tdwg 2015-nicolson-kew-mobilisation
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A simple model for large-scale data mobilization across a diverse organisation
Nicky Nicolson, RBG Kew@nickynicolson
Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) annual meetingNairobi, Kenya / 28th September – 1 October 2015
“Biodiversity Knowledge Graph”
Linked Open Data
Principle #4: "Refer to other things using their HTTP URI-based names when publishing data on the Web"
How?
Services philosophy (1)... Put the services and tools in the hands of
researchers
Services philosophy (2)... Use general tools, focus on unique problems
Connecting name data to other resources
Schinus longifolius var. paraguariensis(Hassler) F. Barkley
Taxonomic status of 229196-2?
229196-2
Synonym
IPNI Reconciliation Service
IPNI Reconciliation Service
IPNI Reconciliation Service
We’ve converted a name to an identifier
Schinus longifolius var. paraguariensis(Hassler) F. Barkley
229196-2
Now we can use that identifier to add in more data…
Connecting name data to other resources
Schinus longifolius var. paraguariensis(Hassler) F. Barkley
Taxonomic status of 229196-2?
229196-2
Synonym
Different kinds of research…
http://bit.ly/plant-species-gendergap
Thanks to:• Biodiversity Informatics team (Abigail Barker,
Matt Blissett, James Crowe, John Iacona, Rob Turner, Alecs Gueder)
• Plant & fungal name curation team (Christine Barker / Irina Belyaeva / Katherine Challis / Rafael Govaerts / Paul Kirk / Heather Lindon / Emma Williams)
• Data improvement team (Anna Lynch, Rachel Witherow, Malin Rivers, Esther Wainwright-Deri)
@nickynicolson / [email protected]
http://bit.ly/k-names-service
http://github.com/RBGKew
Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) annual meetingNairobi, Kenya / 28th September – 1 October 2015