The OpenUp Data Quality Toolkit

TDWG 2013

Anton GüntschFreie Universität Berlin

Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem

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OpenUp! technical infrastructure

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Data Quality ToolkitDQ

Service

Data Quality Toolkit (lightweight web application)

Local Collection Database

BioCASe Provider Software

DQService

DQService

DQService

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Quality services used by DQT

• Syntax checks (collection date, coordinates, altitude, iso country, multimedia mime types, etc.).

• Distribution checks• Zoological and botanical name and concept checks

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Query interface

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Example response

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Relevance of the Data Quality Toolkit

• OpenUp!: relevant/useful (but not essential).• BioCASE: relevant/useful (but not yet deployed).• Beyond OpenUp!/BioCASE: potentially

relevant/useful but not sufficiently generic.

We need a broader user and developer base

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DQT: creating synergies with similar initiatives

• BGBM: Data Quality Task Group– OpenUp! (EU)

– reBiND (German Research Foundation)

– BioVeL (EU)

– BiNHum (German Research Foundation)

• Aim: collaborative code hosting, development, advertisement, bug tracking, documentation, legal framework.

• Collaborations with similar international efforts.

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Data quality library architecture

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Anton GüntschFreie Universität Berlin

Botanic Garden & Bot. Museum Berlin-DahlemR&D Group Biodiversity Informatics

Königin-Luise-Straße 6-8D-14195 Berlin-Dahlem

Germany

a.guentsch@bgbm.org

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