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IABIN Executive Committee / Coordinating Institution Meeting
GBIF and IABIN: status and opportunities in 2011
Juan Bello, Mélianie Raymond & Alberto González-TalavánProgramme OfficersGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)atalavan@gbif.org
February 2010
Membership in the Americas
• Argentina• Canada• Chile• Colombia• Cuba• Costa Rica• Mexico• Nicaragua• Peru• Uruguay• USA
1/19
GBIF in 2011: Consolidation
• Data Publishing, Discovery & Access
• Data Quality & Data Use
• Platform for engagement
• Building of Biodiversity Information Facilities
2/19
Core publishing targets
Sufficient coverage of fit-for-use data
A comprehensive “catalog of catalogues”
A comprehensive inventory of data collections and species checklists.
occurrences
taxon
metadata
and focus
3/19
Publishing Improvements for who?
Current data publishers primarily institutional, technically capable.
Low-tech/high biodiverse regions and for small/individual data holders
‘Disenfranchised” potential publishers who currently don’t recognise GBIF as a publishing option
4/19
Improve network performance
• Faster
• Evolutionary – not revolutionary
• Consolidated – one format for both core data types
• New exchange unit
• Published as a URL!
Darwin Core Archives
http://data.si.edu/dwc/archive.zip
5/19
A stable publishing solution
• Re-built following community consultation• Provide a supported, evolving publishing tool• Supports all three CORE data types• 2011 - Establish a Steering Committee to guide product direction• A Platform for offering Community Services
* The IPT is not the only component of our advanced and stabilising infrastructure
Integrated Publishing Toolkit 2.0
6/19
Lower the barriers to publishing
• For database managers and biologists• Low tech, no writing XML!• Publishing with spreadsheets!• Publishing via Email!• Data Hosting Centers using the Integrated
Publishing Toolkit
7/19
Engage new communities
• Extensible Biodiversity Data Publishing Infrastructure• Around the Core data types• Simple• Extensible• Internationalised• Standards-based
8/19
Improved discovery and access
• 2011 Portal refinements begin
• 3 core data types• Increased data processing
and integration• Upgraded web services• Annotation services
New GBIF Data Portal
+• Global Biodiversity
Resources Discovery System & Metadata catalogue
+• Persistent Identifiers
+…
9/19
• A community-driven initiative initiated in 2009
• Bruno Danis and Nabil Youdjou (Belgium Biodiversity Platform, Scar-MaBIN, ANTABIF) coordinate the development
• Chinese Taipei, Canada BIF & NLBIF willing to contribute
• NPT beta version expected by Q4-2011
Nodes Portal Toolkit (NPT)
10/19
Enable Data Quality Assessment & Improvement as part of the Network
• Today done in Copenhagen
• Tomorrow – through the network
• Improvements made BEFORE data published
• New and increased roles for participating in GBIF11/19
Leverage investments
Impact based on use of infrastructure not access to GBIF-mobilised data 12/19
Regional engagement process• Five regional meetings held in 2010:
–Africa (Uganda; English/French)–Asia (India; English)–Europe (Spain: English)–Latin America (Peru, Spanish)–North America (Canada, English)
• Improved opportunities for
collaboration and coordination
• Regional recommendations and action plans
• Roadmap for continuation
of the process in 2011
13/19
Regional Training 2010: Asia
• 4 events• 97 people
• 5 GBIF Participants• 11 different countries
14/19
Mentoring in 2010
Three projects received grants:
•TogoBIF with GBIF France
•GBIF India with Atlas of Living Australia
•KenBIF with GBIF Finland
15/19
CEPDEC 2010CEPDEC Tanzania Pilot Project
• Development of a decision-making support tool
• Two regional workshops in October-November
SEP-CEPDEC
• Regional workshop in Vietnam, 9 - 21 May
• Upcoming workshop for 22 countries on Biodiversity Data Use, Paris 22-26 November
16/19
Welcome Box 2010-2011
• A package of keydocumentation and tools
• Designed for new Node Managers, but relevant and useful to all
• Guidelines and first steps in establishing a BIF
• Available through the Online Resource Centre
• Testing in Q1 2011 for release at Oct 2011
17/19
Experts Network and E-Learning
• Consultation with the Nodes finalised. Report in preparation.
• Task group work finalised, report available. GBIF Virtual Classroom under development.
Electronic Learning
• IPT experts network successfully giving support through helpdesk.
• 2 language networks established: Spanish and French.
Language & Experts Network
18/19
The GBIF Community SiteLaunched in August 2010. Stats:
• Task Groups• Regional Nodes groups• Training experts and
language groups• Thematic groups
• 510 Users• 43 thematic groups• 275 files published• +1800 messages exchanged
Currently supporting:
19/19
IABIN Executive Committee / Coordinating Institution Meeting
GBIF and IABIN: status and opportunities in 2011
Juan Bello, Mélianie Raymond & Alberto González-TalavánProgramme OfficersGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)atalavan@gbif.org
February 2010
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