TDWG 2009 - Montpellier France 09-13th November Using the CDM to build Europe’s largest species...

TDWG 2009 - Montpellier France09-13th November

Using the CDM to build Europe’s largest species database

Marc Geoffroy, Anton Güntsch, Andreas Kohlbecker

Freie Universität Berlin Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem

http://www.bgbm.org/


What is PESI?

• Joint initiative of two Networks of Excellence: EDIT and MarBEF

• Funded by the European Commission (May 2008 – April 2011)

• Led by the University of Amsterdam • Partnership of 40 institutions in 26

countries with the aim to define and coordinate strategies to enhance the quality and reliability of European biodiversity information



Integrating taxonomice-infrastructures in Europe

Infrastructural Networks

Com

mun

ity N

etw

orks

Zoological Community

Botanical Community

Marine Community

Mycological Community

Expert-networks

Focalpoint

networks

Authorityfiles &

Standards

Datae-Infra-

structure

e-Services



Three pan-European species checklists to begin with:

• European Register of Marine Species

(ERMS)- More than 30.000 valid (accepted) names

• Euro+Med plantbase (E+M) - More than 50.000 accepted (valid) names

• Fauna Europaea (FaEu)- More than 175.000 valid (accepted) names



The EDIT Common Data Model

• follows the TDWG Ontology • supports all nomenclature codes• fulfills the data domains’ requirements



• provides a large library for tools ande-services:

- Import and export routines

- Data integrity checker

- Taxonomic Editor

and



The technological platform



Quality control mechanisms



Integrity Checker

• Level 1 - Syntax of terms (e.g. syntax of scientific names and URLs)

• Level 2 - Structural integrity (e.g. completeness of name or reference objects)

• Level 3 - Relational integrity (e.g. taxon relations)

• Level 4 - Dataset integrity (e.g. classifications in checklists)



Checklist overlap and integrity

• Identify overlap between taxonomic groups in ERMS and Fauna Europaea

• Identify nomenclatural deviations

• Identify status conflicts

• Identify classification conflicts



Taxonomic Editor



Export to the PESI data warehouse



PESI portal (1)



PESI portal (2)



Thank you for your attention!

http://www.eu-nomen.eu/pesi


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