Biodiversity Information Networks
Dataflows for interdisciplinary sciences
www.biodiversity.aqwww.scarmarbin.be
Bruno Danis & Mark ParsonsRoyal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
National Snow & Ice Data Center
• Background
• Our vision
• Achievements and products
• Uptake of GBIF tools
• The Future: Technological and Cultural challenges
Layout
Antarctic Treaty
« In order to promote international cooperation in scientific investigation in Antarctica, as provided for in Article III (1c) of the Treaty, the Contracting Parties agree that, to the greatest extent feasible and practicable: […] Scientific observations and results from Antarctica shall be exchanged and made freely available. »
(our inspiration)
SpecialthingsaboutAntarc8ca• Antarc8cTreatysystem(nogovernment)
• TheScien8ficCommunityonAntarc8cResearch
• Veryac8vecommunity
• Logis8cs
• Biodiversity
– Highlyadapted
– Mostlymarine
– Probablyextremelysensi8ve
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• www.scarmarbin.be:marinebiodiversityinforma8onnetwork
• www.biodiversity.aq:biodiversityinforma8onfacility
• Corefunding:BELSPO.be(un8lJune2012)
• Interna8onalPolarYear2007/08
• CensusofAntarc8cMarineLife
• OceanBiogeographicInforma8onSystem
• GlobalBiodiversityInforma8onFacility
SCAR‐MarBIN&AntaBIF
• Buildanelectronicecosystem
• Offerfreeandopenaccesstodataandtechnology
• Exposeallthe(biodiversity)dataandmetadata,inmul8plecontexts
• Remaincommunity‐driven,andcollabora8ve
• Adoptstrongstandardiza8on
• Workforscience,conserva8on,management
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General philosophy
Taxonomy
• ThefirstRAMS
• Boardof60+editors
• FeedsWoRMS,CoLandEoL
• 17,098taxa(RAMS)
• BuildingadynamicRAS
• 24,248taxa(RAS)
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Geospa8aldata
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• 1,288,441records
• 198datasets
• 119geodatasets
• 5,235taxa
• FeedsOBIS,GBIF
• Downloadable
• WebGIS
• Webservices
Webportals
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• Up since Oct 2005
• taxonomy, occurrence, metadata
• vizualisation
• open access
• 909,915 visitors
• 8,093,774 hits
• >50,000,000 dld records
• ANTABIF proto up
Dataproducts
• Antarc8cFieldGuides
• BiogeographyAtlasoftheSouthernOcean
• Communityprojects
• Incen8vesforpublishing/reviewingdata
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Antarc8cFieldGuides
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• Iden8fica8onaid
• Bestavailablepictures
• Descrip8ons
• Publica8on/sharingplahormforcustomizedFGs
• Manycontributors
• Dynamicallybuiltfromvarioussources
afg.biodiversity.aq
BiodiversityAtlasoftheSO
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• Paperanddigitalversions
• Publishthema8cmaps
• Publishpredic8vemaps
• Buildaninterac8veplahorm
• Dynamicgenera8onofthecontent
• Capacitybuilding
• Fillingaps
• 60contributorsfrom36ins8tu8onsin16countries
atlas.biodiversity.aq
Hedgpeth1969’sFolio
(near)Future
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• Bekerdocumenta8on
• Manydataportals
• (much)Enhanceddataflow
• Thecommunityfeelsresponsibility
• Conserva8on/Managementarefactual
• Op8miza8onofBiodiversityresearchefforts/resources
FutureFuture
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• Expor8ngthemodeltootherdisciplinessoundslikeaplan
– SCADM:StandingCommikeeonAntarc8cDataManagement
– SOOS:SouthernOceanObservingSystem
• SCAR/IASC:Goingbipolar
• (much)Enhancedinteroperability
• Integra8ve,connectedscience
ThePolarInforma8onCommons
• Drama8cenvironmentalchanges
• Emergencysolu8on
• Setupofacommons
– ITcloud
– Setofnorms
• Allpolardata(IPY)
• Simpleprocedure:
– badgedataset(s)(describe,chooseaCCLicence)
– throwitinthecloud
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www.polarcommons.org
Discoverable
Datashouldbeaccessiblesoonamercollec8on(onlinewhereverpossible)inadiscoveryportalsuchastheGlobalChangeMasterDirectory.
Open
OpenDataisaphilosophyandprac8cerequiringthatcertaindataarefreelyavailabletoeveryone,withoutrestric8onsfromcopyright,patentsorothermechanismsofcontrol.—Wikipedia
AnythingelsethanOpenslowsdownprocessesandscience(andwedon’thave8me).
Linked
ThetermLinkedDataisusedtodescribeamethodofexposing,sharing,andconnec8ngdata[using]theWeb.—Wikipedia
Web2.0philosophy.
Useful
Datafromdifferentprojects,disciplines,anddatacentersshouldbeeasilyunderstoodandusedinconjunc8onwitheachotherin
standardtoolsandanalysisframeworks
Datashouldbewelldescribedsotobeusefulforabroadaudience.
Interoperable
Metadataanddatashouldbereadilyinterchangeablebetweendifferentpolardatasystemstoenabledatadiscoveryacrossmul8pleportals.
Sowestopreinven8ngthewheelallthe8me...
Thanks
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www.biodiversity.aq
www.polarcommons.org
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