Data Graveyard, Data Warehouse or Public Information System

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Data Graveyard, Data Warehouse or Public
Information System

• Rainer Froese
• IFM-GEOMAR, Kiel
• rfroese_at_ifm-geomar.de
• DFG Biodiversity Data WG
• 8-9 June 2009, Berlin

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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

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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 usable

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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

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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

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Google Scholar, April 2006 1610 citations,
including 5 in Nature and 7 in Science
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www.aquamaps.org
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Examples from AquaMapsNo Sharks in Antarctica
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Examples from AquaMapsWhale shark (cosmopolitan)
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Examples from AquaMapsWhale shark (cosmopolitan)
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Examples from AquaMaps Blackfin spiderfish
(continental shelves)
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Examples from AquaMaps Blackfin spiderfish
(preliminary 2050)
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Tools Equatorial Species Richness Transect
across the Indo-Pacific
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Tools Where to Place an MPA
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Tools Mnemiopsis leidyi (invasive Black Sea)
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Tools Mnemiopsis leidyi (invasive Black Sea)
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The FishBase Team
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Public, Students, Researchers, Managers
Specialists
Standardized Content
Authority Files Standards (CoL, ISO, TDWG)
Other Initiatives (GBIF, GenBank, IUCN, EOL)
Specialists
Scientific Literature
Other data sets