The development, implementation and future of the AGS data formats for the transfer of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental data by electronic means

摘要

The AGS format is a digital data interchange format for the geotechnical community, consisting of a data dictionary, rules and the file format itself. The Association of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists (AGS) set up a Working Party in 1991 to reduce the proliferation of data formats and establish a format to transfer of data between systems. The AGS Format is updated and extended in response to industry requirements. AGS3.1 (Dec 2004) includes monitoring and instrumentation data. In future the AGS Format will include new computing techniques and data management. The use of the Format at work has created savings in time and resources.