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Biodiversity Information: Challenge of Discovery
Biodiversity Information: Challenge of Discovery
Building the Biodiversity Informatics CommonsBuilding the Biodiversity Informatics Commons
Copenhagen, Sept. 17-18, 2009
GBIF GBRDS Stakeholders GBIF GBRDS Stakeholders Planning Planning WorkshopWorkshop
Biodiversity InformationBiodiversity Information
Diversity
Heterogeneity
Complexity
•Enormity of •volume
Using Biodiversity Data: ImpedimentsUsing Biodiversity Data: Impediments
DISCOVERY: One of the biggest challenge in effective use of
biodiversity data is pinpointing the location of useful data
ACCESS: Free and Open Access to data at anytime, anyplace, anyhow
to ALL
FITNESS-for-USE: Degree of fitness-for-use of accessible data is often
questionable!
DISCOVERY: A
NEGLECTED C
HALLENGE!
Relevance of Biodiversity Information: without Discovery mechanism
Relevance of Biodiversity Information: without Discovery mechanism
MALARIA 247 million cases in
2006 alone One child dies every
30 seconds 109 countries
affected 1000+ institutions
engaged in research Enormous volume
of data generated over decades
Relevance of Biodiversity Information: without Discovery mechanism
Relevance of Biodiversity Information: without Discovery mechanism
Occurrence data on Anopheles
through http://data.gbif.org 16 resources from 9
countries 11,284 records 10,782 geo-referenced
records
Challenge is to DISCOVER resources
At the core, a Discovery SystemAt the core, a Discovery System
ConsumersDataPublishers
Discovering
SearchingRetrieving
DiscoverySystem
Registering
ServicePublishers Others…
That links to resources…That links to resources…
Who? Institutions, Collections …
What?
Where?
When?
How
Data, Services, GUID/LSID…
Location, Access points…
Temporal Scope…
Formats, protocols, qualities
A distributed service ………….. which resolves to information resources
…./
GBRDS: empowering discovery
GBRDS: empowering discovery
GBRDS: Discovery Mechanism for BiodiversityGBRDS: Discovery Mechanism for Biodiversity
The GBRDS is 1) a Registry of resources and services and 2) a set of discovery services interacting with existing infrastructure such as GBIF to facilitate the discovery of biodiversity information. The most important component, the Registry would facilitate the inventory of information resources by creating a single annotated index of publishers, institutions, networks, collections (datasets), schema repository and services. The envisaged GBRDS is not conceived to be designed as simply a collection of centralized indexes but much more as an integrated ‘Yellow Pages’ reference of all biodiversity information resources, reconciling all distributed resources and providing a meaningful way to discover them in a distributed manner.
Global Biodiversity Resources Discovery Systemempowering discovery of biodiversity data
microhyla ornata western ghats 1980 DiscoverDiscover
About GBRDS Bug Report @ 2009, GBIFGBRDS Home
How it should be!How it should be!
Global Biodiversity Resources Discovery Systemempowering discovery of biodiversity data
microhyla ornata western ghats 1980 Discover
About GBRDS Bug Report @ 2009, GBIF
1-5 of 351, <<Next>>Database of Frogs of Southern India..........(more)
AmphibiaWeb...................................................(more)
Fauna of India Database..................................(more)
Microhyla of the World....................................(more)
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779 resources in six categories discovered, with 428 accessible, 351 resources records
Names (82) Primary Biodiversity Data (200)Resources (351)
Multimedia (12) Maps (28) Literature (106)
How it should be!How it should be!
Database of Frogs of Southern India: South Asian Centre for Biodiversity Monitoring, Kathmandu, NepalCDROM, published November 2006, ISBN-001-898-0788, sacbm@sacbm.org . <<Click here for complete metadata record>>
AmphibiaWeb: http://www.amphibiaweb.org/ Access point live as on 20th June 2009<<Click here for complete metadata record>>
Fauna of India Database: National Centre for Biodiversity Informatics, New Delhi, IndiaIn-house database, accessible through bi-lateral arrangement, fid@ncbi.org.in <<Click here for complete metadata record>>
Microhyla of the World: Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA257 specimen records: 1700 – 2001: http://www.si.edu/amphibia/microhyla/ Access point live as on 12th Jan 2009 <<Click here for complete metadata record>>
Amphibian Collection of Raffles Museum: Raffles Museum, Singapore7004 specimens, non-digital: curator@raffles.sg. <<Click here for complete metadata record>>
Global Biodiversity Resources Discovery Systemempowering discovery of biodiversity data
microhyla ornata western ghats 1980 Discover
About GBRDS Bug Report @ 2009, GBIF
779 resources in six categories discovered, with 428 accessible, 351 resources records
Resources NamesPrimaryBiodiversity
DataMultimedia Maps Literature
Resources (351): 1-5 of 351 : Next : Previous : Last :
How it should be!How it should be!
Digital, Offline
Digital, Free, Online
Digital, Restricted Access
Digital, Free, Online
Non- Digital
Value additionValue addition
Value additionValue addition
GBRDS Planning: Issues to considerGBRDS Planning: Issues to consider
Catalytic agent for facilitating discovery of biodiversity data resources
Capitalise on resources (investments) till date Demand-driven prioritisation of future investment in
biodiversity informatics Applicability to wide spectrum of client/users Evolving system catering specialities of biodiversity
science Scalability and Portalibility to other locations and
communities Boundry between metadata and registery Value addition
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Thank you!
Vishwas Chavan: vchavan@gbif.orgVishwas Chavan: vchavan@gbif.orgSkype: Skype: vishwaschavanvishwaschavan