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Uses for biodiversity data:
The Atlas of Living Australia user needs analysis
John Tann
Lynda Kelly
Paul Flemons
Donald Hobern
Method
• 242 email survey responses
• Workshops
• 20 in-depth interviews
• Natural Resource Assessment longitudinal study
Email survey responses
Research Policy andManagement
Technical andApplication
Users of biodiversity data
BiologistBotanistCuratorDNA curatorEntomologist Biosecurity officerEthnobotanist Catchment officerIchthyologist Community supportInvasives Researcher Conservation officerMycologist EcologistOrnithologist Environmental consultantPopulation modeller Field naturalistSpatial modeller Fire consultantStatistician HorticulturalistTaxonomic editor Collection manager Information curatorTaxonomist Genetic Resource Manager MediaToxicologist Land use planner MilitaryWeeds researcher Manager Regeneration officerZoologist Reserve manager Restoration ecologist
What biodiversity data do you use?
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0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
maps, distributions
expert or secondary source, journals, gov't agency, museums, community
animal and plant descriptions, keys
species lists
own data
threatened / endangered species
weeds, ferals, pests, diseases, pathogens
gene
images, videos
% of respondents
Data sources
flickr.com/photos/ajhaverkamp
Major tasks
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
Distribution analysisIdentification
Site assessmentHabitat management planning
Managing referenceCommunity engagement
Fact-findingSite / region checklist
Invasive species analysisPopulation monitoring
Site selectionPre-impact checklistTaxonomic revision
Vegetation modellingSynecology / food-web analysis
% of respondents
ALA focus
Workshops
Interviews
Longitudinal study
Workshops
Interviews
Longitudinal study
flickr.com/photos/ultrahi
www.duikteamgejo.nl/nieuws/opgedoken/Irukandji
Irukandji
ID
halfway through the night
www.quicksilvergroup.com.au
Names are very important•What is the current name?•What is the name of this in Western Australia?•I only know the common name...•Is an RSS feed available for name changes?
•picasaweb.google.com/newellsharon/Aussieland
Wollemia nobilis
© Greg Steenbeeke
Aaron Jacobs
Sensitive dataUsually, data exchange is managed by an agreement between two parties.
•How will this arrangement change when the ALA becomes the middle man?•Should the ALA act as a broker, or as a conduit?
Sydney Fungal Studies Group
Aseroe rubra
Sydney Fungal Studies Group
Hygrocybe miniata
Sydney Fungal Studies Group
Boletellus obscurecoccineus
Sydney Fungal Studies Group
Lysurus mokusin
Amateur data•variable quality•amateurs often have good local knowledge•lack professional support
Desirable Characteristics of Biodiversity Data•Current
•Eg current accepted name
•Accurate
•Geographically
•Taxonomically
•From a Reliable/authoritative source
•Comprehensive
•Documented
•Metadata
•Validation
Some Take home messages
•To deliver this we need to have effective means of creating, improving, maintaining, managing and delivering this data to users.•We need stable, authorative and recognisable custodial agencies for the various core datasets, particularly of names•We need standards for ensuring that there is consistency in what users get when they ask for a piece of data or a dataset
Some Take home messages
Users don’t care whether we use LSIDs as our GUIDs, whether we go with RDF or OWL and they sure won’t understand ontologies, so lets give them a REST from all the TAPIR talk so they wont all end up with CRAFT!
Some Take home messages