Distributed Biodiversity Information Databases
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Distributed Biodiversity Distributed Biodiversity Information DatabasesInformation Databases
A. Townsend PetersonA. Townsend Peterson
Paris MuseumParis Museum
British MuseumBritish Museum
Field MuseumField Museum
KU MuseumKU Museum
““World Museum”World Museum”
FishUniversity of Florida
FishTulane University
FishUniversity of Michigan
Fish“World Museum”
Making Simple Databases BETTERMaking Simple Databases BETTER
GeoreferencingGeoreferencing
Standardization of taxonomyStandardization of taxonomy
Error-detection and cleaningError-detection and cleaning
Integration with the ‘World Museum’Integration with the ‘World Museum’
Data Sharing - Issues of Data Sharing - Issues of ImportanceImportance
SecuritySecurity
OwnershipOwnership
ControlControl
Updates of informationUpdates of information
Funding and chargingFunding and charging
Safeguards ISafeguards I
Legal disclaimer:Legal disclaimer:– No for-profit uses without permission of data No for-profit uses without permission of data
owners (curators)owners (curators)– No repackaging and redistribution without No repackaging and redistribution without
permission of data owners (curators)permission of data owners (curators)– Data owners not responsible for data quality Data owners not responsible for data quality
or accuracyor accuracy– Negative data do not apply – absence of Negative data do not apply – absence of
records is not indicative of absence of records is not indicative of absence of species, etc.species, etc.
Safeguards IISafeguards IIData remain at the owner institution – no Data remain at the owner institution – no centralization involvedcentralization involvedNo hacking – data are isolated from the No hacking – data are isolated from the original/master datasetoriginal/master datasetInstitutions may restrict access to classes of data, Institutions may restrict access to classes of data, e.g.,e.g.,– Data from particular regions or taxa not servedData from particular regions or taxa not served– Particular fields for sensitive species not servedParticular fields for sensitive species not served– Data for particular collectors or time periods not Data for particular collectors or time periods not
servedserved– Etc.Etc.
AdvantagesAdvantages
Data ownership retained by institution that holds Data ownership retained by institution that holds primary voucher specimenprimary voucher specimenData are updated as often as wished … daily, if Data are updated as often as wished … daily, if preferred by owner institutionpreferred by owner institutionData quality improves over timeData quality improves over timeDetailed reporting of use of collections data to Detailed reporting of use of collections data to data owners (soon!)data owners (soon!)Free and open access to users worldwideFree and open access to users worldwideCommunity cooperation opens many doorsCommunity cooperation opens many doors
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Dublin Core/Darwin CoreDublin Core/Darwin Core
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DiGIRDiGIR
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Distributed Generic Distributed Generic Information Information Retrieval Retrieval
http://http://digir.sourceforge.netdigir.sourceforge.net//
Distributed Biodiversity Information NetworksDistributed Biodiversity Information Networks
REMIB http://www.conabio.gob.mx/REMIB http://www.conabio.gob.mx/SpeciesLink http://splink.cria.org.br/SpeciesLink http://splink.cria.org.br/MaNIS http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/manis/ MaNIS http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/manis/ HerpNET http://www.herpnet.org/ HerpNET http://www.herpnet.org/ ORNIS http://ornisnet.org/ ORNIS http://ornisnet.org/ AVH http://www.chah.gov.au/avh/ AVH http://www.chah.gov.au/avh/ GBIF http://www.gbif.net/ GBIF http://www.gbif.net/ ATREE http://www.ecoinfoindia.org ATREE http://www.ecoinfoindia.org
Primary Species’ Occurrence Data
Recordings, images, videos
Field notes, otherancillary information
Stomach contents, etc.
Scientific literature
Geospatial datadescribing locality
Parasites etc.
Stable isotope data
Gene sequence data
Remote-sensingdata showing
locality in space and time
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Taxonomic data