Table of Contents
- What is the Exchange Network?
- What are the benefits of the Exchange Network?
- How do I participate in the Exchange Network?
- How do I connect my Agency and its data to the Network?
- What tools and resources are available to simplify my node development project?
- What is the Node Test Tool?
- What is a DNC (Demonstrated Node Configuration)?
- Where can I find and download a DNC?
- What Different Clients are available and how do I get one?
- My question is not answered anywhere in the Exchange Network FAQ. Who can help Me?
- What is the Exchange Network Mentoring Group? What can they do for me? How do I contact them?
- What is the Mentoring Group Message Board?
The Environmental Information Exchange Network (Exchange Network) is a secure, Internet-based approach to exchanging data among partners (e.g., states and EPA). Using eCommerce technologies, data standards and agreed-upon templates for packaging data, Exchange Network participants control and manage their own data, while making it available to partners via requests over a secure Internet connection.
You may also want to read some history about what is known today as the Environmental Information Exchange Network here.
There are a number of documents and presentations that were created to answer this question in detail, such as the Exchange Network Blueprint Report and Exchange Network Nodes at a Glance. Although some of these documents are dated, due to specification changes, they can still be a valuable resource in understanding the evolution of the Exchange Network.
The diagram below depicts the basic structure of the Exchange Network
