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GBIF and the Biodiversity Informatics Landscape
Donald HobernGBIF DirectorGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
London, 24 July 2013
Vision - a world in which:
Biodiversity information is freely and universally available for science, society and a sustainable future
Origins and principles
Established in 2001Response to OECD recommendation Open to all countries Voluntary memorandum of understanding (MoU)
GBIF Participation
GBIF Participation
Last updated: 2013-01-03
58 countries (38 voting and 20 associate)46 international organisations
12 years – 405 million records
New portal – October 2013
Weaknesses with distributed data
Id: CURC-00015436Species: Acalles dubiusLocation: Berlin, GermanyLatitude: 13.41Longitude: 52.52
Id: CURC-00015436Species: Acalles dubiusSpecies: Acalles camelusLocation: Berlin, GermanyLatitude: 13.41Longitude: 52.52
Curator Taxonomist
ReidentifiesDigitises
Id: CURC-00015436Species: Acalles dubiusLocation: Berlin, GermanyLatitude: 13.41Longitude: 52.52
DistributionModeller
Uses
Id: CURC-00015436Species: Acalles dubiusLocation: Berlin, GermanyLatitude: 13.41Longitude: 52.52
EnvironmentAgency
Rejects
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Id: CURC-00015436Species: Acalles dubiusLocation: Berlin, GermanyLatitude: 13.41 52.52Longitude: 52.52 13.41
Climate Change
Researcher
Corrects
Toward a shared knowledgebase
Curator Taxonomist
Reidentifies
Digitises
DistributionModeller
Uses
EnvironmentAgency
Flags issueClimate Change
Researcher
Corrects
Id: CURC-00015436Version: 1Species: Acalles dubiusLocation: Berlin, GermanyLatitude: 13.41Longitude: 52.52
Global Biodiversity Knowledgebase
Id: CURC-00015436Version: 2Species: Acalles dubiusLocation: Berlin, GermanyLatitude: 13.41Longitude: 52.52Issue detected: Locality
Id: CURC-00015436Version: 3Species: Acalles dubiusLocation: Berlin, GermanyLatitude: 52.52Longitude: 13.41
Id: CURC-00015436Version: 4Species: Acalles camelusLocation: Berlin, GermanyLatitude: 52.52Longitude: 13.41
Technician Photographer
Id: CURC-00015436Version: 6Species: Acalles camelusLocation: Berlin, GermanyLatitude: 52.52Longitude: 13.41Sequence: ATTGCA...Image: 15436.jpg
ImagesSequences Distribution modelAcalles camelus
Id: CURC-00015436Version: 6Species: Acalles camelusLocation: Berlin, GermanyLatitude: 52.52Longitude: 13.41Sequence: ATTGCA...Image: 15436.jpg
Uses
Publishesmodel
So what is needed?
• Data standards• Persistent storage• Culture of open reuse• Collaborative curation• Mobilising all primary data• Interpretation of primary data
Persistent storage
• Long-term data management• Stable data identifiers and citation• Data replication
Culture of open reuse
Collaborative curation
Collaborative curation
Building the knowledgebase
e-Infrastructure(services and culture to support data reuse)
Organised Data(specific views and indexes of data)
Models(best estimates of reality)
Primary Data(all streams of biodiversity data)
Assessments and Indicators
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Thank you
Donald Hobern, [email protected] GBIF DirectorGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
London, 24 July 2013
Parallels with climate data
https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/vast-machine
Knowledge today is easily lost
Hexadactilia trilobata, Sulawesi Image copyright Richard Seaman
Second known individual
Only live photo for genus
Ochyrotica taiwanica, Taipei City, 30 Jan 2011. Image copyright http://www.flickr.com/people/cchsieh/
• How do we connect experts with such observations?