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Using the CDM to build Europe’s largest species database. Marc Geoffroy, Anton Güntsch, Andreas Kohlbecker Freie Universität Berlin Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem. What is PESI?. Joint initiative of two Networks of Excellence: EDIT and MarBEF
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Using the CDM to build Europe’s largest species database Marc Geoffroy, Anton Güntsch, Andreas Kohlbecker Freie Universität Berlin Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem
What is PESI? • Joint initiative of two Networks of Excellence: EDIT and MarBEF • Funded by the European Commission (May 2008 – April 2011) • Led by the University of Amsterdam • Partnership of 40 institutions in 26 countries with the aim to define and coordinate strategies to enhance the quality and reliability of European biodiversity information
Infrastructural Networks Authority files & Standards e-Services Focal point networks Data e-Infra- structure Expert- networks Zoological Community Botanical Community Community Networks Marine Community Mycological Community Integrating taxonomice-infrastructures in Europe
Three pan-European species checklists to begin with: • European Register of Marine Species (ERMS) • More than 30.000 valid (accepted) names • Euro+Med plantbase (E+M) • More than 50.000 accepted (valid) names • Fauna Europaea (FaEu) • More than 175.000 valid (accepted) names
The EDIT Common Data Model • follows the TDWG Ontology • supports all nomenclature codes • fulfills the data domains’ requirements
and • provides a large library for tools ande-services: • Import and export routines • Data integrity checker • Taxonomic Editor
Integrity Checker Level 1 - Syntax of terms (e.g. syntax of scientific names and URLs) Level 2 - Structural integrity (e.g. completeness of name or reference objects) Level 3 - Relational integrity (e.g. taxon relations) Level 4 - Dataset integrity (e.g. classifications in checklists)
Checklist overlap and integrity Identify overlap between taxonomic groups in ERMS and Fauna Europaea Identify nomenclatural deviations Identify status conflicts Identify classification conflicts
Thank you for your attention! http://www.eu-nomen.eu/pesi