data graveyard, data warehouse or public information system rainer froese ifm-geomar, kiel dfg...
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Data Graveyard Non-standardized meta data Non-standarized data files Restricted access Members can archive and retrieve data files Pro: easy and cheap archiving of data Con: not directly usableTRANSCRIPT
Data Graveyard, Data Warehouse or
Public Information System
Rainer FroeseIFM-GEOMAR, [email protected]
DFG Biodiversity Data WG8-9 June 2009, Berlin
Background & Content
• Founding member of Species 2000, scientific names for 1.2 million species www.sp2000.org
• Coordinator of FishBase www.fishbase.org• Coordinator of AquaMaps
www.aquamaps.org • Coordinator of SpeciesBase
www.speciesbase.org
Data Graveyard
• Non-standardized meta data• Non-standarized data files• Restricted access• Members can archive and retrieve data
files• Pro: easy and cheap archiving of data• Con: not directly usable
Data Warehouse
• Standardized meta data• Standardized data file formats• Restricted access• Members can archive and access data• Pro: all data directly accessible• Con: useful only for warehouse experts
Public Information System• International standards for meta data• International standards for data files• International standards for key content (Darwin
core, ABCD, …)• Interlinked with global authority files (Catalogue
of Life, GBIF, GenBank, …)• Interface and tools for easy open access• Pro: 1000s of citations in primary literature • Con: Needs continuous dedicated effort by
specialists for maintenance
Google Scholar, April 2006: 1610 citations, including 5 in Nature and 7
in Science
Fisheries
EcologyConservation
Aquaculture
Taxonomy
GeneticsParasitology
ITPalaeontology
Examples from AquaMaps:No Sharks in Antarctica
Examples from AquaMapsWhale shark (cosmopolitan)
Examples from AquaMapsWhale shark (cosmopolitan)
Examples from AquaMaps Blackfin spiderfish (continental shelves)
Examples from AquaMaps Blackfin spiderfish (preliminary 2050)
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Longitude (degrees)
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Maldives
Galapagos
Marshall I. Howland/Baker
Sumatra
Borneo
Celebes/Halmahera
Somalia
EcuadorSeamount
Tools:Equatorial Species Richness Transect across the Indo-Pacific
Tools :Where to Place an MPA
Tools Mnemiopsis leidyi (invasive Black Sea)
Tools Mnemiopsis leidyi (invasive Black Sea)
The FishBase The FishBase TeamTeam
Scientific Literature Other data sets
Specialists
Standardized Content
Specialists
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