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TableofContents

WelcometoTDWG2017....................................................................................................03

HostsandSponsors............................................................................................................04

ScheduleataGlance..........................................................................................................05

DailySchedule....................................................................................................................08

KeynoteSpeakers...............................................................................................................25

Posters................................................................................................................................27

Symposia,Workshops&InterestGroupMeetings&TheirOrganizers.............................29

SymposiaAbstracts............................................................................................................31

WorkshopAbstracts...........................................................................................................36

InstructionsforSpeakers,PosterPresenters,andModerators.........................................43

BreakfastandLunchRecommendationsNeartheDelta...................................................44

NightattheMuseumSocialandLocalAttractions............................................................45

RecommendedRestaurantsenroutetotheNightattheMuseumSocial........................46

Committees........................................................................................................................47

Acknowledgments..............................................................................................................48

DeltaConferenceHotelFloorPlan.....................................................................................49

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Welcome to TDWG 2017

This year's meeting at the Delta Hotels by Marriott in downtown

Ottawa, Canada has as its theme: Data Integration in a Big Data

Universe: Associating Occurrences with Genes, Phenotypes, and

Environments. In a packed scientific program starting Monday 2

October, about 150 participants, representing countries across the

globe, will join together to hear presentations by colleagues, and

discuss current and future biodiversity-related standards. iDigBio is

sponsoring a pre-conference Data Carpentry Workshop and has

partnered with TDWG to record most scientific sessions.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the Canadian Museum of

Nature (CMN) will host this year's meeting in a

year celebrating Canada's 150th anniversary

since Confederation. Monday evening's Night at

the Museum is sponsored by the CMN, with hors

d'oeuvres and beer tastings from local brewers.

This meeting marks the inaugural publication of

all presentation abstracts TDWG Proceedings

2017, each with its own DOI (digital object

identifier).

Four keynote speakers will highlight morning plenaries and

parallel sessions will feature symposia, workshops, interest

group meetings, contributed oral presentations, computer

demos, and posters. Participants will have a chance to spend

Wednesday afternoon hiking at Pink Lake in the fall color,

visiting the CMN collections, or exploring Ottawa on their

own. Thursday evening's banquet will take place at the

Canadian Museum of History, with opportunities to see some

of the collection during the visit.

Photo sources:

Canadian Museum of Nature: KPMB Open Buildings

Canadian Museum of History: Julia Pelish/Vacay.ca

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https://tdwg.github.io/conferences/2017/

https://idigbio.github.io/2017-09-30-TDWG-Ottawa/

http://www.agr.gc.ca/

http://www.nature.ca/

http://www.nature.ca/

https://tdwgproceedings.pensoft.net/collection/25/

https://tdwgproceedings.pensoft.net/collection/25/

http://ncc-ccn.gc.ca/places-to-visit/gatineau-park/pink-lake

http://www.nature.ca/en/research-collections/collections

HostsWethankourhostsandsponsorsoftheNightattheMuseumSocialandtheGalaDinner.

http://www.agr.gc.ca/

http://nature.ca

SponsorsWethankthefollowingsponsorsfortheirgeneroussupportofTDWG2017.

GoldSponsor

https://www.gbif.org

SilverSponsor

https://pensoft.net/

Additionalfinancialandin-kindsupportprovidedby:

Software Carpentry pre-conference course; recording and archiving TDWG 2017 sessionshttps://www.idigbio.org

http://www.canadensys.net

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Schedule at a Glance

Day

Time

Misc

Ballroom A

Ballroom B

CapitaleChaudiere

Saturday, 30 Sep09:00 A

M ‐ 04:30 PM

Data Carpentry W

orkshop, Canadian Museum

of Nature, 240 M

cLeod St, O�aw

a

Sunday, 1 Oct

09:00 AM ‐ 04:30 PM

Data Carpentry W

orkshop, Canadian Museum

of Nature, 240 M

cLeod St, O�aw

a

Sunday, 1 Oct

09:00 AM ‐ 05:00 PM

TDWG Execu�ve,

Bytowne

IG01: D

ata Quality (by

invita�on)

Sunday, 1 Oct

05:30 PM ‐ 08:00 PM

Registra�on in the Penthouse, Panorama

Sunday, 1 Oct

06:00 PM ‐ 09:00 PM

Welcom

e Recep�on in the Penthouse, Panorama

Monday, 2 O

ct08:00 A

M ‐ 09:00 A

MRegistra�on, Victoria

Monday, 2 O

ct08:30 A

M ‐ 09:00 A

MLoad Talks &

Hang Posters

Monday, 2 O

ct09:00 A

M ‐ 09:40 A

MWelcom

ing remarks and guide

to the mee�ng

Monday, 2 O

ct09:40 A

M ‐ 10:30 A

MKeynote: Roderic D

.M. Page ‐

Towards a Biodiversity

Knowledge G

raph

Monday, 2 O

ct10:30 A

M ‐ 11:00 A

MBreak, Ballroom

B

Monday, 2 O

ct11:00 A

M ‐ 12:30 PM

Contributed: What do People,

DiSSCo, Brazil, Sym

biota, BISON

and Google have in com

mon?

W19: Construc�on of

biodiversity knowledge graphs

driven by federated text mining

tools

W01: Establishing a global

registra�on system of algal

names and types

Monday, 2 O

ct12:30 PM

‐ 02:00 PMLunch provided,Ballroom

C

Monday, 2 O

ct01:30 PM

‐ 02:00 PMNew

comers M

eet & Greet

Monday, 2 O

ct02:00 PM

‐ 03:30 PMS28: Financial M

odels forSustaining BiodiversityInform

a�cs Products

W03: Tow

ards robustinteroperability in m

ul�‐omic

approaches to biodiversitymonitoring

S04: Advances in data

accessibility and datamanagem

ent for marine

species occurrence data

Monday, 2 O

ct03:30 PM

‐ 04:00 PMBreak, Ballroom

B

Monday, 2 O

ct03:40 PM

‐ 03:55 PMCom

puter Dem

o

Monday, 2 O

ct04:00 PM

‐ 05:30 PMContributed: Topics in Clim

ateChange

W03: Tow

ards robustinteroperability in m

ul�‐omic

approaches to biodiversitymonitoring

S04: Advances in data

accessibility and datamanagem

ent for marine

species occurrence data

Monday, 2 O

ct07:00 PM

‐ 10:00 PMNight at the M

useum, Canadian M

useum of N

ature, 240 McLeod St, O

�aw

a

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Day

Time

Misc

Ballroom A

Ballroom B

CapitaleChaudiere

Tuesday, 3 Oct

08:30 AM ‐ 09:00 A

MRegistra�on, Victoria; Load Talks &

Hang Posters

Tuesday, 3 Oct

09:00 AM ‐ 09:40 A

Mi.O

verview of TD

WG and

TDWG standards; ii.

Announcem

ent of BiodiversityInform

a�on Science andStandards (BISS), the newjournal of TD

WG

Tuesday, 3 Oct

09:40 AM ‐ 10:30 A

MKeynote: A

nne Bowser ‐

Standardizing Ci�zen Science?

Tuesday, 3 Oct

10:30 AM ‐ 11:00 A

MBreak, Ballroom

BPosters (Even N

umbers)

Tuesday, 3 Oct

10:40 AM ‐ 10:55 A

MCom

puter Dem

o

Tuesday, 3 Oct

11:00 AM ‐ 12:30 PM

S02: Biodiversity Data Q

uality –concepts, m

ethods and toolsW09: Im

plemen�ng

Biodiversity Standards forPaleobiology

W07: Reusing an open source

pla�orm

in order to create acom

munity: exam

ple of theLiving Atlases com

munity

Tuesday, 3 Oct

12:30 PM ‐ 02:00 PM

Lunch on your own,

N/A

IG02: Technical A

rchitectureMee�ng

Tuesday, 3 Oct

12:40 PM ‐ 12:50 PM

Group Photo, Lobby stairs

Tuesday, 3 Oct

02:00 PM ‐ 03:30 PM

S02: Biodiversity Data Q

uality –concepts, m

ethods and toolsS15: A

gricultural Informa�cs

Contribu�ons to BiodiversityScience and BiodiversityAssessm

ents


pla�orm


munity: exam


munity

Tuesday, 3 Oct

03:30 PM ‐ 04:00 PM

Break, Ballroom B

Posters (Odd N

umbers)

Tuesday, 3 Oct

03:40 PM ‐ 03:55 PM

Computer D

emo

Tuesday, 3 Oct

04:00 PM ‐ 05:30 PM

S22: Biological Interac�on Data

‐ towards data standardiza�on

S10: 500 Years of Big Data from

the Biodiversity Heritage

Library


pla�orm


munity: exam


munity

Wednesday, 4 O

ct08:30 A

M ‐ 09:00 A

MRegistra�on, Victoria; Load Talks

Wednesday, 4 O

ct09:00 A

M ‐ 09:40 A

MWild Ideas

Wednesday, 4 O

ct09:40 A

M ‐ 10:30 A

MKeynote: Javier de la Torre ‐Everything happenssom

ewhere, m

ul�ple �mes

Wednesday, 4 O

ct10:30 A

M ‐ 11:00 A

MBreak, Ballroom

B

Wednesday, 4 O

ct10:40 A

M ‐ 10:55 A

MCom

puter Dem

o

Wednesday, 4 O

ct11:00 A

M ‐ 12:30 PM

S16: Using Big D

ata Techniquesto Cross D

ataset Boundaries ‐Integra�on and A

nalysis ofMul�ple D

atasets

S12: Ci�zen ScienceContribu�ons to BiodiversityResearch and Standards


pla�orm


munity: exam


munity

Wednesday, 4 O

ct12:30 PM

‐ 01:00 PMLunch pick‐up (boxed), Ballroom

C

Wednesday, 4 O

ct01:00 PM

‐ 05:30 PMExcursion, Canadian M

useum of N

ature Collec�ons or Pink Lake Hike

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Day

Time

Misc

Ballroom A

Ballroom B

CapitaleChaudiere

Thursday, 5 Oct

08:30 AM ‐ 09:00 A


Thursday, 5 Oct

09:00 AM ‐ 09:40 A

MStandards in A

c�on: TheDarw

in Core Hour

Thursday, 5 Oct

09:40 AM ‐ 10:30 A

MKeynote: Pam

ela Sol�s ‐ LinkingHeterogeneous D

ata inBiodiversity Research

Thursday, 5 Oct

10:30 AM ‐ 11:00 A

MBreak, Ballroom

BPosters (O

dd Num

bers)

Thursday, 5 Oct

10:40 AM ‐ 10:55 A

MCom

puter Dem

o

Thursday, 5 Oct

11:00 AM ‐ 12:30 PM

S18: Bridging Gaps betw

eenBiodiversity Inform

a�cians andCollec�ons Professionals

W21: Biological Interac�on

Data W

orkgroupIG03: Species Inform

a�on

Thursday, 5 Oct

12:30 PM ‐ 02:00 PM

Lunch on your own,

N/A

IG02: Technical A

rchitectureMee�ng

Thursday, 5 Oct

02:00 PM ‐ 03:30 PM

S18: Bridging Gaps betw

eenBiodiversity Inform

a�cians andCollec�ons Professionals

W23: Tow

ards an Online Atlas

of PhenologyW06: D

ata Quality W

orkshop

Thursday, 5 Oct

03:30 PM ‐ 04:00 PM

Break, Ballroom B

Posters (Even Num

bers)

Thursday, 5 Oct

04:00 PM ‐ 05:30 PM

W17: The ED

IT Pla�orm

forCybertaxonom

y, Current Stateand Envisaged Integra�on intothe Biodiversity Inform

a�csInfrastructure

W23: Tow

ards an Online Atlas

of PhenologyW06: D

ata Quality W

orkshop

Thursday, 5 Oct

05:45 PM ‐ 11:00 PM

Banquet, Canadian Museum

of History, 100 Laurier Street, G

a�neau (Hull), Q

uebec

Friday, 6 Oct

08:30 AM ‐ 09:00 A


Friday, 6 Oct

09:00 AM ‐ 10:30 A

MS20: Traits ‐ D

ata models,

sources, vocabulary,interoperability and theirpresenta�on and discoverabilityvia species inform

a�on pages

W14: Standards for Ci�zen

Science Biodiversity StudiesW08: Biodiversity data

annota�ons – state of the playand perspec�ves

Friday, 6 Oct

10:30 AM ‐ 11:00 A

MBreak, Ballroom

B

Friday, 6 Oct

11:00 AM ‐ 12:30 PM

Contributed: Topics inTaxonom

y and Ontologies

IG04: N

atural Collec�onsDescrip�on M

ee�ngW08: Biodiversity data

annota�ons – state of the playand perspec�ves

Friday, 6 Oct

12:30 PM ‐ 02:00 PM

Lunch provided,Ballroom

C

Friday, 6 Oct

02:00 PM ‐ 03:30 PM

Business Mee�ng: Reports from

Treasurer, Interest and TaskGroups; Preview

of TDWG2018;

Closing Remarks

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Daily Schedule

Saturday, 30 September 201709:00 AM - 04:30 PM Data Carpentry Workshop, Canadian Museum of Nature, 240 McLeod St, Ottawa

Sunday, 01 October 201709:00 AM - 04:30 PM Data Carpentry Workshop, Canadian Museum of Nature, 240 McLeod St, Ottawa

