aquares data exchange: status and future...
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AquaRES dataexchange:statusandfutureplans
AaikeDeWever&Leen Vandepitte
ExchangebetweenWoRMS,RAMSandFADA:whichchecklists?
• WoRMS – FADAcurrentexchange:– Rotifera
• WoRMS – RAMSexchange:– RAMSispartofWoRMS– Needtoaddnewspecies(checksinprogress)
• WoRMS – FADAenvisagedexchange:– MarineandFWmanagedwithinonesystem:
• ExampleswithinWoRMS:Isopoda,Copepoda,Mollusca– Freshwatergroupswithfewmarinerepresentatives
• E.g.Coleoptera– MarineandFWgroupsindependentlymanaged
• Needtocross-checkpossibleoverlap(likelytobelimited)• Checkforcollaboration,managementinsinglesystem(e.g.Ostracoda)
FADA– WoRMS overlap
Chelicerata - Arachnida-Halacaridae IlseBartschCrustacea-Amphipoda Risto VainolaCrustacea-Copepoda Geoff BoxshallCrustacea-Decapoda-Anomura-Aeglidae KeithCrandallCrustacea-Decapoda-Caridea SammyDegraveCrustacea-Isopoda Georges (Buz) WilsonCrustacea-Mysidacea Keneth MelandCephalorhyncha - Nematomorpha Andreas Schmidt-rhaesaPlatyhelminthes-Turbellaria TomArtoisPlatyhelminthes-Turbellaria SethTylerRotifera HendrikSegers
Overlappingeditors(FADA– WoRMS)
Higher taxon groupsCephalorhynchaChelicerataCnidariaCrustaceaMammaliaPlatyhelminthesAmphibiaAnnelidaAvesBryozoaGastrotrichaHexapodaMolluscaNematodaNemertina/NemerteaPiscesPoriferaReptiliaRotiferaTardigrada
Overlap (=fresh water species inbothsystems)Onlyoverlappingwhentakingintoaccountthe FADApublication
Overlappinggroups (FADA– WoRMS)
Usingwebservicesfordataexchange?
• Filebasedwebservices• DarwinCorefielddefinitions– selectionofessentialfieldsfor
exchange• DarwinCore-Archiveformat
DarwinCorefields
Dataavailabilitythroughwebservices
FADA• IPT,publicavailabilityfollowing
agreementofeditors
WoRMS /RAMS• Webrepository,exclusivelyfor
dataexchange/downloadrequests
Dataimport
FADA• Exceltemplate• Updatesintemplate• DwC-Aimport(specifically
fordataexchangewithWoRMS)
WoRMS /RAMS• Anyformatforinitialimport• Webinterfaceforupdates
Databaseimprovements
FADA• Fieldforfreshwaterhabitat+
marineflag(alreadypresentinExceltemplate,butsofarnotstoredinthedatabase)
• Timestamponindividualrecords• Storinggeographicdatafrom
othersources• Differentiationbetweenbookand
datacontributors
WoRMS /RAMS• Checklistpublicationtool(see
alsonexttopic)• Geographicdataentrytool
DetailsFADAdatabaseimprovements
Dataentry:Exceltemplate
Editingmetadatathroughon-lineinterface
Plansforgrouppageupdate
WoRMS /Aphia dataentry
Dataprocessingfollowingtheeditorworkshop
FADAactivities• Datareceivedinxls formatfor:
– Annelida-Hirudinea– Annelida-Polychaeta– Annelida-Oligochaeta
• DatareceivedinAccessformatfor:– Rotifera
• Editorsproducingdatainxls format(pending):– Nematoda– Tardigrada– Crustacea-Decapoda– Crustacea-Ostracoda
WoRMS activities• DataintegratedinWoRMS:
– Platyhelminthes-Turbellaria• Editorgroupsactiveupdatingdatain
Aphia/WoRMS:– Amphipoda– Polychaeta– Decapoda– Mollusca– Tardigrada– Gastrotricha– Ostracoda
- Annelida-Polychaeta- Crustacea-Amphipoda- Crustacea-Decapoda- Crustacea-Ostracoda- Gastrotricha- Mollusca- Tardigrada
Evolutiontowardsonemasterrepositoryforeachchecklist
Oncethedataexchangeisfullyoperational,theideaisthatitshouldn’tmatterforthetaxonomicexpertwhereher/hischecklistishostedaschangesareautomaticallyincludedinthepartnerdatabase.So,therewouldbenoneedtoupdateinformationinmorethanoneplace,whilethedataisvisiblefromthedifferentwebsites,whichrepresentslightlydifferentusercommunities.
Statusofdataintegration
• WoRMS toFADA– Integrationplannedusingimporttool(seenextdemo)
• FADA,RAMS,WoRMS toAquaCache– Doneusingdataavailablethroughwebservices
• FADAtoWoRMS– Whererelevant,possiblethroughdataavailableonIPT– Selectedgroups(e.g.Platyhelminthes-Turbellaria)transferredto
WoRMS/Aphia – futureexchangeWoRMS >FADA– Rotifera:pendingprocessing– Insecta:pendingavailabilityenvironmentalflagsinFADA– Ostracoda:pendingresultscross-mappingexercise
DataexchangeagreementbetweenODNatureandVLIZ
Somekeypoints:• Establishandfutureprooftheexchangeofchecklistdata• Encourageeditorstoincludeenvironmentalinformationand
the(few)freshwater/marinerepresentativesintheirgroupasapplicable
• Ensureastandardcitation• Ensurestandardised andeffectiveexchange• Acknowledgeorganismgroupswhichareconsideredaspart
oftheagreement• Establishagreementonlicensinganddownloadability ofdata
Questions&Discussion
Dataexchangewithinternationalinitiatives
• Establishingandimprovingdataexchangewithinternationalinitiatives
Dataexchangetowardsinternationalinitiatives
• Currentandplannedexchanges
• Aim:one(DwC)exportfitsall,regularlyandautomaticallygenerated
Initiative WoRMS RAMS FADA
CatalogueofLife Yes (throughWoRMS) In DwC-format
EncyclopediaofLife Yes “ Tobeestablished
GBIF Yes “ Yes(tobeupdated)
LifeWatch? Yes
BioVel? Yes Recordlevelwebservicesneeded