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In this paper we introduce a framework for developing the Exploration and Mining Cadastre System (EMCS), which involves all activities related to exploration areas, including registration and subsequent legal issues in a broader sense. It is built with two main purposes in mind: (1) enable necessary surveys, observe applicant’s reserved parcel, register the parcel online, and issue and follow up necessary permits/licenses in the field of exploration, (2) provide a mutual platform for data exchange among various service systems in the field of exploration and mining in Iran. The EMCS model is designed in Unified Modeling Language (UML) with three main sets of classes: (1) RegisterObject (2) ActivityLicense, and (3) Person. Other relevant features of the model are also specified at the class level. These include: conditional registered parcels, unregisterable areas such as prohibited or protected areas, legal borders around registered or serving parcels, reference documents such as legal survey results documents, responsibilities, and restrictions. The model also considers issues related to exploration cost, parcel code, tax, royalty, commodity, priorities, facilitations, evaluation, transfer of ownership, changing parameters, and temporal registration. The temporal aspects of the classes are also supported by the model to take care of the time periods that involve the general procedures in the registration of exploration and mining properties. We anticipate that the framework and model structure provide a platform for data storage, improve the supervision of exploration and mining process, change manual into online registration system, prevent administrative corruption, and reduce bureaucracy.
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The authors thank those who participated in the discussion and creation of the EMCS model. The paper is the result of the efforts of the technical experts of National Geoscience Database of Iran (NGDIR) who were involved in the design and deployment of the Mining Cadastre System of Iran. We thank Mohammad Ali Mehrabian (Minister of Industries and Mines at the time) and Mohammad Taqi Kore’ie (Deputy Minister of Industries and Mines and General Director of the Geological Survey of Iran), Peyvand Software Co. and all managers and experts of the Exploration and Mining Department.
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Shirzad, M.R., Babaie, H.A., Kiani, T. et al. Framework and modeling structure of Exploration and Mining Cadastre system in Iran. Earth Sci Inform 7, 123–138 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12145-014-0150-x
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