The Canadensys NetworkPast successes, Present Challenges, and

a Look to the Future

David P. Shorthouse

A Successful Network

30 collectionsPlants, insects and fungi

Open Communications

www.canadensys.net (news & documentation)https://groups.google.com/d/forum/

canadensys (113 members)@canadensys (300 followers)

GoalMobilize 3 million

specimen records (20%)

Vascular Plants of Canada

32+ citations1,500 pageviews / day110 users / dayintegration in rOpenSci

doi:10.3897/phytokeys.25.3100

« Once operational, the networkwill be available to any collection or 

researcher that is not part of the initialapplication. »

Recent Updates

DFO Maritimes Region Cetacean Sightings

Recent Updates

associatedSequencesGenBank:JQ662503 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/…/JQ662503

Contributions Made to GBIF

Darwin Core Archive ValidatorNarwhal ProcessorIPT Customization

Data LicensingDigital Object IdentifiersCountry Pages Requirements

Code DevelopmentConsultations

Data licenseUse without restriction

bit.ly/cc0-for-data

doi: 10.3897/zookeys.283.4674

doi: 10.5886/txsd3at3

doi: 10.3897/zookeys.360.4742

doi: 10.5886/998dbs2a

https://github.com/gbif/dwca-validator

$ java -jar dwca-validator.jar -s http://ipt.iobis.org/obiscanada/archive.do?r=dfo_canadianais

CORE : 1698481->WARNING,RECORD_CONTENT:The value 79:48 [sic] is not a numerical value->WARNING,RECORD_CONTENT:The value 44:29 [sic] is not a numerical valueCORE : 1698482->WARNING,RECORD_CONTENT:The value 79:31 [sic] is not a numerical value->WARNING,RECORD_CONTENT:The value 44:35 [sic] is not a numerical valueCORE : 1002205->WARNING,RECORD_CONTENT:The value -123.333º is not a numerical valueCORE : null->ERROR,FIELD_UNIQUENESS:The value null was already used for term coreIdCORE : null

Darwin Core Archive Validator

IPT Customization

CollaborationsDevelopers & International Projects

17 Canadensys code projects20 « forks »

Working collaborations with GBIF, France, Colombia, Brazil, French Guiana

Present Challenges

Pieris spp.

Pieris japonica

Pieris rapae

Better Fidelity With Taxa

Better Fidelity With Media

Harvesting & CachingProcessing & StoringOCRCrowd-sourcingSharing

DwC-A Simple Media Extension

Better Fidelity With Reporting

Citations of specimens, datasets, checklists

Data quality• Collection dates• Georeferencing• Taxon names & concepts

A Look to the Future

« Developing the next generation of IPM tools – mobile applications for pest identification, monitoring and forecasting for sustainable and profitable crop production »

Dr. Barb Sharanowski

Mobile firstOccurrence observationsReal-time species distribution modellingIdentification keys

CFI Cyberinfrastructure Initiative

January 2015 Notice of intent (NOI). The CFI expects all institutions to identify collaboration with Compute Canada

June 2015 Full proposal due

Canadensys Wish List

1. Formal representation of NA research projects in GBIF Governance Model

2. Recognition of in-kind support

3. Shared development & hackathons• accelerate delivery of generic solutions• minimize duplication