09:00 AM - 05:00 PM TDWG Executive, Bytowne

09:00 AM - 05:00 PM Interest Group/Task Group, CapitaleIG01: Data Quality (by invitation)Organizers: Arthur D. Chapman, Antonio M. Saraiva

05:30 PM - 08:00 PM Registration in the Penthouse, Panorama

06:00 PM - 09:00 PM Welcome Reception in the Penthouse, Panorama

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Saturday, 30 SeptemberSunday, 01 October

Monday, 02 October 201708:00 AM - 09:00 AM Registration, Victoria

08:30 AM - 09:00 AM Load Talks & Hang Posters, see instructions for presenters

09:00 AM - 09:40 AM Welcoming remarks and guide to the meeting, Ballroom A

09:40 AM - 10:30 AM Keynote: Roderic D.M. Page - Towards a Biodiversity Knowledge Graph, Ballroom A

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Break, Ballroom B

Contributed: What do People, DiSSCo, Brazil, Symbiota, BISON andGoogle have in common?Moderator: Gail Kampmeier11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, Ballroom A

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM Associating Occurrences with Genes, Phenotypes, and Environments through the Distributed System ofScientific Collections (DiSSCo)https://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.17010Presenter: Dimitrios Koureas

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM Proposed Extension to Darwin Core for People and their Roles in the Curation of Physical and DigitalObjectshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.19829Presenter: David Shorthouse

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM SiBBr: Envisioning the spatial distribution of Brazilian biodiversity recordshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.19966Presenter: Nayara Soto

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM Symbiota2https://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.19933Presenter: Mary E. Barkworth

12:00 PM - 12:15 PM Taxonomy and Distribution in Big Data Use Cases from BISON and ITIShttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.19890Presenter: Gerald Guala

12:15 PM - 12:30 PM Google Summer of Code: Why TDWG should participatehttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.19918Presenter: Tomer Gueta

W01: Establishing a global registration system of algal names and typesOrganizer: Andreas Kohlbecker11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, Chaudiere

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM Introduction into Phycobank: challenges, concepts and solutionsPresenter: Andreas Kohlbecker

11:15 AM - 12:30 PM Workshop Activities

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Monday, 02 October

https://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.17010






W19: Construction of biodiversity knowledge graphs driven by federatedtext mining toolsOrganizers: Riza Batista-Navarro, Sophia Ananiadou, Teodor Georgiev, Evangelos Pafilis, Lyubomir Penev,

Viktor Senderov, Axel J. Soto, William Ulate11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, Capitale

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM EXTRACT 2.0: interactive identification of biological entities mentioned in text to assist databasecuration and knowledge extractionhttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20152Presenter: Evangelos Pafilis

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM Developing a knowledge base on the habitats and reproductive conditions of Dipterocarps throughinformation extractionhttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20066Presenter: Roselyn Gabud

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM Building Your Own Big Data Analysis Infrastructure for Biodiversity Sciencehttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20161Presenter: Matthew Collins

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM Argo as a platform for integrating distinct biodiversity analytics tools into workflows for building graphdatabaseshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20067Presenter: Riza Batista-Navarro

12:00 PM - 12:15 PM OpenBiodiv: an Implementaion of a Semantic System Running on top of the Biodiversity KnowledgeGraphhttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20084Presenter: Viktor Senderov

12:15 PM - 12:30 PM Panel Discussion

12:30 PM - 02:00 PM Lunch provided01:30 PM - 02:00 PM Newcomers Meet & Greet, Capitale

W03: Towards robust interoperability in multi-omic approaches tobiodiversity monitoringOrganizers: Robert Hanner, Pier Luigi Buttigieg, Luke Thompson02:00 PM - 03:30 PM, Capitale

02:00 PM - 02:15 PM Environmental samples, eDNA and HTS libraries – data standard proposals from the Global GenomeBiodiversity Network (GGBN)https://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20483Presenter: Walter G. Berendsohn

02:15 PM - 02:30 PM Metadata Standards for Genomic Sequence Data: Past and Future of MIxS Standards Familyhttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20423Presenter: Pelin Yilmaz

02:30 PM - 02:45 PM Using MIxS: An Implementation Report from Two Metagenomic Information Systemshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20637Presenters: Joel Sachs, Luke Thompson

02:45 PM - 03:00 PM SeqDB: Biological Collection Management with Integrated DNA Sequence Trackinghttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20608Presenter: Satpal Bilkhu

03:00 PM - 03:15 PM Semantically Defining Populations for 'Omics Researchhttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20435Presenter: Ramona L. Walls


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Monday, 02 October











S04: Advances in data accessibility and data management for marinespecies occurrence dataOrganizers: Andrew Sherin, Ward Appeltans, Lenore Bajona, Mary Kennedy02:00 PM - 03:30 PM, Chaudiere

02:00 PM - 02:15 PM IntroductionPresenters: Lenore Bajona, Andrew Sherin, Mary Kennedy

02:15 PM - 02:30 PM Cookbooks and Curriculumhttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20405Presenter: Mary Kennedy

02:30 PM - 02:45 PM Expanding the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) beyond species occurrenceshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20196Presenter: Daphnis De Pooter

02:45 PM - 03:00 PM Improving data availability with “OBIS-ENV-DATA”: Examples from OBIS-USAhttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20207Presenter: Abigail Benson

03:00 PM - 03:30 PM Talking beyond presence: 04 Symposium: Advances in data accessibility and data management formarine species occurrence data: Discussion Panel 1https://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20407Presenter: Mary Kennedy

S28: Financial Models for Sustaining Biodiversity Informatics ProductsOrganizer: James H. Beach02:00 PM - 03:30 PM, Ballroom A

02:00 PM - 02:15 PM The Arctos Community Model for Sustaining and Enriching Access to Biodiversity Datahttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20466Presenter: John Wieczorek

02:15 PM - 02:30 PM Interoperability, Attribution, and Value in the Web of Natural History Museum Datahttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.21095Presenter: Andrew Bentley

02:30 PM - 02:45 PM Sustainability in Biodiversity Software Development: More financing or better practices?https://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20283Presenter: Matthew J. Yoder

02:45 PM - 03:00 PM Maintenance and development of Symbiota2, a platform for data sharing and visualizationhttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20220Presenter: Mary E. Barkworth

03:00 PM - 03:15 PM Sustaining Software for Biological Collections Computinghttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20254Presenter: James H. Beach

03:15 PM - 03:30 PM DINA: Open Source and Open Services - A Modern Approach for Sustainable Natural History CollectionManagement Systemshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20216Presenters: Elspeth Margaret Haston, Falko Glöckler, Jana Hoffmann, Fredrik Ronquist, James AMacklin, Stefan Daume

03:30 PM - 04:00 PM Break, Ballroom B

03:40 PM - 03:55 PM Computer Demo, Ballroom BOpenBiodiv: an Implementation of a Semantic System Running on top of the Biodiversity KnowledgeGraphhttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20193Presenters: Viktor Senderov, Teodor Asenov Georgiev

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S04: Advances in data accessibility and data management for marinespecies occurrence dataOrganizers: Andrew Sherin, Ward Appeltans, Lenore Bajona, Mary Kennedy04:00 PM - 05:30 PM, Chaudiere

04:00 PM - 04:15 PM Spatial Visualization of Publicly Accessible Species Occurrence Datahttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20155Presenter: Jeff McKenna

04:15 PM - 04:30 PM Exploring the Canadian Federated Research Data Repository Servicehttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20185Presenter: Lee Wilson

04:30 PM - 04:45 PM Sydney Harbour Atlashttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20157Presenter: Andrew Sherin

04:45 PM - 05:00 PM The developing Canadian Integrated Ocean Observing System (CIOOS)https://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20432Presenter: Lenore Bajona

05:00 PM - 05:30 PM Future pathways for sharing and integrating data: 04 Symposium: Advances in data accessibility anddata management for marine species occurrence data: Discussion Panel 2https://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20406Presenter: Andrew Sherin

W03: Towards robust interoperability in multi-omic approaches tobiodiversity monitoringOrganizers: Robert Hanner, Pier Luigi Buttigieg, Luke Thompson04:00 PM - 05:30 PM, Capitale

04:00 PM - 04:15 PM The Genomic Observatories Metadatabasehttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20508Presenter: John Deck

04:15 PM - 04:30 PM Integrating Marine Omics into the Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON) in Support of theUN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and Agenda 2030https://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20521Presenter: Kelly Goodwin

04:30 PM - 04:45 PM Rewards and Challenges of eDNA Sequencing with Multiple Genetic Markers for Marine ObservationProgramshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20548Presenter: Kathleen J Pitz

04:45 PM - 05:00 PM Linking molecular and morphological biodiversity evidence by building a single name spacehttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20503Presenter: Dmitry Schigel


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Contributed: Topics in Climate ChangeModerator: Robert D. Stevenson04:00 PM - 05:30 PM, Ballroom A

04:00 PM - 04:15 PM Use of Online Species Occurrence Databases in Published Research since 2010https://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20518Presenter: Joan E Ball-Damerow

04:15 PM - 04:30 PM Extending Darwin Core to incorporate data about material condition and absolute deep timehttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20126Presenter: Laura Brenskelle

04:30 PM - 04:45 PM Pipedream or pipeline: delivering regular, reliable, up-to-date information on biodiversity throughrepeatable workflowshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20749Presenter: Peter Desmet

04:45 PM - 05:00 PM Development of a National Repository for Aquatic Biodiversity in Bhutanhttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20809Presenter: Sangay Dema

07:00 PM - 10:00 PM Night at the Museum, Canadian Museum of Nature, 240 McLeod St, OttawaJoin us for an evening of light bites and drinks, featuring beer tastings with local brewers. See pages inthe program for walking directions or public transportation options and recommended restaurants forsupper along the walking route. A beer talk by a Canadian Museum of Nature botanist will be given at8:00 PM.

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Monday, 02 October





Tuesday, 03 October 201708:30 AM - 09:00 AM Load Talks & Hang Posters, see instructions for presenters

08:30 AM - 09:00 AM Registration, Victoria

09:00 AM - 09:40 AM i. Overview of TDWG and TDWG standards; ii. Announcement of Biodiversity Information Science andStandards (BISS), the new journal of TDWG, Ballroom A

09:40 AM - 10:30 AM Keynote: Anne Bowser - Standardizing Citizen Science?, Ballroom A


10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Posters (Even Numbers), Ballroom B

10:40 AM - 10:55 AM Computer Demo, Ballroom BTaxonWorkshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20279Presenter: Matthew J. Yoder

W09: Implementing Biodiversity Standards for PaleobiologyOrganizers: Denné Reed, Falko Glöckler, Mareike Petersen, Jana Hoffmann11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, Capitale

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM The Data Standard ABCD EFG - Access to Biological Collection Data Extended for Geoscienceshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.15146Presenter: Falko Glöckler


W07: Reusing an open source platform in order to create a community:example of the Living Atlases communityOrganizers: Marie-Elise Lecoq, David Martin, Christian Gendreau, Federico Mendez, Jeremy Goimard,

Santiago Martínez de la Riva, Anders Telenius, Manash Shah11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, Chaudiere

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM Introduction of the Living Atlases workshophttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20253Presenter: Marie-Elise Lecoq

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM Living Atlases Architecturehttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.19826Presenters: David Martin, Christian Gendreau, Manash Shah

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM Documentation about Atlas of Living Australia tools: how to find informationhttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.19941Presenter: Fabien Cavière


S02: Biodiversity Data Quality – concepts, methods and toolsOrganizers: Arthur D. Chapman, Antonio M. Saraiva, Alexander M. Thompson11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, Ballroom A

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM Fitness for Use: The BDQIG aims for improved Stability and Consistencyhttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20240Presenter: Arthur D. Chapman

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM Toward a Biodiversity Data Fitness for Use Backbone (FFUB): A Node.js module prototypehttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20300Presenter: Allan Koch Veiga

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11:30 AM - 11:45 AM Fitness-for-Use-Framework-aware Data Quality workflows in Kuratorhttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20379Presenter: Paul J. Morris

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM Darwin Cloud: Mapping real-world data to Darwin Corehttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20486Presenter: John Wieczorek

12:00 PM - 12:15 PM Integrating data-cleaning with data analysis to enhance usability of biodiversity big-datahttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20244Presenter: Tomer Gueta

12:15 PM - 12:30 PM Using YesWorkflow hybrid queries to reveal data lineage from data curation activitieshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20380Presenter: Qian Zhang

12:30 PM - 02:00 PM Lunch on your own12:30 PM - 02:00 PM Interest Group/Task Group, Capitale

IG02: Technical Architecture MeetingOrganizer: TBA

S02: Biodiversity Data Quality – concepts, methods and toolsOrganizers: Arthur D. Chapman, Antonio M. Saraiva, Alexander M. Thompson02:00 PM - 03:30 PM, Ballroom A

02:00 PM - 02:15 PM Managing data quality in GBIF: status and planshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.19825Presenter: Christian Gendreau

02:15 PM - 02:30 PM Towards a comprehensive workflow for biodiversity data in Rhttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20311Presenter: Tomer Gueta

02:30 PM - 02:45 PM Angling for data: making biodiversity metadata more FAIRhttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20267Presenter: Joakim Philipson

02:45 PM - 03:00 PM Design and use of NOMEN, an ontology defining the rules of biological nomenclaturehttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20284Presenter: Matthew J. Yoder

