideas and suggestions. According to
the plan, suggestions were evaluated for overall consideration as references for and evaluation of
design planning.

Creation of Ocean Data Bank

Request For Proposal for Pre-Planning the Service Platform

of National Ocean Data Bank

The overall framework of ocean data bank service platforms in Taiwan
Taiwan is surrounded by the sea on all sides. Because of the excellent natural environment,
there are diverse and ample ocean data. The vision of the development of Taiwan Ocean Data Bank
is to integrate resources of marine agencies in Taiwan to facilitate the collection of marine big data,
integrate and circulate supply mechanisms, and provide diverse basic marine environment data and
all-round marine information services. This project proposes the design of the overall framework
of the Taiwan Ocean Data Center platform. At the same time, it develops the prototype of the
network system of the platform and the foundation for future expansion of the platform. It will also
construct the functions of data upload, application for approval, data download, ocean data sharing
mechanism, and the demonstration platform of marine data maps. Integrating marine information,
it will further promote the planning and consolidate the promotion of marine policies. It will also
provide government agencies and research institutes a stable channel for data circulation to speed
up marine studies and upgrade the quality of research results.

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