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Breakout 1 – Group 2

Breakout 1 – Group 2. Charlotte Germain Aubrey, Shari Ellis, Cheryl McLaughlin, Andrea Matsunaga , David Jennings, Sarfaraz Soomro , Gil Nelson, Cathy Bester, Suzette King, Matt Collins. iDigBio Retreat June 30, 2014. Topic. Need to demonstrate why people would use our portal

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Breakout 1 – Group 2

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  1. Breakout 1 – Group 2 Charlotte Germain Aubrey, Shari Ellis, Cheryl McLaughlin, Andrea Matsunaga, David Jennings, SarfarazSoomro, Gil Nelson, Cathy Bester, Suzette King, Matt Collins iDigBio Retreat June 30, 2014

  2. Topic • Need to demonstrate why people would use our portal • Concern: we do not have many users using the portal, and researchers state they have no interest (general feedback during the last IAC meeting) • Can we identify who we are targeting with the portal?

  3. What we can do • Marketing: to relevant societies that are not aware of iDigBio; create a carrousel story walking through a research and how it made use of portal data. • Get critical mass of data (to avoid alienating those that cannot find data that interests them) • Get relevant data into iDigBio: need to get data with relationships (currently, even the insect-plant relationship is one-sided) • Engage others to use our data: • Handhold other portal developers to make use of our APIs and data • Target a Herbaria portal (due to our current state of data) • BISON has tools that could make use of our APIs/data

  4. Discussion/What is important • The data store is one of the values that will be left once the 10-year NSF funds terminate • There is a limited number of groups that will be able to maintain a data store effectively; iDigBio should be one of them • Value in being a data store and a portal • Is a portal necessary in the long run? • The portal is the best way for us to continue branding iDigBio and making the community aware that the data is being served by iDigBio

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