03:00 PM - 03:15 PM Invasive Organisms Information: A proposed TDWG Task Grouphttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20266Presenter: Quentin Groom



Santiago Martínez de la Riva, Anders Telenius, Manash Shah02:00 PM - 03:30 PM, Chaudiere

02:00 PM - 02:15 PM The Registry component of Atlas of Living Australiahttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.19802Presenter: Santiago Martínez de la Riva

02:15 PM - 02:30 PM Biocache-store: Command-Line Interface tool for managing occurrence recordsPresenter: Manash Shah

02:30 PM - 02:45 PM Workshop Activities

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S15: Agricultural Informatics Contributions to Biodiversity Science andBiodiversity AssessmentsOrganizers: Gail Kampmeier, Cyndy Parr, James Macklin02:00 PM - 03:30 PM, Capitale

02:00 PM - 02:15 PM How Agricultural Researchers Share their Data: a Landscape Inventoryhttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20434Presenter: Erin Antognoli

02:15 PM - 02:30 PM Databasing Crop Plants from the People's Biodiversity Register of Indiahttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.19820Presenter: Prabhakar Rajagopal

02:30 PM - 02:45 PM The Value of Agricultural Voucher Specimenshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.19932Presenter: Mary E. Barkworth

02:45 PM - 03:00 PM Bringing Bugs into the Systemhttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20050Presenter: Gail Kampmeier

03:00 PM - 03:30 PM Agricultural Informatics Contributions to Biodiversity Science and Biodiversity Assessmentshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20100

03:30 PM - 04:00 PM Posters (Odd Numbers), Ballroom B


03:40 PM - 03:55 PM Computer Demo, Ballroom BDefining a Data Quality (DQ) profile and DQ report using a prototype of Node.js module of the Fitness forUse Backbone (FFUB)https://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20275Presenter: Allan Koch Veiga

S22: Biological Interaction Data - towards data standardizationOrganizers: Antonio M. Saraiva, Jennifer Hammock, Quentin Groom04:00 PM - 05:30 PM, Ballroom A

04:00 PM - 04:15 PM How species interactions are managed in Plinian Core: Status and questionshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20556Presenter: Francisco Pando

04:15 PM - 04:30 PM Addressing the proposal for new Darwin Core terms for interaction datahttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20350Presenter: John Wieczorek

04:30 PM - 04:45 PM GoMexSI: Using Open Platforms such as Github, Wordpress, and GloBI to Manage, and Share SpeciesInteraction Datahttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20325Presenter: James Simons

04:45 PM - 05:00 PM Brazilian Plant-Pollinator Interactions Network: definition of a data standard for digitization, sharing, andaggregation of plant-pollinator interaction datahttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20298Presenter: Antonio M. Saraiva

05:00 PM - 05:15 PM Global Biotic Interactions: A Catalyst For Integrating Existing Interaction Datasets, Connecting DataCurators And Developing Data Exchange Methodshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20214Presenter: Jorrit H Poelen

05:15 PM - 05:30 PM mangal - making sense of biotic interaction datahttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.19993Presenter: Timothée Poisot

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S10: 500 Years of Big Data from the Biodiversity Heritage LibraryOrganizers: Martin R. Kalfatovic, Carolyn A. Sheffield04:00 PM - 05:30 PM, Capitale

04:00 PM - 04:15 PM How Did BHL Get to Big Datahttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20002Presenter: Martin R. Kalfatovic

04:15 PM - 04:30 PM Expanding Access to Biodiversity Literaturehttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20146Presenter: Mariah Lewis

04:30 PM - 04:45 PM Scientific Names: Linking the Past to Provide Context for Knowledgehttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.19937Presenter: Thomas M. Orrell

04:45 PM - 05:00 PM A path to continuous reindexing of scientific names appearing in Biodiversity Heritage Library datahttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20186Presenter: Dmitry Mozzherin

05:00 PM - 05:15 PM Crowdsourcing Data Enhancements to Improve Named Entity Recognition in the Biodiversity HeritageLibraryhttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.17354Presenter: Katie Mika

05:15 PM - 05:30 PM BHL’s Feedback Tools and User Surveys: Investigating User Needs for Data in Digital Librarieshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20003Presenter: Carolyn A. Sheffield


Santiago Martínez de la Riva, Anders Telenius, Manash Shah04:00 PM - 05:30 PM, Chaudiere

04:00 PM - 04:15 PM Biocache-store: Command-Line Interface tool for managing occurrence recordsPresenter: Manash Shah

04:15 PM - 04:30 PM Occurrences : Data resources and Biocache-hubhttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20321Presenter: Jeremy Goimard

04:30 PM - 05:30 PM Workshop Activities

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Wednesday, 04 October 201708:30 AM - 09:00 AM Load Talks, see instructions for presenters

08:30 AM - 09:00 AM Registration, Victoria

09:00 AM - 09:40 AM Wild Ideas, Ballroom A

09:40 AM - 10:30 AM Keynote: Javier de la Torre - Everything happens somewhere, multiple times, Ballroom A


10:40 AM - 10:55 AM Computer Demo, Ballroom BDesktop or remote knowledge base management systems for taxonomic data and identification keys:Xper2 and Xper3https://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.19911Presenter: Régine Vignes-Lebbe

S12: Citizen Science Contributions to Biodiversity Research andStandardsOrganizer: Robert D. Stevenson11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, Capitale

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM The state of the data in citizen sciencehttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20370Presenter: Anne Bowser

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM Setting Collections Data Free with the Power of the Crowd: challenges, opportunities and a vision for thefuturehttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20422Presenter: Margaret J Gold

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM Turning Flickr into a useful Citizen Science Resourcehttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20348Presenter: Arthur D. Chapman

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM Discovering Nature in the City with a Citizen Science Mobile Apphttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20206Presenter: Jana Hoffmann



Santiago Martínez de la Riva, Anders Telenius, Manash Shah11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, Chaudiere

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM Living Atlases : tips and adviceshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20252Presenter: Marie-Elise Lecoq


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S16: Using Big Data Techniques to Cross Dataset Boundaries -Integration and Analysis of Multiple DatasetsOrganizers: Matthew Collins, Robert Guralnick, Martin R. Kalfatovic11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, Ballroom A

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM BHL: A Source for Big Data Analysishttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20339Presenter: Mike Lichtenberg

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM TAXREF-LD: A Reference Thesaurus for Biodiversity on the Web of Linked Datahttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20232Presenter: Franck Michel

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM IndexMEED cases studies using 'Omics' data with graph theoryhttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20740Presenter: Romain David

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM A High-throughput Data Ingest Pipeline for Semantic Data-storeshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20208Presenter: John Deck

12:00 PM - 12:15 PM Using ontologies to explore floral evolution in a non-model plant cladehttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20347Presenter: Annika L Smith


01:00 PM - 05:30 PM Excursion: Canadian Museum of Nature Collections or Pink Lake Hike

Pick-up your boxed lunch before catching a school bus; there will not be anywhere to buy food. Dietary restrictions communicated with registration will be accommodated.

There will be one bus for the Canadian Museum of Nature Collections tour and one for the Pink Lake hike. Please be sure to embark on the correct bus.

Canadian Museum of Nature’s Research & Collections Facility

Bus departs at 1:00 PM from the side of the Delta Hotel on Albert Street and later departs the Collections Facility at 4:30 PM to make the 25 minute return trip to the Delta Hotel.

Not typically open to the public, this tour will bring participants behind the doors of the museum’s innovative collections facility, which was designed specifically for the management and preservation of natural history specimens. The tour includes the following collections: minerals, fossils, large skeletons(mammals), invertebrates, botany (National Herbarium of Canada), library & archives, conservation lab, and the Molecular Biodiversity Lab (DNA). This tour runs about two hours, with participants divided into smaller groups to promote engaged discussion with the museum’s scientific staff.

Tour Notes:

The Facility is a scent-free workplace, please do not wear perfume or cologneNo open-toed shoesNo food or drink (we'll eat before visiting the collections)No large bags or backpacks in the collectionsSecure storage will be provided for jackets and bags

Pink Lake Hike in Gatineau Park

Bus departs at 1:15 PM from the side of the Delta Hotel on Albert Street and later departs Pink Lake at4:30 PM to make the 35 minute return trip to the Delta Hotel.

Participants may choose to do the ~2.5km easy loop trail or simply enjoy the lake area. The lake has aunique ecosystem; no swimming is allowed. Sturdy footwear is recommended. We also recommend thatyou bring a daypack to contain camera(s) and rainwear in the event of inclement weather.

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Thursday, 05 October 201708:30 AM - 09:00 AM Registration, Victoria

08:30 AM - 09:00 AM Load Talks, see instructions for presenters

09:00 AM - 09:40 AM Standards in Action: The Darwin Core Hour, Ballroom Ahttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20280Presenters: Deborah Paul, John Wieczorek, Paula F Zermoglio

09:40 AM - 10:30 AM Keynote: Pamela Soltis - Linking Heterogeneous Data in Biodiversity Research, Ballroom Ahttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.21113


10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Posters (Odd Numbers), Ballroom B

10:40 AM - 10:55 AM Computer Demo, Ballroom BDeveloping a Module for Generating Formalized Semantic Morphological Descriptions for Morph∙D∙Basehttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.15141Presenters: Sandra Meid, Lars Vogt

S18: Bridging Gaps between Biodiversity Informaticians and CollectionsProfessionalsOrganizers: Holly Little, Deborah Paul, Gail Kampmeier11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, Ballroom A

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM Building a community of practice through capacity enhancement mentoringhttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20234Presenter: Laura Russell

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM How Mass Digitization is changing Herbarium Collection Management at the Botanic Garden Meise (BR)– Teaching old dogs new tricks!https://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20194Presenter: Henry Engledow

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM An Example of Synergy in Data Mobilization: the Arctos-VertNet Nexushttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20098Presenter: David Bloom

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM Towards Insect Digital Collections and Data Publishing: A journey for the GBIF-funded African InsectAtlas Collaborative Projecthttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20274Presenter: Boikhutso Lerato Rapalai

12:00 PM - 12:15 PM Setting up an Interdisciplinary Data Infrastructure: Why Cooperation between Domain Experts andComputer Scientists Matters - An Experience Report from the GFBio Projecthttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20198Presenters: Jana Hoffmann, Felicitas Löffler


11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Interest Group/Task Group, ChaudiereIG03: Species InformationOrganizer: Francisco Pando

W21: Biological Interaction Data WorkgroupOrganizers: Antonio M. Saraiva, Jennifer Hammock, Quentin Groom11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, Capitale

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12:30 PM - 02:00 PM Lunch on your own12:30 PM - 02:00 PM Interest Group/Task Group, Capitale

IG02: Technical Architecture MeetingOrganizer: TBA

W23: Towards an Online Atlas of PhenologyOrganizers: Zoe Panchen, Joel Sachs, Mélanie Bélisle-Leclerc, Scott Chamberlain, Jonathan Davies, Pamela

Soltis, Rob Guralnick02:00 PM - 03:30 PM, Capitale

02:00 PM - 02:15 PM IntroductionPresenters: Joel Sachs, Pamela Soltis

02:15 PM - 02:30 PM Phenological sensitivity to temperature at broad scales: opportunities and challenges of natural historycollectionshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20587Presenter: Heather Kharouba

02:30 PM - 02:45 PM The use of avian museum specimen data in phenology studies: prospects and challengeshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20324Presenter: Keith Barker

02:45 PM - 03:00 PM Phenology atlas use cases: a new map of plant phenology across North America and beyondhttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20582Presenters: Zoe Panchen, Jonathan Davies


W06: Data Quality WorkshopOrganizers: Arthur D. Chapman, Antonio M. Saraiva02:00 PM - 03:30 PM, Chaudiere

S18: Bridging Gaps between Biodiversity Informaticians and CollectionsProfessionalsOrganizers: Holly Little, Deborah Paul, Gail Kampmeier02:00 PM - 03:30 PM, Ballroom A

02:00 PM - 02:15 PM A tool for collections-specific searches in genetic databaseshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20320Presenter: Michael Trizna

02:15 PM - 02:30 PM What’s Missing From All the Portals?https://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20236Presenter: Sharon Grant

02:30 PM - 02:45 PM Building community-specific standards and vocabularies: prospects and challenges for linking to thebroader community - The SINP Casehttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20297Presenters: Paula F Zermoglio, Remy Jomier

02:45 PM - 03:00 PM Managing Ex Situ Collections of Wild Species' Seeds: Use of Biodiversity Informatics in the MillenniumSeed Bank to Address Challengeshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20197Presenter: Udayangani Liu

03:00 PM - 03:15 PM Automated Herbarium Specimen Identification using Deep Learninghttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20302Presenter: Jose Carranza-Rojas

03:15 PM - 03:30 PM SPNHC 2017 Natural History Collections Biodiversity Informatics 101 Short Course Insightshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20263Presenter: Holly Little

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03:30 PM - 04:00 PM Posters (Even Numbers), Ballroom B

W17: The EDIT Platform for Cybertaxonomy, Current State andEnvisaged Integration into the Biodiversity Informatics InfrastructureOrganizers: Andreas Müller, Walter Berendsohn, Anton Güntsch04:00 PM - 05:30 PM, Ballroom A

04:00 PM - 04:15 PM The EDIT Platform for Cybertaxonomy, a Brief Overviewhttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20368Presenter: Andreas Kohlbecker

