semantic data integration of biodiversity data with the seronto ontology

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www.lifewatch.eu | [email protected] Semantic Data Integration of Biodiversity Data with the SERONTO Ontology NICOLAS BERTRAND 1 , Herbert Schentz 2 , Bert Van Der Werf 3 , Barbara Magagna 2 , Johannes Peterseil 2 , Terry Parr 1 , Michael Mirtl 2 | 1 Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, United Kingdom; 2 Umweltbundesamt, Austria; 3 Alterra, Netherlands Introduction Socio-ecological Research & Observation Ontology The SERONTO framework, a product of the Network of Excellence ALTER-Net, was developed to allow seamless access and querying of heterogeneous data resources across multiple institutions and several scientific domains. The establishment of syntactical and semantical interoperability of data resources and services are seen as indispensable requirement for integrating socio- ecological and ecological sciences at a global scale. To achieve the semantic interopability the Socio-Ecological Research and Observation oNTOlogy (SERONTO) has been developed as an extensible semantic framework. This poster presents a project that uses SERONTO to integrate three specific biodiversity datasets. This approach will lead a distributed system that can be readily extended to other datasets effectly becoming a proof of concept for the use of Lifewatch research infrastructure developments for the integration of biodiversity data About LifeWatch An Observations and Measurements Ontology SERONTO with Domain Ontologies Support for Reference Lists SERONTO Design Principles In order to be useful for data integration, query, analysis and synthesis SERONTO aspires to be: logical, transparent and machine readable- easy to use refelects the realities of the domains covered bring together metadata and concrete data as well as semantics efficient for queries minimizing storage scientifically sound standards compliant Source Datasets National Biodiversity Network Gateway Countryside Survey Environmental Change Network Data Integration Integrating biodiversity data at different scales data.nbn.org.uk www.countrysidesurvey.org.uk www.ecn.ac.uk

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ALTER-Net is a network of excellence for Long-Term Biodiversity, Ecosystem and Awareness Research spanning 24 institutions in 7 European countries.The network adresses biodiversity issues at a European scale through the development of an integrative framework for research and monitoring. Part of this framework has been concerned with distributed data and information sharing to allow seamless data access and querying of data resources across multiple institutions and heterogenous data spanning several scientific domains. The establishment of syntactical and semantical interoperability of data resources and services are seen as indispensable requirement for integrating socioe-cological and ecological sciences at a global scale. To achieve the semantic interopability the Socio-Ecological Research and Observation oNTOlogy (SERONTO) has been developed as an extensible semantic framework. This poster highlights a proof of concept study validating the use of SERONTO and discusses its application in the context of the LifeWatch research infrastructure and presents specific data integration use cases for biodiversity.

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www.lifewatch.eu | [email protected]

Semantic Data Integration of Biodiversity Data with the SERONTO OntologyNICOLAS BERTRAND1, Herbert Schentz2, Bert Van Der Werf 3, Barbara Magagna2, Johannes Peterseil2, Terry Parr1, Michael Mirtl2 | 1 Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, United Kingdom; 2 Umweltbundesamt, Austria; 3 Alterra, Netherlands

Introduction Socio-ecological Research & Observation Ontology

The SERONTO framework, a product of the Network of Excellence ALTER-Net, was developed to allow seamless access and querying of heterogeneous data resources across multiple institutions and several scientific domains.The establishment of syntactical and semantical interoperability of data resources and services are seen as indispensable requirement for integrating socio-ecological and ecological sciences at a global scale. To achieve the semantic interopability the Socio-Ecological Research and Observation oNTOlogy (SERONTO) has been developed as an extensible semantic framework. This poster presents a project that uses SERONTO to integrate three specific biodiversity datasets. This approach will lead a distributed system that can be readily extended to other datasets effectly becoming a proof of concept for the use of Lifewatch research infrastructure developments for the integration of biodiversity data

About LifeWatch

An Observations and Measurements Ontology

SERONTO with Domain Ontologies

Support for Reference Lists

SERONTO Design Principles

In order to be useful for data integration, query, analysis and synthesis SERONTO aspires to be:■ logical, transparent and

machine readable- easy to use■ refelects the realities of the

domains covered■ bring together metadata and

concrete data as well as semantics

■ efficient for queries■ minimizing storage ■ scientifically sound■ standards compliant

Source Datasets

National Biodiversity Network Gateway Countryside Survey Environmental Change Network

Data Integration

Integrating biodiversity data at different scales

data.nbn.org.uk www.countrysidesurvey.org.uk www.ecn.ac.uk