AquaRES dataexchange:statusandfutureplans

AaikeDeWever&Leen Vandepitte

ExchangebetweenWoRMS,RAMSandFADA:whichchecklists?

• WoRMS – FADAcurrentexchange:– Rotifera

• WoRMS – RAMSexchange:– RAMSispartofWoRMS– Needtoaddnewspecies(checksinprogress)

• WoRMS – FADAenvisagedexchange:– MarineandFWmanagedwithinonesystem:

• ExampleswithinWoRMS:Isopoda,Copepoda,Mollusca– Freshwatergroupswithfewmarinerepresentatives

• E.g.Coleoptera– MarineandFWgroupsindependentlymanaged

• Needtocross-checkpossibleoverlap(likelytobelimited)• Checkforcollaboration,managementinsinglesystem(e.g.Ostracoda)

FADA– WoRMS overlap

Chelicerata - Arachnida-Halacaridae IlseBartschCrustacea-Amphipoda Risto VainolaCrustacea-Copepoda Geoff BoxshallCrustacea-Decapoda-Anomura-Aeglidae KeithCrandallCrustacea-Decapoda-Caridea SammyDegraveCrustacea-Isopoda Georges (Buz) WilsonCrustacea-Mysidacea Keneth MelandCephalorhyncha - Nematomorpha Andreas Schmidt-rhaesaPlatyhelminthes-Turbellaria TomArtoisPlatyhelminthes-Turbellaria SethTylerRotifera HendrikSegers

Overlappingeditors(FADA– WoRMS)

Higher taxon groupsCephalorhynchaChelicerataCnidariaCrustaceaMammaliaPlatyhelminthesAmphibiaAnnelidaAvesBryozoaGastrotrichaHexapodaMolluscaNematodaNemertina/NemerteaPiscesPoriferaReptiliaRotiferaTardigrada

Overlap (=fresh water species inbothsystems)Onlyoverlappingwhentakingintoaccountthe FADApublication

Overlappinggroups (FADA– WoRMS)

Usingwebservicesfordataexchange?

• Filebasedwebservices• DarwinCorefielddefinitions– selectionofessentialfieldsfor

exchange• DarwinCore-Archiveformat

DarwinCorefields

Dataavailabilitythroughwebservices

FADA• IPT,publicavailabilityfollowing

agreementofeditors

WoRMS /RAMS• Webrepository,exclusivelyfor

dataexchange/downloadrequests

Dataimport

FADA• Exceltemplate• Updatesintemplate• DwC-Aimport(specifically

fordataexchangewithWoRMS)

WoRMS /RAMS• Anyformatforinitialimport• Webinterfaceforupdates

Databaseimprovements

FADA• Fieldforfreshwaterhabitat+

marineflag(alreadypresentinExceltemplate,butsofarnotstoredinthedatabase)

• Timestamponindividualrecords• Storinggeographicdatafrom

othersources• Differentiationbetweenbookand

datacontributors

WoRMS /RAMS• Checklistpublicationtool(see

alsonexttopic)• Geographicdataentrytool

DetailsFADAdatabaseimprovements

Dataentry:Exceltemplate

Editingmetadatathroughon-lineinterface

Plansforgrouppageupdate

WoRMS /Aphia dataentry

Dataprocessingfollowingtheeditorworkshop

FADAactivities• Datareceivedinxls formatfor:

– Annelida-Hirudinea– Annelida-Polychaeta– Annelida-Oligochaeta

• DatareceivedinAccessformatfor:– Rotifera

• Editorsproducingdatainxls format(pending):– Nematoda– Tardigrada– Crustacea-Decapoda– Crustacea-Ostracoda

WoRMS activities• DataintegratedinWoRMS:

– Platyhelminthes-Turbellaria• Editorgroupsactiveupdatingdatain

Aphia/WoRMS:– Amphipoda– Polychaeta– Decapoda– Mollusca– Tardigrada– Gastrotricha– Ostracoda

- Annelida-Polychaeta- Crustacea-Amphipoda- Crustacea-Decapoda- Crustacea-Ostracoda- Gastrotricha- Mollusca- Tardigrada

Evolutiontowardsonemasterrepositoryforeachchecklist

Oncethedataexchangeisfullyoperational,theideaisthatitshouldn’tmatterforthetaxonomicexpertwhereher/hischecklistishostedaschangesareautomaticallyincludedinthepartnerdatabase.So,therewouldbenoneedtoupdateinformationinmorethanoneplace,whilethedataisvisiblefromthedifferentwebsites,whichrepresentslightlydifferentusercommunities.

Statusofdataintegration

• WoRMS toFADA– Integrationplannedusingimporttool(seenextdemo)

• FADA,RAMS,WoRMS toAquaCache– Doneusingdataavailablethroughwebservices

• FADAtoWoRMS– Whererelevant,possiblethroughdataavailableonIPT– Selectedgroups(e.g.Platyhelminthes-Turbellaria)transferredto

WoRMS/Aphia – futureexchangeWoRMS >FADA– Rotifera:pendingprocessing– Insecta:pendingavailabilityenvironmentalflagsinFADA– Ostracoda:pendingresultscross-mappingexercise

DataexchangeagreementbetweenODNatureandVLIZ

Somekeypoints:• Establishandfutureprooftheexchangeofchecklistdata• Encourageeditorstoincludeenvironmentalinformationand

the(few)freshwater/marinerepresentativesintheirgroupasapplicable

• Ensureastandardcitation• Ensurestandardised andeffectiveexchange• Acknowledgeorganismgroupswhichareconsideredaspart

oftheagreement• Establishagreementonlicensinganddownloadability ofdata

Questions&Discussion

Dataexchangewithinternationalinitiatives

• Establishingandimprovingdataexchangewithinternationalinitiatives

Dataexchangetowardsinternationalinitiatives

• Currentandplannedexchanges

• Aim:one(DwC)exportfitsall,regularlyandautomaticallygenerated

Initiative WoRMS RAMS FADA

CatalogueofLife Yes (throughWoRMS) In DwC-format

EncyclopediaofLife Yes “ Tobeestablished

GBIF Yes “ Yes(tobeupdated)

LifeWatch? Yes

BioVel? Yes Recordlevelwebservicesneeded