04:15 PM - 04:30 PM A Comprehensive and Standards-Aware Common Data Model (CDM) for Taxonomic Researchhttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20367Presenter: Andreas Müller

04:30 PM - 04:45 PM The CDM Applied: Handling of Names, Taxa and Concepts in a Conservation Contexthttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20364Presenter: Walter G. Berendsohn

04:45 PM - 05:00 PM The CDM Applied: Unit-Derivation, from Field Observations to DNA Sequenceshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20366Presenter: Andreas Müller

05:00 PM - 05:15 PM EDIT Platform Web Services in the Biodiversity Infrastructure Landscapehttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20363Presenter: Andreas Kohlbecker

05:15 PM - 05:30 PM EDIT Platform Projects: What’s Nexthttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20365Presenter: Walter G. Berendsohn

W23: Towards an Online Atlas of PhenologyOrganizers: Zoe Panchen, Joel Sachs, Mélanie Bélisle-Leclerc, Scott Chamberlain, Jonathan Davies, Pamela

Soltis, Rob Guralnick04:00 PM - 05:30 PM, Capitale

04:00 PM - 04:15 PM The USA National Phenology Network: A Framework for Delivery of Phenology Data Products onMultiple Spatiotemporal Scaleshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20188Presenter: Lee Marsh

04:15 PM - 04:30 PM An Update on the Plant Phenology Ontology and Plant Phenology Data Integrationhttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20487Presenter: Brian J. Stucky

04:30 PM - 04:45 PM Documenting Reproductive Phenology using Herbarium Specimens: Experiences from the New EnglandVascular Plants Projecthttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20430Presenter: Patrick W Sweeney


W06: Data Quality WorkshopOrganizers: Arthur D. Chapman, Antonio M. Saraiva04:00 PM - 05:30 PM, Chaudiere

05:45 PM - 11:00 PM Banquet, Canadian Museum of History, 100 Laurier Street, Gatineau (Hull), QuebecStarting 5:45 PM, buses depart every 20min until 7:00 PM beside the Delta Hotel on Albert St. Cocktailsare served at 6:30 PM at the Museum, which is open to the public until 8:00 PM. Bring your conferencebadge. Starting 9:30 PM, buses depart every 20min until 11:00 PM for the return to the Delta Hotel via theByWard Market for an optional hop-off.

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Friday, 06 October 201708:30 AM - 09:00 AM Registration, Victoria

08:30 AM - 09:00 AM Load Talks, see instructions for presenters

W14: Standards for Citizen Science Biodiversity StudiesOrganizers: Robert D. Stevenson, Libby Ellwood09:00 AM - 10:30 AM, Capitale

S20: Traits - Data models, sources, vocabulary, interoperability and theirpresentation and discoverability via species information pagesOrganizers: Jeff Gerbracht, Robert Guralnick, Jennifer Hammock, Deborah Paul, Pamela Soltis09:00 AM - 10:30 AM, Ballroom A

09:00 AM - 09:15 AM Species Information pages, how are the data discovered, consolidated and presented.https://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20294Presenter: Jeff Gerbracht

09:15 AM - 09:30 AM Building semantics in the domain of trait data: an OBO Library approachhttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20293Presenter: Pier Luigi Buttigieg

09:30 AM - 09:45 AM Traits in a graphhttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20289Presenter: Jennifer Hammock

09:45 AM - 10:00 AM VicFlora: a dynamic, service-based Florahttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20525Presenter: Niels Klazenga

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM Documenting Marine Species Traits in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS): Current status,Future Plans and Encountered Challengeshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20337Presenter: Leen Vandepitte

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM Traits as Essential Biodiversity Variableshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20295Presenter: Robert Guralnick

W08: Biodiversity data annotations – state of the play and perspectivesOrganizers: Lutz Suhrbier, Okka Tschöpe, Anton Güntsch, Walter Berendsohn09:00 AM - 10:30 AM, Chaudiere

09:00 AM - 09:15 AM AnnoSys – an online tool for sharing annotations to enhance data qualityhttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20315Presenters: Walter G. Berendsohn, Okka Tschöpe

09:15 AM - 10:00 AM Annosys – hands on session

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM Integrating AnnoSys into your specimen data portalhttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20313Presenter: Lutz Suhrbier

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM Panel Discussion


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W08: Biodiversity data annotations – state of the play and perspectivesOrganizers: Lutz Suhrbier, Okka Tschöpe, Anton Güntsch, Walter Berendsohn11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, Chaudiere

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM Semantic Annotations of Text and Images in Morph∙D∙Basehttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.14778Presenter: Christian Köhler

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM Annotating out the Way to the Linked Biodiversity Data Webhttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20270Presenter: Burke Chih-Jen Ko

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM AnnoSys - future developmentshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20317Presenter: Lutz Suhrbier

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM Panel Discussion

Contributed: Topics in Taxonomy and OntologiesModerator: David Shorthouse11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, Ballroom A

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM Setup of BIOfid, a new Specialised Information Service for Biodiversity Researchhttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.19803Presenter: Markus Koch

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM SOCCOMAS: A Self-Describing and Content-Independent Application for Semantic Ontology-ControlledWeb-Content-Management-Systemshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20033Presenters: Sandra Meid, Lars Vogt

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM OntoPilot: New Software to Simplify and Accelerate Ontology Development and Deploymenthttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20192Presenter: Brian J. Stucky

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM The Taxonomic and Biodiversity Software Stack in Rhttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20219Presenter: Scott Chamberlain

12:00 PM - 12:15 PM Building a Taxonomic Data Editor: ITIS Taxonomic Workbench 6.0https://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.19965Presenter: David Mitchell

12:15 PM - 12:30 PM Catalogue of Life, China and Taxonomic Tree Toolhttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20394Presenter: Liqiang Ji

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Interest Group/Task Group, CapitaleIG04: Natural Collections Description MeetingOrganizers: Alexander Thompson, Deborah Paul

12:30 PM - 02:00 PM Lunch provided02:00 PM - 03:30 PM Business Meeting: Reports from Treasurer, Interest and Task Groups; Preview of TDWG2018; Closing

RemarksPresenters: Dimitrios Koureas, William Ulate

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KeynoteSpeakers

Dr.RodericD.M.Page

Rodisperhapsbestknownastheauthorofthephylogeneticvisualizationprogram“TreeView”,andmorerecentlyhis“iPhylo”blog,Hestartedoutas a crustacean taxonomist, before being swept up in the debates onpanbiogeography and vicariance biogeography that raged in the 1980’sand 90’s. After gaining a PhD at Auckland University, New Zealand, heworkedasapostdocattheAmericanMuseumofNaturalHistoryinNewYork, and The Natural History Museum in London, before taking up alectureship at theUniversity of Oxford. Since 1995 Rod has been at theUniversityofGlasgow,whereheisProfessorofTaxonomy.ApasteditorofSystematicBiology,hewasuntilSeptembertheChairoftheGBIFScienceCommittee.Hiscurrentworkfocusesonlinkingtogetherbiodiversitydatafromdiversesources.

Dr.AnneE.Bowser

AnneisanInnovationAnalystwiththeScienceandTechnologyInnovationProgram(STIP)attheWoodrowWilsonInternationalCenterforScholars.She seeks to understand and mobilize public participation in scientificresearchandpolicydialogue throughcitizen scienceandother formsofcrowdsourcing. From a research perspective, Anne is interested in howtechnologies canbedesigned to supportparticipation,whether throughtechnological appropriation, participatory design, or the motivationalaffordancesofgames.Anneisalsoengagedinthemorepracticalworkofunderstandingwhat constitutes good citizen sciencedatapractices, andworkswithorganizationsliketheOpenGeospatialConsortium(OGC),theCommitteeonDataforScienceandTechnology(CODATA),andtheWorldDataSystem(WDS),andtheCitizenScienceAssociation(CSA)topromoteopen and interoperable data. Her dissertation was awarded from theUniversityofMaryland’siSchoolandexploredhowFloracaching,amobilegeocachinggameforplantphenologydatacollection,couldbedesigned

tomotivatenewtypesofcitizensciencevolunteers.

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JavierdelaTorre

JavierisCEOatCARTO.Oneofthepioneersoflocationintelligence,Javierfoundedthecompany in2012withavision todemocratizedataanalysisand visualization. Under his leadership, CartoDB has grown from agroundbreakingideaintooneofthefastestgrowinggeospatialcompaniesintheworld.Javierstartedhiscareerasaconservationscientist,applyingdata sharing technologies to analyze and visualize endangered species.Javier holds a degree in Agriculture Engineering and EnvironmentalScience from theUniversidad Politéncia deMadrid and FreieUniversitätBerlin.Heispassionateaboutallthingsdataanditspotentialtoimprovethewaywemakedecisionsinourworld.

Dr.PamelaS.Soltis

Pamhasplayedamajorroleinreconstructingtheplantbranchofthetreeof life and relaying this information to the scientific community and thepublic. Her research interests are in plant biodiversity, emphasizingangiosperm phylogeny, polyploidy, the evolution of the flower,conservationgeneticsof rareplantspeciesandphylogeography.Pam isadistinguished professor at the University of Florida and curator of theLaboratory of Molecular Systematics and Evolutionary Genetics at theFlorida Museum of Natural History. She has served as president of theSocietyofSystematicBiologistsand theBotanicalSocietyofAmericaandasanassociateeditorforten journals, includingEvolutionandSystematicBiology.Sheparticipates inpublicoutreachthroughtheGainesvillepublicschools and the Florida Museum of Natural History. In 2016, Pam was

elected amember of the National Academy of Sciences, and, togetherwith Doug Soltis, was awarded theDarwin-WallaceMedalbytheLinneanSocietyofLondon.

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PostersBallroomB

1 Aworkbenchforspeciesidentificationbasedonimagesanddeeplearningtechniqueshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20569Presenter:FranciscoPando

2 Quantifyingquality:the"ApparentQualityIndex",ameasureofdataqualityforoccurrencedatasetshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20533Presenter:FranciscoPando

3 WorldFloraOnlineProject:Anonlinefloraofallknownplantshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20529Presenter:ChuckMIller

4 HistoricalfloweringphenologyacrossabroadrangeofPacificNorthwestplantshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20528Presenter:LindaJennings&BarbaraNeto-Bradley

5 ExpandingtheOceanBiogeographicInformationSystem(OBIS)beyondspeciesoccurrenceshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20515Presenter:PieterProvoost

6 EnhancingMonitoringandControloftheFallArmyworm(Spodopterafrugiperda)intheDemocraticRepublicoftheCongo(DRCongo)byCitizenScience.https://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20499Presenter:PapyNsevoloMiankeba

7 BioBeacon:anOnlineFieldGuidetoDigitalBiodiversityInformationResourceshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20472Presenter:JarrettBlair

8 UnifyingBiologyThroughInformatics(UBTI)anewprogrammeoftheInternationalUnionofBiologicalScienceshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20431Presenter:DavidPeterShorthouse

9 DataInfrastructureforScientificandCollectionsDatainMediumSizeInstitutionhttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20429Presenter:JakubBelka

10 LowCostEnvironmentMonitoringServer–Wireshieldhttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20427Presenter:JiriFrank

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11 UsingaDeepConvolutionalNeuralNetworkforExtractingMorphologicalTraitsfromHerbariumImageshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20400Presenter:RégineVignes-Lebbe

12 ThreeyearsofXper3assessment:towardssharingsemantictaxonomiccontentofidentificationkeyshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20382Presenter:RégineVignesLebbe

13 APipelineforProcessingSpecimenImagesiniDigBio-ApplyingandGeneralizinganExaminationofMercuryUseinPreparingHerbariumSpecimenshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20326Presenter:MatthewCollins

14 DNAqua-Net:AdvancingMethods,ConnectingCommunitiesandEnvisagingStandardshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20310Presenter:AlexanderM.Weigand

15 AutomatedGenerationofListsofUniqueValuesfromiDigBioDataFieldstoFacilitateDataQualityImprovementshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20306Presenter:MatthewCollins

16 BiodiversityInformationServingOurNation(BISON)nowwithmorethan1/3billionspeciesoccurrenceshttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20285Presenter:AnnieSimpson

17 LivingAtlasesCommunityhttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20290Presenters:Marie-EliseLecoq,DavidMartin

18 OpenBiodivPoster:anImplementationofaSemanticSystemRunningontopoftheBiodiversityKnowledgeGraphhttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20246Presenter:ViktorSenderovandTeodorGeorgiev

19 CanadensysandGBIFFrance:collaborationthroughtheGBIFnetworktohelplaunchthenewCanadensysexplorerhttps://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.17011Presenters:Marie-ÉliseLecoq,JérémyGoimard

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Symposia,Workshops&InterestGroupMeetings&TheirOrganizers

Symposia

S02 BiodiversityDataQuality–concepts,methodsandtoolsArthurD.Chapman,AntonioM.Saraiva,AlexanderM.Thompson

S04 AdvancesindataaccessibilityanddatamanagementformarinespeciesoccurrencedataAndrewSherin,WardAppeltans,LenoreBajona,MaryKennedy

S10 500YearsofBigDatafromtheBiodiversityHeritageLibraryMartinR.Kalfatovic,CarolynA.Sheffield

S12 CitizenScienceContributionstoBiodiversityResearchandStandardsRobertD.Stevenson

