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Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) http://www.tdwg.org Lee Belbin Member, TDWG Executive Committee Director, Blatant Fabrications Pty Ltd [email protected] October 1, 2008 Meeting? Biodiversity Information Standards Previously: Taxonomic Databases Working Group (TDWG) …is an international not-for-profit group that develops standards and protocols for sharing biological data… Meeting? …and where all outcomes are fully in the public domain… Meeting? TDWG’s first meeting was at the Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques in Geneva in 1985. Meeting? …members and supporters are diverse mix of biologists, computer scientists, bioinformaticists, taxonomists, ecologists, librarians, geoscientists… Meeting? TDWG Standards • Used by organizations or individuals wanting to discover or share biological data (GBIF, EoL, ALA...) • Raise institutional profiles through the discovery and delivery of biological data • Enhance research, conservation and management by access to biological data from diverse sources and systems Meeting? TDWG Groups • • • • • • • • Biological descriptions Geospatial Global identifiers Imaging Invasive species Literature Observations and specimens TDWG access protocol for information retrieval (TAPIR) • Taxon names and concepts • Technical Architecture Meeting? TDWG Products Meeting? LISD Applicability Statement (2008) NCD (2008) ABCD Extension for Geosciences (2007) TDWG Access Protocol for Information Retrieval—TAPIR (2006) Applicability Statement for the Deployment of Life Science Identifiers (LSIDs) in Bioinformatics (2006) Access to Biological Collection Data (ABCD) (2005) Natural Collections Descriptions (2005) Structure of Descriptive Data (2005) Taxonomic Concept Transfer Schema (2005) Delta 3 (2004) Darwin Core (2003) Distributed Generic Information Retrieval DiGIR—2 (2003) International Transfer Format for Botanic Garden Plant Records –2 (2003) HISPID3 - Herbarium Information Standards and Protocols for Interchange of Data (1996) Economic Botany Data Collection (1995) Plant Occurrence and Status Scheme (1995) Plant Names in Botanical Databases (1995) Authors of Plant Names (1992) World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (1992) Botanico-periodicum-huntianum/supplementum (1991) Index Herbariorum. Part I: The Herbaria of the World (1990) Users Guide to the DELTA System (1986) Architecture Model Exchange Protocols TDWG Ontology Globally Unique Identifiers Meeting? Standards Architecture • Principle 1: TDWG standards apply to shared data – – – Meeting? Enables interoperability of providers and consumers with radically different internal implementations Does not dictate internal structures on data providers or consumers ‘Format’ matters when data crosses boundaries Standards Architecture • Principle 2: Biodiversity data will be modelled as graph of identifiable objects – Objects are defined by an ontology: Understandable by humans and computers – Requires globally unique identifiers to link objects across the network – Requires a transport protocol to ‘wrap’ the biodiversity data for transport Meeting? ‘Oobie Doobie’ Model Service 1 Data 1 Service 2 Universal Biodiversity Data Bus Client 1 Meeting? Client 2 Data 2 Technical Model Meeting? Slide by Roger Hyam (TIP & TAG) TDWG Seeks • Individual members to help us to develop more effective standards for sharing biological data – As we embrace new Internet technologies, we are keen to recruit people with computing skills – We always need people with any biological, environmental, geological, conservation background to keep us remain honest to our users. – US$75/year • Institutional members to ensure that as clients, our standards more than meet their needs – Our institutional members are a mix of museums, herbaria, universities and consultants whose business involves biological information – US$500/year • Feedback Meeting? http://www.tdwg.org Meeting?