Post, E2011-03-222007-05Post, E. (2007). Designing and implementing a grid application for cumulative agrichemical residue tracking using third-party data sources and software components. Journal of Research and Practice in Information Technology, 39(2), 125-136.1443-458Xhttps://hdl.handle.net/10182/3363It is increasingly important to design software for reuse so future changes can be implemented as easily and cheaply as possible. It is also beneficial to use existing resources where they are available. This paper describes an agricultural application for cumulative agrichemical residue tracking designed and implemented to use grid technologies to access external third-party databases and software components. The application incorporates pre-existing software, and accesses meteorological, spatial, agrichemical and operational data, most of which are external databases owned and managed by third parties, and where the application must also be able to handle alternative data sources in each domain area.pp.125-136enCopyright© 2007, Australian Computer Society Inc. General permission to republish, but not for profit, all or part of this material is granted, provided that the JRPIT copyright notice is given and that reference is made to the publication, to its date of issue, and to the fact that reprinting privileges were granted by permission of the Australian Computer Society Inc.software engineeringgrid computingdesigninteroperabilityagrichemical residuetrackingDesigning and implementing a grid application for cumulative agrichemical residue tracking using third-party data sources and software componentsJournal ArticleANZSRC::46 Information and computing sciences