S15 AgriculturalInformaticsContributionstoBiodiversityScienceandBiodiversityAssessmentsGailKampmeier,CyndyParr,JamesMacklin

S16 UsingBigDataTechniquestoCrossDatasetBoundaries-IntegrationandAnalysisofMultipleDatasetsMatthewCollins,RobertGuralnick,MartinR.Kalfatovic

S18 BridgingGapsbetweenBiodiversityInformaticiansandCollectionsProfessionalsHollyLittle,DeborahPaul,GailKampmeier

S20 Traits-Datamodels,sources,vocabulary,interoperabilityandtheirpresentationanddiscoverabilityviaspeciesinformationpagesJeffGerbracht,RobertGuralnick,JenniferHammock,DeborahPaul,PamelaSoltis

S22 BiologicalInteractionData-towardsdatastandardizationAntonioM.Saraiva,JenniferHammock,QuentinGroom

S28 FinancialModelsforSustainingBiodiversityInformaticsProductsJamesH.Beach

Workshops

W01 EstablishingaglobalregistrationsystemofalgalnamesandtypesAndreasKohlbecker

W03 Towardsrobustinteroperabilityinmulti-omicapproachestobiodiversitymonitoringRobertHanner,PierLuigiButtigieg,LukeThompson

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W06 DataQualityWorkshopArthurD.Chapman,AntonioM.Saraiva

W07 Reusinganopensourceplatforminordertocreateacommunity:exampleoftheLivingAtlasescommunityMarie-EliseLecoq,DavidMartin,ChristianGendreau,FedericoMendez,JeremyGoimard,SantiagoMartínezdelaRiva,AndersTelenius,ManashShah

W08 Biodiversitydataannotations–stateoftheplayandperspectivesLutzSuhrbier,OkkaTschöpe,AntonGüntsch,WalterBerendsohn

W09 ImplementingBiodiversityStandardsforPaleobiologyDennéReed,FalkoGlöckler,MareikePetersen,JanaHoffmann

W14 StandardsforCitizenScienceBiodiversityStudiesRobertD.Stevenson,LibbyEllwood

W17 TheEDITPlatformforCybertaxonomy,CurrentStateandEnvisagedIntegrationintotheBiodiversityInformaticsInfrastructureAndreasMüller,WalterBerendsohn,AntonGüntsch

W19 ConstructionofbiodiversityknowledgegraphsdrivenbyfederatedtextminingtoolsRizaBatista-Navarro,SophiaAnaniadou,TeodorGeorgiev,EvangelosPafilis,LyubomirPenev,ViktorSenderov,AxelJ.Soto,WilliamUlate

W21 BiologicalInteractionDataWorkgroupAntonioM.Saraiva,JenniferHammock,QuentinGroom

W23 TowardsanOnlineAtlasofPhenologyZoePanchen,JoelSachs,MélanieBélisle-Leclerc,ScottChamberlain,JonathanDavies,PamelaSoltis,RobGuralnick

Interest/TaskGroupMeetings

IG01 DataQuality(byinvitation)ArthurD.Chapman,AntonioM.Saraiva

IG02 TechnicalArchitectureMeetingTBA

IG03 SpeciesInformationFranciscoPando

IG04 CollectionsDescriptionMeetingAlexanderThompson,DeborahPaul

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SymposiaAbstracts

S02:BiodiversityDataQuality–concepts,methodsandtools

Organizers:ArthurD.Chapman,AntonioM.Saraiva,AlexanderM.Thompson

Thegoalofthis4thSymposiumistodiscussconcepts,problems,policies,metadata,methodologiesandmechanismsrelatedtoBiodiversityDataQuality,whichcanbereusedbytheBiodiversityInformaticscommunitycollaborativelyandincrementally.Dataquality(DQ)isamajorconcerninBiodiversityInformatics.Thedistributednatureofdataacquisitionanddigitization,thespecificdifficultiesimposedbysomeofthedatasub-domains,suchastaxonomicdataandgeographicdata,amongotheraspects,makeitimportanttodiscussDQinbiodiversitysothatdatamadeavailableinportalsandothersystemscanbeusedforvariouspurposessuchaseducation,science,anddecision-making.AlthoughseveralinitiativesintheBiodiversityInformaticscommunityhavebeendevelopingtoolsandbestpracticesaboutDQ,thereisnoconsensusrelatedtoconcepts,metadata,policies,methodologiesandtoolsaboutDQ.ThesizeofDQcheckpipelineshasalsoposedchallengesforexistingmethodologiesandtoolsandmayneedtodrivesomeofthediscussiononconceptsandpolicies.PrevioussymposiaonDQwereheldattheTDWGmeetingsinFlorence,Italy/2013,Jönköping,Sweden/2014andSantaClaradeSanCarlos,CostaRica/2016.Asaresult,ajointTDGW/GBIFInterestGrouponDQwasproposedandapprovedin2014.Subsequentlythreetaskgroupswerealsocreated:TG1–BDQFramework,TG2–BDQTools,servicesandworkflows,andTG3–BDQUsecases.Theytacklesomeofthemostimportantissuesidentifiedbytheattendantstotheprevioussymposia.

ThegrouphasbeenabletomeetbetweenTDWGmeetingstoadvanceonitsactivities.InMarch,2016,inSãoPaulo,Brazil,theIGandTGsconvenersgottogetherwithmembersfromtwofitness-for-usegroupssupportedbyGBIFonspeciesdistributionmodelingandagrobiodiversity,andhavemadegoodprogresstowardsadoptingacommonconceptualbasisanddevelopingprofilesforthosetwousecases.InOctober,2016,inMelbourne,Australia,furtheradvancewasmadefocusingonanotherfitness-for-usegrouponalienandinvasivespecies.AnothermeetingisscheduledtotakeplaceinCanberra,Australia,inMay,2017.

Bythe2017TDWGMeeting,inOttawa,significantadvanceswillhavebeenmadeinallthreeTaskGroupsaswellasinVocabularies.Inthis4rdSymposiumwewanttoadvancefurtheronthosediscussionsandincreaseparticipationofotherstakeholders,keepingthesameprinciples:discussandshareexperiencesonthewayswedealwithDQintheBiodiversityInformaticscommunity,avoidingduplicationofeffortsandsharingknowledge.

S04:Advancesindataaccessibilityanddatamanagementformarinespeciesoccurrencedata

Organizers:AndrewSherin,WardAppeltans,LenoreBajona,MaryKennedy

ThesymposiumwillincludepresentationsonthepracticesofdataaccessibilityanddatamanagementformarinebiologicaloccurrencedatabymembersoftheCanadianOceanDataManagementCommunityofPracticeandothersonthefollowingtopics:

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• Makingdataaccessibleforreuseanddatarescueinitiatives• Biodiversityplusenvironmentalmeasurements:OBIS-ENVandbeyond• Encouraginga‘Communityofpractice’formarinebiologicaloccurrencedata• DevelopmentofvocabulariesandtoolsforqualitycontrolforDwCterms• IdentificationoftheneedfornewDwCterms• Biodiversityusecasesdemonstratingdataintegrationwithhabitat(e.g.CoastalWebAtlases)• Datamanagementtrainingcurriculums• Citizenscienceandvolunteercoordination

Thesymposiumwillbestructuredintoseveralmini-symposiaofselectedtopicsbaseduponthetopicsofreceivedpresentationproposals.Notallofthetopicslistedabovemaybeaddressedwithinthesymposium.Eachmini-symposiawillconcludewithapaneldiscussiontoidentifynextstepsforcollaborationand/orrecommendationsinitiallytotheCanadianOceanDataManagementCommunityofPractice.

S10:500YearsofBigDatafromtheBiodiversityHeritageLibrary

Organizers:MartinR.Kalfatovic,CarolynA.Sheffield

With89.9terabytesofdataspanningover500yearsofdatacollection,theBiodiversityHeritageLibrary(BHL)isanimportantgalaxyintheuniverseofbiodiversitydata.Embeddedinthose89.9terabytesareover174millionspeciesnameoccurrencesandacurrentlyunknownnumberofspeciesoccurrences,descriptions,identifiedtraits,andrelateddata--alllockedintheover500yearsofdatacapturedintheBHL.Asaconsumerofnameoccurrencedata,BHLworkscloselywiththeGNAanddataproviderssuchasITIS.RecentdevelopmentsandactivitiesofITISandhowtheseenhanceBHLwillbediscussed.AcurrentIMLSfundedgrant,'FoundationstoActions,'hasfundedfivepost-gradresidentstogatherdataforrequirementsofBHLVersion2.

Aninternationalconsortium,theBHLpartnersworktomakebiodiversityliteratureopenlyavailabletotheworldaspartofaglobalbiodiversitycommunity.ThroughitsextensivenetworkofMembersandAffiliates,over52millionpagesofbiodiversityliteraturearenowavailablethroughtheBHLportal.Providingdeeperaccesstothedatacontainedinthisliteratureisagoalofanongoingprojecttoprovidefull-textsearchcapabilitytoBHL.Technicaldetailsanduse-caseexamplesforthiswillbediscussed.

BHLisnotonlydata,butgeneratesnewdataviawide-rangingandsuccessfuloutreachactivities.FromtaggingofimagesonFlickr,transcriptionofarchivalmaterials,andOCRcorrectionfromgamingactivities,BHLhasbeenabletoleveragecrowd-sourcedinputfromuserstobetterunderstandourcollections.Outreachstrategiesdesignedtoencouragecitizenscienceactivitieswillbediscussed,aswellastheimportanceofcommunityengagementtosustaincrowd-sourcinginitiatives.Nextstepsandchallengesrelatedtoincorporatingcrowd-sourceddataintotheBHLcollectionwillalsobeaddressed.

TheBiodiversityHeritageLibraryhasgrowntobeanimportantpartoftheinfrastructureofbiodiversity.Inanattempttosolvetheliteraturecomponentofthetaxonomicimpediment,theBHLcontinuestoprovideaccesstolegacyprintpublicationsandmakethisdatawidelyavailableforreuseincollectionssupportsystems.ThissymposiumwillincludeabriefupdateonBHLactivitiessincethat2016TDWG.ThefinalsectionofthissymposiumwillbeaguideddiscussionofdesideratumandenhancementsTDWGparticipantsseeasimportantforBHL.

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SymposiumparticipantswillincluderepresentativesfromtheBHLSecretariat,BHL-relatedprojects,ITIS,andotherBHLpartners.

S12:CitizenScienceContributionstoBiodiversityResearchandStandards

Organizer:RobertD.Stevenson

Citizenscienceencompassesadiversesetofactivitiesthatcontributetobiodiversityresearchincludingdecodingandtranscribingmuseumlabels,collectingspecimensandimages,analyzingandclassifyingdigitalcollections,settingoutcameratrapsanddoingfieldsurveys.ThissymposiumoffersavenueforcitizensciencepractitionerstodescribetheirbiodiversityprojectsandtolearnabouttheTDWGcommunity.Likewise,informaticsspecialistsanddatabasemanagersworkingonbiodiversityprojectsareencouragedtopresenttheissuestheyfacewhensupportingcitizenscienceprograms.Aspectsofacitizenscienceprogramsfromprojectdesign,todatacollectionanddatacurationarewelcome.Projectsthataddresstaxonomicordataqualityissuesareespeciallyencouraged.ParticipantsareinvitedtojoinintheworkoftheCitizenScienceInterestGroupindevelopingstandardstosupportbiodiversityresearch.

S15:AgriculturalInformaticsContributionstoBiodiversityScienceandBiodiversityAssessments

Organizers:GailKampmeier,CyndyParr,JamesMacklin

Agriculturalbiodiversityhaslongbeenignoredbythetraditionalbiodiversitycommunityandtheaggregatorsoftheirdata.TheFebruary2016GBIF'FinalReportoftheTaskGrouponGBIFDataFitnessforUseinAgrobiodiversity,'providedrecommendationsprimarilyregardingcropsandtheirwildrelatives,butdidnotaddresswiderissuesofcroppests(plantdiseasesandtheirvectors,arthropods)andmanagementsystemsthataffectthegreaterbiodiversityofthosecrops.TheTDWG16symposium,'AgriculturalBiodiversityStandards&Semantics,'highlightedthecurrentstatusofagrobiodiversitydatamanagementanddiscussedmajorchallengesinthisfield.Thisyear’ssymposiumwillprovideaprogressreportonaddressingchallengessuchascropmanagementandexperimentalprotocolstandardsandinfraspecifictaxonomiccoverage.Itwilldivedeeperintotrendsinsemanticsanddataminingforagriculture,andinapplicationofstandardstobiodiversityassessments.Weaimtoprovidespecificexampleswhereshareddatamanagementstandardsandpracticesacrossbothbasicandappliedbiodiversityresearchcommunitiescanleadtoimprovedoutcomesforbothscienceandsociety.

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S16:UsingBigDataTechniquestoCrossDatasetBoundaries-IntegrationandAnalysisofMultipleDatasets

Organizers:MatthewCollins,RobertGuralnick,MartinR.Kalfatovic

Formanyhistoricalreasons,muchbiodiversitydataiscatalogedandaggregatedbytype:occurrence,genesequence,literature,etc.Whilethishasadvantages,interestingandnewscientificquestionsrequireinformationfrommorethanonesourcebutthevariedstructureandaxesofexistingdatasetsdon'tmakeiteasytosimplyjointhemup.

