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Results of a Needs Assessment Survey of the Global Invasive Species Information Network

Results of a Needs Assessment Survey of the Global Invasive Species Information Network. Biodiversity Information Standards-Taxonomic Databases Working Group 17 September 2007 Annie Simpson, Jim Graham, Michael Browne, Hannu Saarenmaa, Elizabeth Sellers Contact email: asimpson@usgs.gov.

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Results of a Needs Assessment Survey of the Global Invasive Species Information Network

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  1. Results of a Needs Assessment Survey of the Global Invasive Species Information Network Biodiversity Information Standards-Taxonomic Databases Working Group 17 September 2007 Annie Simpson, Jim Graham, Michael Browne, Hannu Saarenmaa, Elizabeth Sellers Contact email: asimpson@usgs.gov

  2. Successful species info sharing needs DATA STANDARDS • Controlled terminology – thesauri • Standardized database fields • Definition and standardization of the “Invasive Species Profile” • Registries or other service discovery mechanisms

  3. IAS = invasive alien species (IAS) Species Profile Data Standard ISSG = Invasive Species Specialist Group NBII =National Biological Info Infrastructure • NBII/ISSG collaboration for a schema for the Global Invasive Species Database • Funding from CBD secretariat to Michael Browne for further development of the IAS-PS • Powerful yet simple • Useful in diverse realms for diverse taxa • Adaptable to regional or other specific needs CBD = Convention on Biological Diversity IAS-PS = Invasive Alien Species Profile Schema

  4. GISIN Information System End-Users(Public) Users Based on graphic by Jim Graham Portals Modelers Search Engines Consumers (Clients) GISIN Registry GISIN system (Web services) GISIN Portal Providers (of Data) Inspection Databases Invasive Databases Herbariums Museums

  5. User Needs Analyses • Requested Use Case Scenarios (posted here)http://wiki.tdwg.org/twiki/bin/view/InvasiveSpecies/UserScenariosAndUseCases • Ran Needs Assessment Survey, administered Dec ‘06 - Feb ‘07 by the Keystone Center

  6. Needs Assessment Distribution • Aliens-L Listserv • GISIN Listserv • ASEAN invasive species meeting participants • TDWG ISIS members • Friends of all the above

  7. Needs Assessment Respondents • 137 respondents from 41 countries • Vast majority identified themselves as both providers and consumers of IAS data • Information they provide: • Spatial/temporal info (77%) • Profiles/species pages (65%) • Checklist info (59%) IAS = Invasive Alien Species

  8. Spatial/temporal info sought • Date of observation (91%) • Name or type of location (83%) • Spatial coordinates (75%)

  9. Species profile info sought • Life history/ecology • Habitat descriptions • Impacts • Geographic range • Pathway info • images • Management info • Descriptions • References • Requirements/tolerances Info unique to invasive species science

  10. Respondents search by… • To filter or search for spatial/temporal information, species profiles, and checklist information, virtually all respondents (93-96%) use scientific name.

  11. Knowledge gaps • Level of web services their organization provides and/or uses (50% don’t know) • What existing protocols are appropriate for IAS info management (80% don’t know) • What schemas or grammars are acceptable to copy or extend for the proposed system (75% don’t know) IAS = Invasive Alien Species

  12. Preferred Internet framework • Many said ‘none, make it seamless and web-based’ • ASP (57%) • Java (51%) • PHP (39%) ASP = Active Server Pages; proprietary; Microsoft’s server-side script engine for dynamically-generated web pages “Open source” cross-platform language based on C & C++ PHP = PHP Hypertext Preprocessor; open source and designed for producing dynamic Web pages

  13. GEO = Group on Earth Observations NBII =US National Biological Information Infrastructure NASA = US National Aeronautics & Space Administration I3N = Invasives Information Network of the Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network GISIN = Global Invasive Species Information Network Summary • Standards are required for effective invasive species information sharing • In biodiversity science, some standards have been too complex for adoption by many users • GEO, NBII, NASA, I3N, GISIN, and TDWG are working toward capacity building and broad agreement on simpler standards

  14. Reference Documents • Results of Needs Assessment Survey: http://www.gisinetwork.org • Current version of the schema:http://gentoo.cs.umb.edu/svn/GISIN/ • Technical documentation: http://monsoon.nrel.colostate.edu/cwis438/websites/GISINDirectory/ • Wiki to discuss the schema and tech docs:http://wiki.tdwg.org/InvasiveSpecies

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