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iDigBio is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation’s Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections Program (Cooperative Agreement EF-1115210). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Images used are copyright free or used with permission.
From Standards to Practice and Back Again. News from TDWG*:
The Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) Conference 2013
Deborah L. PaulInstitute for Digital Information (iDigInfo)Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio) atEntomological Collections Network (ECN) Meeting Austin, Texas 9 – 10 November 2013
goalsbuild an accessible aggregated, integrated, scalable, vouchered-specimen database (USA collections)
facilitate and increase participation in digitizationenable researchers’ access to and use of the databuild partnerships to expand and enhance
Up for discussion – TDWG 2013 TopicsVirtual Communities for Biodiversity
eCollaboration for SustainabilityData Quality (whose job is this anyway)?Semantics (who needs these)?Big DataNames-Based Architecture for Linking DataGlobal Observation NetworksData and Metadata Standards: Beyond Darwin CoreScholarly PublishingSharing and Re-using Phylogenetic Knowledge Interest Groups / Working Groups / TAGWhat does the work of TDWG offer to the collections community? How
is it relevant to ECN?http://www.tdwg.org https://mbgserv18.mobot.org/ocs/index.php/tdwg/2013/schedConf/presentations
Why standards?
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My field notes?
Your field notes?
map to a
standard?
Biodiversity Information Standardsformerly known as
Taxonomic Databases Working Group (TDWG)began 1985
Our MissionDevelop, adopt and promote standards and guidelines
for the recording and exchange of data about organismsPromote the use of standards through the most
appropriate and effective means andAct as a forum for discussion through holding meetings
and through publications
Overlap
Biodiversity Information Standards
Collections• Physical• Digital
GBIFVertNetiDigBioTCNs…
Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG)TDWG warmly welcomes all newcomers, regardless of
background. We are always seeking input from…
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The data is born (digital)?researcher collects dataorganizes it for their purpose
or notnon-standard metadatanon-standard file formats, file-naming, packaginguser file system
uniquesometimes enigmatic?
Data use, data re-useneed rich/er metadata“good” (standard?) field notes
will be increasingly shared / distributed / linked with specimen data and flora / fauna data
using standard terminologydwc, other standards, and ontologies
data management skillsdata / dataset reuse, data citation – data discovery,
reproducibility
From the researcher into a database (eventually)has standard metadatain standard formatsstandard packagingstorage
Who bridges the transition from data collected in the field to transform it, standardize it for sharing, publication, storage?
Coming to a database near you?What’s your title?
Research Information Manager Technology Liaison to Science
Biodiversity Informatics Manager Biodiversity Informatics & GIS Lab Manager
Collections Database Architect Information Manager
Data Curator Bioinformatics manager
Manager of Biodiversity Informatics Research Specialist
Research Project Manager Biodiversity Informatics Manager
Biodiversity Informatics Manager Data Manager
Information Manager Biodiversity Information
Assistant Botanist / Assistant CuratorHead of Nomenclature and Taxonomy (Biodiversity Informatics)
Head, Computer Systems Office Sr. Database Manager
Collection Manager Database Admin/Programmer
Assistant Curator and Virtual Herbarium Coordinator
Biological Informatician
For the (digital) collection managertools for cleaning data
open refineSpecify WorkbenchDarwin Core Test validation tools
data feedback from tools like Filtered PUSH, …TDWG offers tools, standards and methodologies
enables GBIF (and others) to effectively share dataand makes possible data discovery from other
collectionswhat Texas knows…
the Digital Collection is a tool for everyone
Data Quality – GBIF prioritiesmetadata completeness
aids discovery and citationdata quality and fitness-for-use reports
dataset and by speciespossible approaches to endorsement of datasetsfitness-for-use working groupsall datasets and records have stable identifiers,
allows annotation, correction, curation and citation collaborate with other major players
e.g., in developing a common global taxonomic framework to underpin taxonomic quality
Data Quality - Southwest Collection of Arthropods (SCAN) Thematic Collection NetworkFiltered Push (FP) based servicehttp://wiki.filteredpush.org/wiki/ primary purpose is to connect high-quality imaged of
yet insufficiently identified specimens with suitable experts who can provide identifications remotely
“IDs Needed” System
Data quality Beyond Barriers: Exporting data quality assessments from
Spain Arturo H. Ariño, Francisco Pando, Javier Otegui
Data Quality Assessment tool - Darwin Test (DT)validates Darwin Core Archive fileschecks common errors arising from digitization checks for errors from migrationenforces data standards on records,
records not conforming are sent backallows for calculation of the Apparent Quality Index (AQI) of the
dataset.reduces noise in the data published,
allows data to be iteratively corrected before indexing.
Other bits of News from TDWGNew standard ratified: Audubon Core
for sharing media data and metadataiDigBio, Morphbank,
Darwin Core definitions work – ongoingDarwin Core Archive Files +Semantic web
Host relationships, for exampleCrowd-sourcingCollaboration
trend / funding constraint / challenge / helpFacilitating African Biodiversity
next year’s meeting in Nairobi, Kenya
You and Biodiversity Information Standards?Join TDWG (it’s free)!
Data Quality Interest Group?Find out what your peers are up toAvoid wheel re-invention and N-I-H too!Join the tdwg-content listserveNorth American TDWG representatives
Bryan HeidornJames Macklin
Inspiration, New Tools, New Ideas, Potential – all at TDWG
Acknowledgement and Thanks toGail Kampmeier, INHSKatja Seltmann, ECN, AMNHECN 2013 Organizers and AttendeesTDWG 2013 Organizers
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