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BUILDING HIGHWAYS IN THE INFORMATICS LANDSCAPE Ed Baker

BUILDING HIGHWAYS IN THE INFORMATICS LANDSCAPE Ed Baker. 10.6084/m9.figshare.749699. We need to move from this…. …to this. HOW?. All of these systems: Have different data models Are written in different programming languages Are mutually incompatible. Requirements.

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BUILDING HIGHWAYS IN THE INFORMATICS LANDSCAPE Ed Baker

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  1. BUILDING HIGHWAYS IN THE INFORMATICS LANDSCAPEEd Baker 10.6084/m9.figshare.749699

  2. We need to move from this…

  3. …to this

  4. HOW?

  5. All of these systems: • Have different data models • Are written in different programming languages • Are mutually incompatible

  6. Requirements How do we make these systems talk?

  7. Requirements How do we make these systems talk? Each pair can define a way of communicating with each other

  8. Requirements How do we make these systems talk?

  9. Requirements How do we make these systems talk?

  10. Requirements We need a lingua franca of biodiversity informatics

  11. Requirements We need a lingua franca of biodiversity informatics Any language that is widely used as a means of communication among speakers of other languages.

  12. Requirements Common Intermediary

  13. Requirements Easily understood • People • Machines Easy to share • Using existing technology and infrastructure

  14. Requirements Can read in Excel Easily understood • People • Machines Easy to share • Using existing technology and infrastructure

  15. Requirements Can read in Excel Easily understood • People • Machines Easy to share • Using existing technology and infrastructure Everything precisely defined

  16. Requirements Can read in Excel Easily understood • People • Machines Easy to share • Using existing technology and infrastructure Everything precisely defined Standard formats: csv, zip Standard delivery: via the web

  17. Core File (classification)

  18. Images Specimens Core File (classification) Taxonomic treatments Literature

  19. Images Specimens Core File (classification) Taxonomic treatments Literature

  20. Images Specimens Core File (classification) Taxonomic treatments Literature STAR SCHEMA

  21. Images Specimens Core File (classification) Meta.xml Taxonomic treatments Literature

  22. Images Specimens Core File (classification) Meta.xml What is each file? What does each column in a file contain? Taxonomic treatments Literature

  23. Images Specimens Core File (classification) dwca.zip Taxonomic treatments Literature Meta.xml

  24. dwca.zip

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  27. WHAT’S THE BENEFIT?

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  30. dwca.zip dwca.zip dwca.zip dwca.zip dwca.zip dwca.zip ?

  31. These images came from the Scratchpad

  32. These images came from the Scratchpad So did this description

  33. This map didn’t

  34. Aggregators allow us to… • provide a single user interface to many different systems. • search easily across multiple datasets simultaneously (and combine results).

  35. You can also share data with …

  36. You can also share data with … ANY OF THE INCREASING NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT THE STANDARD

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