Inthissymposiumwewillhavepresentationsfromresearchersontechniquesusedtojoin,extract,andinferinformationacrosstraditionaloccurrence,taxonomy,trait,phenology,genetic,environment,literature,image,climate,andotherboundaries.Wealsowillhavelimitedpresentationsfromdataprovidersontheworktheyaredoingandchallengestheyfaceinbuildingandexposinglinkagesamongtheirdatasets.Ourgoalistoprovideaforumtoexposeworkingtechniquesforaddressingthedisjointnatureofourcurrentdataecosystem.

S18:BridgingGapsbetweenBiodiversityInformaticiansandCollectionsProfessionals

Organizers:HollyLittle,DeborahPaul,GailKampmeier

Thebiodiversityinformaticsstandards,tools,andresourcesdevelopedbyTDWGanditsmembersarevitalcomponentsinthedailyworkofcuratorsandcollectionsprofessionalsinnaturalhistorymuseumcollections.However,opportunitiesforcommunicationandcollaborationbetweenthesegroupsaretoooftenrareandsiloed.Therefore,buildingamutualunderstandingofandsolidcollaborationabouthowbiodiversityinformaticsconceptsaredevelopedandthenhowtheyareappliedtothemobilizationofcollectionsdatacanbedifficult.In2018,theTDWGmeetingwillbeheldinconjunctionwiththeSocietyforthePreservationofNaturalHistoryCollection(SPNHC)meeting,providinganinvaluableopportunitytoaddresstheseissues.Inordertoenhancetheeffectivenessofthe2018meetingitisimportantforeachgrouptodevelopabettercomprehensionofthevernacularoftheother.Thissymposiumaimstobridgegapsinunderstandingbetweenthebiodiversityinformaticiansandthewayscollectionsprofessionalsusetheirwork.ItwillprovideexamplesofhowcollectionsareusingTDWGstandards,applicabilitystatements,andbestpractices,aswellasexploringwherethiscommunity,alongwithdisciplinespecificexperts,canworktoprovidemorecontrolledvocabulariesforexistingterms,participateindevelopmentactivitiesofinterestandtaskgroups,andidentifyandcontributesolutionstoneedsasyetunaddressedbycurrentstandards.

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S20:Traits-Datamodels,sources,vocabulary,interoperabilityandtheirpresentationanddiscoverabilityviaspeciesinformationpages

Organizers:JeffGerbracht,RobertGuralnick,JenniferHammock,DeborahPaul,PamelaSoltis

Withpotentially3-4billionspecimensglobally,theworld’snaturalhistorycollectionsoffertreasuretrovesofrelevantinformation.Thisiscomplementedbyalonghistoricrecordofcitizenscienceobservations,andrecentlybymolecularsampling.Newcontributionsinboththeseareasareborndigitalandareacceleratingthegrowthofcontemporarybiodiversityoccurrencedata.Meanwhile,effortssuchastheNSF’sAdvancingDigitizationofBiodiversityCollectionsProgramareincreasingtherateofdigitizationofspecimenrecords,fillinginourhistoricbiodiversityrecordjustasrapidly.Occurrencerecordstypicallycontainlocalityinformation,andthesegeoreferencedoccurrenceshaverevolutionizedourabilitytomodelspeciesdistributionsandprojectfuturedistributionsbasedonmodelsofclimatechange.Theserecordsmayalsocontaininformation,suchasbodysize,phenology,environment,thatisrelevanttoecologicalandevolutionaryresearch.Evenliteraturesources,wheretraitsmeasuredarenotassociatedwithdepositedspecimens,containdetailedmetadatadescribinglocation,environment,lifestageandconcurrentlymeasuredtraits.Textualdescriptions,fromregionalfloras,catalogs,monographsandotherliterature,alsocontainextensiveecologicalinformation,suitableforextractionusingsemanticanalysis.Thisdelugeofdataisnotwithoutitschallenges.Amongtheseistheneedtodevelopontologies,whicharecrucialforbigdatasolutions,sothattraitdatacanbeextractedandassembledinformatically.Thisrequiresthedevelopmentofontologies,whicharecrucialforbigdatasolutions.

Thereisanarrayofexistingontologiesinthebiodiversityspace,manymaintainedbyactivecommunitiesliketheOBOFoundry.Gapsremainineventhemostmatureontologies,butastermadoptionbyoutsideprojectsincreases,andnewtoolsdevelopedfortermsnominationandothercommunitycurationactivity,itbecomesmorepracticaltodeveloprobuststructuredvocabularycoverageforthebiodiversityspace.

Thereisincreasingconvergencearoundtraitsofurgentconcernforconservationandappliedresearch.TheEssentialBiodiversityVariables,identifiedbyGEOBONasessentialformonitoringbiodiversitychange,highlightkeytraitsneededforthisstewardship.

Inthissymposium,wewillexplorethebreadthofsourcesofbiodiversitytraitdata,andtechniquesandconsensusneededtosupportanalysisoverthesediversesources.Withover780millionoccurrencerecordsnowavailableviaiDigBioandGBIF,andmanymillionsmoreappearingeveryyear,nowistheperfecttimetoconsiderwhichtraitsaremostsignificantforecologicalandevolutionaryresearch,theontologiesrequiredformeaningfulcommunicationanddataassembly,andthetoolsneededforensuringinteroperabilityofthesedata.

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S22:BiologicalInteractionData-towardsdatastandardization

Organizers:AntonioM.Saraiva,JenniferHammock,QuentinGroom

Scientistsuseavarietyofmethodstocollect,record,andstorebiologicalinteractiondata(predator-prey,parasite-host,pollinator-plant,etc.).Usesforthesedataareequallydiverse.Forexample,theycouldplayanimportantroleinbuildingdecisionsupportsystemsforconservationandsustainableuseinagriculture.Numerouseffortsareunderwaytoaggregate,organize,andefficientlydisseminatethesedata.However,welackaformaldatastandardtosupportthiswork.Thegoalofthissymposiumistoprovideanopportunity,forthoseinvolvedorinterestedinthedigitizationofbiologicalinteractiondata,tosharetheirexperiencesandideassothatwecanmoveforwardandproposeabiologicalinteractiondatastandard.Duringthe2016TDWGConference,inSantaClaradeSanCarlos,CostaRica,agroupofpeoplegatheredtostartdiscussingthisissueundertheTDWGumbrella.TheobjectiveistoproposethecreationofanInterestGrouponBiologicalInteractionsDatawherethistopiccanbediscussedwithinthebiodiversityinformaticscommunity.Duringthesymposium,wewillprovideanupdateonthegroup’sachievementsaswellaswelcomeotherinterestedpartiestopresenttheirwork.

S28:FinancialModelsforSustainingBiodiversityInformaticsProducts

Organizer:JamesH.Beach

Thissessionwillfocusontheeconomicsofsustainingbiodiversitysoftwareplatformsandtools,withrevenuemodelsthatarenotwhollycomprisedofgrantfunding.Ascyberinfrastructurematuresintowidely-used,productiondatasources,software,andservices,businessmodelswillbeneededthatidentifyandengagestakeholderswhobenefitfromtheirvalue--potentiallyaspayers.Innovativevaluepropositionsandcleverfinancialmodelsforlong-termsustainabilitywillbeimportantforproductsseekingtosupportacommunityofinstitutionsandinitiativesthatrangefromthelargeandwell-resourced,tothosethataresmallandsparinglyfunded.

WorkshopAbstracts

W01:Establishingaglobalregistrationsystemofalgalnamesandtypes

Organizers:AndreasKohlbecker

Establishinganon-lineregistrationsystemforalgalnamesandtheirnomenclaturaltypesisoneofthemainobjectivesofaDFG(DeutscheForschungsGemeinschaft)project,whichstartedin2016.

Thisregistrationsystemwillbecomepartoftheinternationalnetworkofbiodiversitydataandoneoftheoperatingglobalregistrationsystemsfornamesoforganisms.Onceestablished,PhycoBankwillremoveamajorobstacletoresearchinthefieldofphycology.Theenvisagedworkflowsincludemanualregistrationof

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newalgaenames,aswellastheautomaticregistrationofnewalgalnamespublishedinscientificjournalsthatalreadyhaveafunctioningelectronicpublishingworkflow.

Animportantcomponentoftheregistrationsystemwillbeacomprehensiveindexofalgaenames.ItsmainpurposesaretocoverallalgaenamesknowntosourcesexternaltoPhycoBank,andtosupporttheregistrationworkflowbyprovidingthesenamesinaharmonizedandconsistentway.Theindexcouldbefurthermoreavaluablesourceofnamesforotherdatasystems.ItmaycontributetotheGlobalNamesArchitecture(GNA)inthemediumterm.Intheshortterm,itaimstoprovidenamestothebackboneofbiodiversitynetworkssuchasGBIFandtheBiologicalCollectionAccessService(BioCASe).

Theworkshopwillreviewanddiscussinteroperabilityaspectsofthesystemwiththeglobalnetworkofbiodiversityinformationsystems,includingtopicslikepersistentidentifiersfornamesandtypifications,dataflowstonamecatalogs,andotherservices,aswellastheharvestingandindexingofnamesandtaxaforthealgaenameindex.Anothermajorfocusoftheworkshopwillbetheintegrationofnameregistrationsystemsintheworkflowofdigitalpublishers.

W03:Towardsrobustinteroperabilityinmulti-omicapproachestobiodiversitymonitoring

Organizers:RobertHanner,PierLuigiButtigieg,LukeThompson

Theroutineuseof(meta)genomics,(meta)transcriptomics,andthetargetedsequencingoftaxonomicmarkergenesisenablingmonitoringofbothmicroandmacro-organismalassemblagesacrossawiderangeofenvironments.Suchmonitoringofphylogeneticandfunctionaldiversityoffersnovelandvaluableinsightintohowthebiosphereisrespondingtoenvironmentalchange.However,thereareconsiderableobstaclestounifyingmulti-omicobservationandmonitoringstrategies,whichspanenvironmentsfromthedeepmarinesubsurfacetotheurbanatmosphere.Perhapsforemost,rapiddevelopmentwithinthefieldoftenoutpacesattemptstoharmoniseitstechniques,despiteprogressbyinitiativessuchastheEarthMicrobiomeProject,TARAOceans,andOceanSamplingDay.Overcomingtheseobstacleswillbeessentialinrealisinganinformaticsinfrastructuresuitedtoaglobal,omically-enabledbiodiversitymonitoringsystemandincorporatingomics-driveninsightsintothebiodiversitymetricswhichinformtheconservationandpolicydomain.

Thisworkshopwillbeginwithacollectionoftalksthatwilloutlinethescopeofthechallengeandpossiblesolutions,followedbyfacilitateddiscussiontowardsdeliveringadraftdatastandardforreportingspeciesoccurrencesasdetectedthroughvariedenvironmentalDNA(eDNA)methodsandcommunitymeta-omicsapproaches.Thisissueisnontrivialandinvolvestheintersectionofgeospatial,genomicandbiodiversityinformaticsperspectives,amongothers.Wewillexamineeffortssuchaslong-term,omicallyenabledobservatoriesasusecasesinneedof“futureproof”,flexiblestandardsandproposestrategiesforexistingstandardstocontendwiththeirdemands.Wealsowelcomecontributionsidentifyingaspectsofomicdatawhichhaveyettobeacknowledgedinthestandardslandscape.Ouractivitiesaimtocatalysetherobustinteroperabilityandconvergenceofcommunity-endorsed/bestpractices,metadatachecklists,standardterminologies,knowledgerepresentations,andpersistentidentifiersfortheenvironments,samples,processes,informationartifacts,equipment,andagentsinvolvedinthisemerging,multidisciplinarydomain.

Wewelcomesubmissionsontopicsdirectlyrelatedtotheabove,including:

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• Community-endorsed,bestpracticesfor‘omicobservatoriesand/orobservationcampaigns,suchas:• Designand/orgovernance-emphasisinginteroperability• Standardisedsampling,samplemanagement,andarchiving,includingtheuseofpersistentsample

identifiersandFIMS/LIMStechnologies• Standardisedgeneration,processing,analysis,andarchivingof‘omicsdata• Acquisition,standardisation/structuring,processing,management,andexchangeofmetadata(e.g.use

ofchecklists,structuredformats,controlledvocabularies,ontologies,andFIMS/LIMStechnologies)• Effortstotranslateomicsoutputstodiversestakeholders,suchasthoseinthepolicy,conservation,

commercial,andpublicspheres

W06:DataQualityWorkshop

Organizers:ArthurD.Chapman,AntonioM.Saraiva

ThegoaloftheworkshopistopresenttheadvancesandthestatusofthethreeTaskGroupsofthis[InterestGroup]TG1–BDQFramework,TG2–BDQTools,servicesandworkflows,andTG3–BDQUsecases.Wewillalsoworkonspecificissuesraisedduringtheyear,whichneedtobeaddressedbythegroup,andplannextsteps,includinghowtoincreaseparticipationofotherstakeholdersandplanstowardaTDWGstandardondataqualitytestsandassertions.

Thedistributednatureofdataacquisitionanddigitization,thespecificdifficultiesimposedbysomeofthedatasub-domains,suchastaxonomicdataandgeographicdata,amongotheraspects,makeitimportanttodiscussDQinbiodiversitysothatdatamadeavailableinportalsandothersystemscanbeusedforvariouspurposessuchaseducation,science,anddecision-making.AlthoughseveralinitiativesintheBiodiversityInformaticscommunityhavebeendevelopingtoolsandbestpracticesaboutDQ,thereisnoconsensusrelatedtoconcepts,metadata,policies,methodologiesandtoolsaboutDQ.ThesizeofDQcheckpipelineshasalsoposedchallengesforexistingmethodologiesandtoolsandmayneedtodrivesomeofthediscussiononconceptsandpolicies.

