Hibernation strategy

Hibernation strategy

• What happens to OBIS if no adequate funding would be available to continue activities at the present level?

• Instead of one ‘hibernation strategy’, graduated possibilities, depending on available funds– From 0 to approx. present level of

support– Decide on ‘acceptable’ level of activity– Decide on priorities

Case: no support

• Physical integrity of the data is not a problem– Several copies exist already– Archive copies made available to

international repositories• WDC Oceanography Silver Spring

• Metadata is firmed up– Knowledge of content is no longer

dependent on institutional memory

Support through GBIF

• Data available through GBIF web interface at this moment– Not in oceanographic context

• OBIS looses its public identity and visibility– Results in slower data contributions

• Data acquisition through GBIF

Support in kind

• From present OBIS community– VLIZ– SDSC, Australia Node– OBIS SEAMAP?, IMCS?

• Hosting of iOBIS portal– Including data harvested back

from GBIF– All organisations above have

expertise in data harvesting

One or ½ FTE

• If funding for some staff time available: junior biologist, data management– Speed up data ingestion

• In collaboration with host organisation and GBIF

– Quality control• Absent in GBIF• ‘Essential’

• No technical or ‘political’ developments

Governing Board

• Provide governance– Priorities in data acquisition– Oversee data analysis– Push data to users– Make sure OBIS remains on the

map of international organisations (FAO, IOC, UNEP, IUCN…)

• Needs funds for yearly meeting• Needs funds for secretariat

Executive director

• Follow up and implement decisions of Governing Board

• Actively pursue new organisational links

• Actively seek out data users and providers

• Provide services to end-users– Facilitate data extraction and analysis

• Look for external funding