AjointTDGW/GBIFInterestGrouponDQwasproposedandapprovedin2014.Subsequentlythreetaskgroupswerealsocreated:TG1–BDQFramework,TG2–BDQTools,servicesandworkflows,andTG3–BDQUsecases.Theytacklesomeofthemostimportantissuesidentifiedbytheattendantstotheprevioussymposia,heldattheTDWGmeetingsinFlorence,Italy/2013,Jönköping,Sweden/2014andSantaClaradeSanCarlos,CostaRica/2016.

ThegrouphasbeenabletomeetbetweenTDWGmeetingstoadvanceonitsactivities.InMarch,2016,inSãoPaulo,Brazil,theIGandTGsconvenersgottogetherwithmembersfromtwofitness-for-usegroupssupportedbyGBIFonspeciesdistributionmodelingandagrobiodiversity,andhavemadegoodprogresstowardsadoptingacommonconceptualbasisanddevelopingprofilesforthosetwousecases.InOctober,2016,inMelbourne,Australia,furtheradvancewasmadefocusingonanotherfitness-for-usegrouponalienandinvasivespecies.AnothermeetingisscheduledtotakeplaceinCanberra,Australia,inMay,2017.

Bythe2017TDWGMeeting,inOttawa,significantadvanceswillhavebeenmadeinallthreeTaskGroupsaswellasinVocabularies.

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W07:Reusinganopensourceplatforminordertocreateacommunity:exampleoftheLivingAtlasescommunity

Organizers:Marie-EliseLecoq,DavidMartin,ChristianGendreau,FedericoMendez,JeremyGoimard,SantiagoMartínezdelaRiva,AndersTelenius,ManashShah

Since2013,acommunityhasgrownaroundtheAtlasofLivingAustralia(ALA)opensourceplatform,mostlybutnotexclusivelyaroundGBIFnodes.Indeed,since2014fiveinternationalworkshopshavebeenorganizedaroundtheworldandeightdataportalshavebeenreleasedintoproductionusingthistool(ALA,Brazil,GBIFArgentina,GBIFCostaRica,GBIFFrance,NBN,GBIFSpain,GBIFPortugal)andseveralothersarecurrentlyindevelopment(Canadensys,GBIFSweden,etc.).HereyoucanfindamaprepresentingallcountrieswithaninterestinimplementingALAastheirnationaldataportal.

ALAmodulesworkwithstandardsdefinedbytheTDWGcommunity.DatashownonmapsareloadedthroughDarwinCoreArchivefilespreviouslypublishedfromIPTordirectlydownloadedontheGBIF.org.UserscanfilteranddownloadoccurrencesandcanalsointeractwithdatausingAPIproposedbytheplatform.Wekeepthedataauthorityandhighlightdatapublishers,institutions,collectionsanddatasetsbyshowingtheirmetadata.Moreover,usingthisALAtechnologyasnationaldataportalsisthesolutionrecommendedintheGBIFImplementationPlan2017-2021.

OneofthemainobjectivesofthisworkshopwillbetopresentthecommunityofLivingAtlasesbyshowingexamplesalreadyinproduction(AtlasofLivingAustralia,GBIFFrance,GBIFSpainandNBNAtlasScotland),andpast&futureprojectsinvolvingthecommunity.Inaddition,weexpecttotrainparticipantsinthebasicALAmodules(CollectoryandBiocache-hub)thatfocusonoccurrenceresearchtools,datavisualizationandmetadataportal.ThistechnicaltrainingwillalsoincludetheinstallationofanALAdemoversioninordertogivethepossibilitytouserstomaketheirfirstconfigurationsanddevelopmentsoftheirnewtool.

W08:Biodiversitydataannotations–stateoftheplayandperspectives

Organizers:LutzSuhrbier,OkkaTschöpe,AntonGüntsch,WalterBerendsohn

Withthegrowingnumberofdigitisedspecimenmetadataandimagesontheworldwideweb,on-lineannotationsystemsforcorrectingorenrichinglabelinformationbecomeincreasinglyimportant.TheannotationsystemAnnoSysisoneofthesystemsthatprovidefunctionalinfrastructureforannotatingcollectioninformationaswellaswebserviceinterfacesforsearchingexistingannotationsandtheirintegrationintoresearchworkflows.TherecentstablereleaseofAnnoSyshasbeenintegratedwiththeGBIFdataportal,theWorldFloraOnlineSpecimenExplorer,theGlobalGenomeBiodiversityNetwork(GGBN)andothersandstoresallannotationsconformingwiththeW3COpenAnnotationDataModelinacentralisedRDFrepositorytogetherwiththeoriginalspecimendata.

Theworkshopfocussesonpracticaldemonstrationofavailableannotationsystemsandtheirintegrationintotheinternationalbiodiversityinformaticslandscape.Wewilldiscusspotentialnewfeatures

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andfuturedevelopmentswithafocusonsemanticinteroperabilityandsynchronisationoraggregationmechanismsfordistributedannotationrepositories.

W09:ImplementingBiodiversityStandardsforPaleobiology

Organizers:DennéReed,FalkoGlöckler,MareikePetersen,JanaHoffmann

ThePaleobiologyInterestGroup(Paleo)wasestablishedin2015tobroadentheapplicationofexistingstandardssuchasDarwinCoreandtheAccesstoBiodiversityCollectionsDataExtendedforGeosciences(ABCDEFG)toaccommodatepaleobiologicaldata.ThiswillrepresentthesecondmeetingoftheinterestgroupataTDWGconference.

Thegroupseekstoextendexistingstandardstomeettheneedsofpaleobiologyandtofostergreaterintegrationbetweenneontologyandpaleontologyinthestudyofbiodiversityacrossspaceanddeeptime.Understandinglong-termtemporalpatternsinbiodiversityprovidesthecontextforinterpretingmodernchangesinbiodiversityandunderstandingtheprocessresponsibleforthesechanges.

Employingbiodiversityinformationstandards,suchasDarwinCoreandABCDEFGtopaleobiologydatarequiresaddressingabroaderrangeofmetadatarequirementsandadaptingbestpractices.TheroleofthePaleogroupistoprovideguidelinesfordeployingexistingbiodiversitystandardstopaleobiologyandtoproposeextensionsandmodificationstoexistingstandardstomakethemmoreamenable(andgeneralizable)forpaleobiology.

Theprimarygoalsforthe2017meetingofthePaleobiologyInterestGroupare:1)toupdateTDWGmembersonthegroup'shistoryandprogress,2)toconductin-depthdiscussionsanddebateoncommonusecasesfordeployingstandardsinpaleobiology,3)todiscussandproduceexamplesofDarwinCoreandABCDEFGentriesforthoseusecases.Theannualmeetingsofferthebestopportunityforbringingbiodiversityinformationspecialiststogetherwithdisciplinaryspecialistsinpaleobiologytoresolvequestionsandmakeconcreteadvancesinbroadeningtheapplicationofbiodiversityinformationstandardsinanewdisciplinarydomain.The2017meetingoftheTDWGPaleoInterestGroupwillincludeafocusontherelationshipbetweenDarwinCoreandABCDEFGandhowtheycanworktogether.

W14:StandardsforCitizenScienceBiodiversityStudies

Organizers:RobertD.Stevenson,LibbyEllwood

TheTDWGCitizenScienceInterestGroupwascharteredatthebeginningof2017.Thisworkshoprepresentsthefirsttimethegroupcanmeettogetheranddiscusscommunitydevelopmentandstandardsneeds.Topicswillincludepoliciesandstandardsforcommonname,symbolsfornonliterateobserversanddataquality.AnimportantaspectofthemeetingwillbetoestablishlinkstootherTDWGworkinggroupsandtolearnabouteffortsbygroupsoutsidetheTDWGorganizationsuchastheCitizenScienceAssociationMetaDataworkinggroup,theEuropeanCitizenScienceAssociation,CoData,RDASmallUnmannedAircraftSystems,andtheCameraTrapFederatedMinimumDataStandardabouttheireffortstodraftstandards.ThePPSR_COREmetastandardhasbeendefined.Wewillreviewthisstandardanditsimplementation.

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W17:TheEDITPlatformforCybertaxonomy,CurrentStateandEnvisagedIntegrationintotheBiodiversityInformaticsInfrastructure

Organizers:AndreasMüller,WalterBerendsohn,AntonGüntsch

TheEDITPlatformforCybertaxonomyhasbeendevelopedoverthepastyearstosupportthefulltaxonomicworkflowandtoserveasaninformationbrokerforalltypesofbiodiversitydata.ThoughafocushasbeensetontaxonleveldataitcoversallrelevantdatatypesfromliteraturetoDNAalignment.Intheearlyphasefocusingoncorefunctionalityitnowaimsforadeeperintegrationintoexistingbiodiversityinfrastructurelandscapebymakinguseofitsserviceorientedarchitecture.

TheworkshopwillpresentthecurrentstateofthePlatformandintendstodiscussnewfeaturestofurtherintegratethePlatform.

W19:Constructionofbiodiversityknowledgegraphsdrivenbyfederatedtextminingtools

Organizers:RizaBatista-Navarro,SophiaAnaniadou,TeodorGeorgiev,EvangelosPafilis,LyubomirPenev,ViktorSenderov,AxelJ.Soto,WilliamUlate

Knowledgegraphs-knowledgebaseswhichencodeinformationusinggraphstructures-haverecentlydemonstratedtheirpowerinsupportingknowledgediscoverytaskssuchasdataaggregationandsemanticsearch.Well-knownknowledgegraphssuchasDBpediaandGoogle'sKnowledgeGraphhavebeenbuilttostoregeneral-domainfacts,andarenowwidelyusedinmanyknowledgediscoveryapplications.Weshouldalsobeabletoconstructlarge-scalegraphscapturingbiodiversityknowledge,whichwillenablelinkingandconsolidationofinformationfrommultiplecomplementarysources-databasessuchastheEncyclopediaofLife(EoL),GlobalBiodiversityInformationFacility(GBIF),BiodiversityHeritageLibrary(BHL)andPensoft.

Thisworkshopisfocussedonthedemonstrationanduseoftechnologiesthatfacilitatetheconstructionofbiodiversityknowledgegraphsbasedonvariousdatasources.Firstly,weshallshowcasetoolsforautomaticallyanalysingsecondarydata,i.e.,biodiversityliterature.Theserangefromtoolsorservicesthatcanautomaticallyrecognisementionsofpertinentconcepts(e.g.,taxa,environments)suchasEXTRACT,tothosethatdisambiguateandlinksuchmentionswithcontrolledvocabulariesandprimary(occurrence)data,throughtooneswhichidentifysemanticallyrelatednames(e.g.,usingdistributionalsemantics).Importantly,wewilldemonstratehowagraphdatabase-aNeo4jinstance-canbepopulatedwiththeautomaticallyextractedinformation.Emphasiswillalsobegiventothebenefitsofrepresentinginformationusingagraphdatabase.Furthermore,weshalldemonstratehowthesediversetools-aswellasthosecontributedbyothermembersofthecommunity-canbefederated,i.e.,integratedintounifiedpipelines,usingArgo:agraphicalWeb-basedworkbenchforuser-interactiveconstructionofprocessingworkflows.Inthisway,theworkshopwillprovidetheknow-howforbuildingknowledgegraphsthroughbespokeprocessingworkflowsthatdonotrequireanyprogrammingeffort.

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Applicationsoftheabovetechnologiesinthecontextofusecaseswillthenbepresented.AspecificexampleisthegraphrepresentationofknowledgestoredinWorldFloraOnline(WFO)whichwould:(1)integrateWFOcontentwithdatafromotherplatforms,e.g.,GBIF,EoL,and(2)enablesearchingformoredescriptiveplantspeciesinformation,e.g.,relatedcommonorvernacularnames,location,habitat,reproductivestate.Anopendiscussionoffurtherusecasesthatareofinteresttothecommunitywillbeheld.

W21:BiologicalInteractionDataWorkgroup

Organizers:AntonioM.Saraiva,JenniferHammock,QuentinGroom

Theobjectiveofthisworkshopistopresenttheadvancesoftheworkgroup,sinceitscreationatthe2016TDWGConference,workonspecificissuesraisedduringtheyear,andplannextsteps,whichmayincludethecreationofanInterestGrouponBiologicalInteractionsDatawithinTDWG.Scientistsuseavarietyofmethodstocollect,record,andstorebiologicalinteractiondata(predator-prey,parasite-host,pollinator-plant,etc.).Usesforthesedataareequallydiverse.Forexample,theycouldplayanimportantroleinbuildingdecisionsupportsystemsforconservationandsustainableuseinagriculture.Numerouseffortsareunderwaytoaggregate,organize,andefficientlydisseminatethesedata.However,welackaformaldatastandardtosupportthiswork.Thegoalofthisworkshopistoprovideanopportunity,forthoseinvolvedorinterestedinthedigitizationofbiologicalinteractiondata,tosharetheirexperiencesandideassothatwecanmoveforwardandproposeabiologicalinteractiondatastandard.

W23:TowardsanOnlineAtlasofPhenology

Organizers:ZoePanchen,JoelSachs,MélanieBélisle-Leclerc,ScottChamberlain,JonathanDavies,PamelaSoltis,RobGuralnick

Anon-linephenologyatlaswouldbeaplatformforintegratingphenologydatafromthemanyindividualresearchers,institutions,andcitizenscienceprogramsthatarewillingtomaketheirphenologyrecordsavailable.Itwouldprovidecapabilitiesforanalyzingandvisualizingthedatawithaspecies-based,location-based,orphenophase-basedfocus.Thisworkshopwillexplorepossiblevisionsforsuchanatlas,andpossiblestepsformakingitareality.Goalsoftheworkshopinclude:

• Asurveyofexistinginitiativesaimedatstandardizingandintegratingphenologydata.• Identifyingbarrierstostandardizationandintegration.• Generatingusecases.• Generatingcompetencyquestions-i.e.Whatquerieswouldwewantanon-lineatlasofphenologyto

support?• Identifyingpossibilitiesforfuturedevelopment.

Submissionsareinvitedrelatingtoanyoftheabove.Aswell,theorganizersplananumberofsmallexperimentsinphenologicaldataintegrationpriortotheworkshop,sothatdiscussionisinformedbywhat’scurrentlyeasy,andwhat’scurrentlyhard.Ifyouwouldliketoparticipateintheseexperiments(bycontributingdata,usecases,ortechnicalcapacity),pleasecontacttheorganizers.

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InstructionsforSpeakers• Forbestresults,prepareyourslidesusingMicrosoftPowerPoint,usingwidelyavailableWindows-

compatiblefontsandminimizingfancytransitions.• Pleaseformatallslidesfor16:9inMicrosoftPowerPoint.Thisistheindustrystandardandis(usually)

thedefaultforPowerPoint2010+• Pleasetitlethefiletoyourtalkusingthefollowingfilename

convention:Room_Day_Time_Surname.pptx(e.g.Chaudiere_Monday_1415_Smith.pptx)• Visityourpresentationroomthemorningofyourtalkbetween8:30AMand9:00AMwithyourtalk

onaUSBkeyandloaditontothelaptop• Ifyouaredoingacomputerdemothatrequirestheinternet,pleasehaveabackupplanincaseof

networkissues.• Thisyearnearlyalltalksare15minutesinlength(includingquestionsandspeakerchanges),tomakeit

easierforattendeestomovefromonesessiontoanotheriftheywish.Pleaseberespectfulofotherspeakersandhelpmoderatorskeepyoursessionontime.

• TherewillbeaWindowsPC(notMac)presentingyourslides.ThehotelissupplyingsomeonetohelpwithA/Vtechnologiesduringsessionsandbreaks.

• BecausewearepartneringwithiDigBiotorecordsessions,youmaybeaskedtowearaclip-onmicrophone,andyouwillneedtousethetrackpadonthecomputerasyourpointer.Amobilemicrophoneshouldbeavailableforaudiencememberstoaskquestions.

• Rememberthisisadiverseinternationalaudiencewhomaynotbefamiliarwithcustoms,acronyms,andjargonusedinyourspecialty.Helpeveryoneappreciateyourworkbyspeakingclearlyandexplainingpotentiallyunfamiliarterms.

InstructionsforPosterPresentersYourpostershouldbeapproximatelyA0-sized(33"x47"or84cmx119cm)ornomorethan48"onthewidestside.TheboardsareVelcroandVelcrostickydotsandnumberswillbeprovided.Seetheprogramscheduletolearnwhentohangyourposterandwhentostandnearyourposter.

InstructionsforModerators• Moderatorresponsibilities(non-workshop)

o Bringaworkingstopwatchtotimepresentationso Makesureyouknowhowtoswitchbetweentalksonthepresentationcomputero Arriveatsessionatleast10minutesbeforethestartofthesessiono Confirmthatallpresentationsareloadedonthecomputero Startthesessionontimeandremindspeakersoftheirtimelimitsandthattheybecourteousto

speakerswhomustfollowthembynotexceedingtheirtimelimit.o Keepsessionontime.Announcehowyouwillletauthorsknowwhentheirtimeisrunningout

(e.g.,raisethreefingerswithinsightofthespeakertoindicate3minutesremaining;standatoneminute;dowhatyoucantokeepspeakerswithintheirtimelimit)

o Questionsmaybeaskedwithintheallottedtime,butiftimedoesnotallow,askquestionerstoseekoutspeakersafterthesession

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BreakfastandLunchRecommendationsNeartheDelta

BREAKFAST LUNCHBridgehead-Localcoffeeroasteryservinglightbreakfastfare,includingcroissants,granolaparfaits,oatmeal,andmuffins.Breakfastservicebeginsat6:30a.m.344SlaterStreet.250mfromtheDeltaHotel.https://www.bridgehead.ca/

Aroma-Greekmeze(smallplates)restaurantofferingavarietyofoptions,includingmanyvegetariandishes.Onlinereservationsavailable.239NepeanStreet.650mfromtheDeltaHotel.http://www.aromameze.com/

GoodEats-Ever-changingbreakfastmenuwithampleveganandgluten-freeoptions,andcoffeefromlocalroasteryEquator.Breakfastservicebeginsat7:30a.m.388AlbertStreet.350mfromtheDeltaHotel.http://good-eats.ca/,https://www.equator.ca/

Burgers‘n’FriesForever-Certifiedhalalburgerjointofferinganinventivemenufeaturinggourmetfries.Veganandvegetarianoptionsavailable.329BankStreet.1.2kmfromtheDeltaHotel.https://burgersnfriesforever.com/

LIFTRestoLounge-Hotelrestaurantofferingbuffet,continental,andfullAmericanbreakfasts.Breakfastservicebeginsat6:30a.m.LocatedinsidetheDeltaHotelonthemezzaninelevel.http://liftrestolounge.ca/

C’estJaponàSuisha-Sushirestaurantrenownedforfreshnessandexpertpreparation.ClosedMondays.208SlaterStreet.550mfromtheDeltaHotel.http://www.japaninottawa.com/

TimHorton’s-Canadiancoffeechainservingbreakfastsandwiches,muffins,andbagels.Open24hours.LocatedinsidetheDeltaHotelbehindhotelreception.http://www.timhortons.com/

Clover-Populardowntownlunchspotfeaturinglocally-sourcedingredients.Onlinereservationsavailable.155BankStreet.600mfromtheDeltaHotel.http://www.cloverottawa.ca/GreenRebel-Casuallunchspotwithafocusonenvironmentalsustainabilityfeaturingsalads,sandwiches,wraps,andsmoothies.340AlbertStreet,Suite140.220mfromtheDeltaHotel.http://www.greenrebel.ca/JasmineGarden-Mediterraneanrestaurantfeaturingseveralaffordablelunchspecials.340LaurierAvenueWest,Suite102.550mfromtheDeltaHotel.http://www.jasminegarden.ca/Rawlicious-Veganrestaurantservingglobally-inspiredsalads,mains,smoothies,anddesserts.381CooperStreet.1.0kmfromtheDeltaHotelhttp://www.rawliciousottawa.ca/Sansotei-Popularramenspotfeaturinghandmadenoodles.Linescanformatlunch,butserviceisquickonceseated.153BankStreet,600mfromtheDeltaHotel.http://www.sansotei.com/

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NightattheMuseumSocialMonday,2October7:00PM–10:00PMCanadianMuseumofNature,240McLeodStreetDirections:http://bit.ly/walk2museum

AbeertalkbyaCanadianMuseumofNaturebotanistwillbegivenat8:00PM

Intheeventofinclementweather,werecommendusingOttawa’spublictransportationsystem,OCTranspo,http://www.octranspo.com/.Adultfaresare$3.40CAone-way(cashcoinsor2tickets$1.70each).TicketsmaybepurchasedatTheCoveTuckShop,350AlbertStreet(SEcorner,backofhotel)orRexallPharmaPlus,240SparksStreet(cornerorSparksStreetandKentStreet).

BustotheMuseumfromtheHotelWalk5minutesEastfromtheHoteltoBankStreet.The#6bus(directionGreenboro)orthe#7bus(directionCarlton)canbecaughtevery10minutesonBankStreetSouth.DisembarkatGladstoneAvenueandwalk8minutesEasttotheMuseum.Proofofpayment/transferslipremainsvalidfor90minutesafterinitialboarding.

BustotheHotelfromtheMuseumReverseinstructionsfromabove.Walk8minutesWesttoBankStreet.Catchthe#6bus(directionRockcliffe)or#7bus(directionSt-Laurent)anddisembarkatSparksStreet.CrossBankStreetandwalk5minutesWesttotheHotel.

LocalAttractionsYourTDWGregistrationbadgemakesyoueligibleforOttawaTourism’s“FlashYourBadge”Program.Thisentitlesyouandaguesttoadiscountedvisittotheattractions,tours,restaurantsandhospitalitylistedathttp://ottawatourism2.ca/fyb/.Thereisnoneedtoprintthispassport,allyouhavetodoispresentyourdelegatebadge.

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RecommendedRestaurantsenroutetotheNightattheMuseumSocialDatsunAsian-inspiredsmallplatesfeaturinglocalingredientsandanimpressivecocktailmenu.Thetake-outwindowoffersaquickwaytograbadeliciousbite.Kitchenopenuntilmidnight.380ElginStreet(300mfromtheCanadianMuseumofNature)http://eatdatsun.com

ElginStreetDinerAnOttawainstitution.TheElginStreetDinerservesclassicdinerfare,includingall-daybreakfastandpoutine.Open24hours.374ElginStreet(350mfromtheCanadianMuseumofNature)http://www.elginstreetdiner.com/

Lieutenant’sPumpExpansiveBritish-stylebarfeaturingarotatingselectionofbeersontapandstandardpubfavourites.Kitchenopenuntilmidnight.361ElginStreet(400mfromtheCanadianMuseumofNature)http://www.lieutenantspump.ca/

TheManxCozysubterraneanwateringholefeaturingadiverseselectionofbeersontap,globally-inspiredpubfare,andtheworksoflocalartists.Kitchenopenuntil10:30PM.370ElginStreet(350mfromtheCanadianMuseumofNature)http://manxpub.com/

PureKitchenScratchvegetarian/vegankitchenandjuicebar,withafocusonlocalproduce.Kitchenopenuntil10:00PM.340ElginStreet(450mfromtheCanadianMuseumofNature)http://www.purekitchenottawa.com/

TheStandard Apopularlate-nighthangoutofferingadiversemenuofappetizers,salads,burgers,andpizzas.Mondaynightfeatures$6mojitos,housewine,andappetizers.Kitchenopenuntilmidnight.360ElginStreet(400mfromtheCanadianMuseumofNature)http://www.thestandardtavern.com/

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Committees

Program Committee

MEMBER ORGANIZATION CONTACT

Joel Sachs, chair Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada [email protected], @xjsachs

Gail Kampmeier, co-chair Illinois Natural History Survey, USA [email protected], @gkampmeier

Stan Blum (ex-officio) TDWG Coordinator [email protected], @StanBlum

James Macklin (ex-officio) Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada [email protected]

David Shorthouse Canadian Museum of Nature [email protected], @dpsSpiders

Local Organizing Committee

MEMBER ORGANIZATION CONTACT

James Macklin, chair Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada [email protected]

Shannon Asencio Canadian Museum of Nature [email protected]

Heather Cole Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada [email protected]

Mark Graham Canadian Museum of Nature [email protected]

Joel Sachs Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada [email protected], @xjsachs

David Shorthouse Canadian Museum of Nature [email protected], @dpsSpiders

TDWG Executive Committee

MEMBER POSITION CONTACT

Dimitris Koureas Chair [email protected]

James Macklin Deputy Chair [email protected]

Quentin Groom Secretary [email protected]

William Ulate Treasurer [email protected]

Greg Whitbread Technical Architecture Group, chair [email protected]

Martin Kalfatovic Fundraising & Partnerships, chair [email protected]

Tim Robertson Infrastructure, chair [email protected]

Prabhakar Rajagopal Outreach & Communications, chair [email protected]

Patricia Mergen Time & Place, chair [email protected]

Lucy Waruingi Africa Regional Rep [email protected]

Ji Liqiang Asia Regional Rep [email protected]

Wouter Addink Europe Regional Rep [email protected]

Bruno de Carvalho Albertini Latin America Regional Rep [email protected]

Cynthia Parr North America Regional Rep [email protected]

Aaron Wilton Oceania Regional Rep [email protected]

Gail Kampmeier Conference Program Co-chair [email protected]

Stan Blum TDWG Coordinator [email protected]

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AcknowledgmentsLogoArtwork:DanAsencio

ThankstotheProgramCommitteeandLocalOrganizingCommitteefortheendlesshourstheyputintomakingsureourmeetingisasuccess.ThanksalsototheInstitutionstheyrepresent.

Toalloftheorganizersofsymposia,workshops,andinterestgroupmeetings,thismeetingwouldnotexistwithoutyoureffortsandenthusiasm.

AspecialthankstoHeatherColeofAgricultureandAgri-FoodCanadawhokeptitalltogetherandledthelion’sshareofalllocallogistics.

ThankstoPaulSokoloff,CanadianMuseumofNaturebotanistwhogaveanengagingtalkaboutbeerduringtheNightattheMuseumsocial.

Thankstoallourvolunteers:DanAsencio,JodieFrancis,ChristinaJenness,KelseyJoustra,MaryKennedy,AlanMcDonald,JocelynPender,JudithPrice,andLauraSmyk

ThankstoKevinJ.LoveofiDigBioforrecordingourmeeting’ssessions.

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