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Fauna Europaea Future Perspectives for the faunistic European Taxonomic Database

Fauna Europaea Future Perspectives for the faunistic European Taxonomic Database.

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Fauna Europaea Future Perspectives for the faunistic European Taxonomic Database

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  1. Fauna Europaea Future Perspectives for the faunistic European Taxonomic Database Florian Tobias Wetzel1, Yde de Jong2, Falko Glöckler1, Günther Korb1, Alexander Kroupa1, Anke Hoffmann1, Anton Güntsch3, Andreas Kohlbecker3, Andreas Müller3, Christoph Häuser1, Gregor Hagedorn1 1 Museum fürNaturkunde Berlin - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science 2 University of Eastern Finland Joensuu 3 Berlin-DahlemBotanical Garden andBotanicalMuseum - Freie Universität Berlin

  2. Fauna Europaea: Current Statistics • Main goals: • Taxonomic register/checklist, making scientific names available (all Europe uptothe Ural region, except the Caucasus) • Distributions of all living, currently known, multicellular, European land and freshwater animals • Integrating the scientific taxonomic (zoological) community in Europe Somerecentnumbers on Fauna Europaea (10/2014) International Code of Zoological Nomenclatureapplied numberofspecies:                                      132,077 numberofsubspecies:                                 14,191 numberofsynonyms (species):               41,556 numberofsynonyms (subspecies)          5,630 references                                                 5,997 web usage: 637,535 uniquevisitors (2013) referenced in nearly 5,000 wiki pages

  3. Fauna Europaea – Coverage + Gaps

  4. Fauna Europaea – New Species – Knowledge Gaps • Coverageof Fauna Europaea: • At the end ofthefirstprojectphase: 99,3% • Currentestimatedcoverage: 97,5%

  5. Fauna Europaea – Time Delay + Information Gaps

  6. Fauna Europaea – Current State • First phase 2000-2012 (5th EU FP5, Yde de Jong et. al + Zoological Museum Amsterdam) • New Phase of Fauna Europaea, adjustmentsandrevitalisation: • Hosting ofdatabasebyMfNsinceSeptember 2013 + participation in theadministration • Early 2014: Initial workformovingto CDM platformin collaborationwith BGBM • SupportedbyEU BON MfN FUB-BGBM

  7. Fauna Europaea – Current State • Overview Papers Fauna EuropaeaandPublicationof Data Papers - Biodiversity Data Journal by PENSOFT • Stimulatesexpertstohandoverdescriptivedetails • New waysofactivatingthecommunity, networking & participation • Motivatesexperts – citations • Help forthenextphaseof Fauna Europaea, adjustmentsandrevitalisationneeded • Publicationof an API by Pensoft forthe Writing Tool: import complex and data-rich manuscripts, which include text, data, images, in-text citations, references • Contributions on Fauna Europaea- Data papers for all 56 major taxonomic groups de Jong et al. 2014 Gibson et al. 2014

  8. Migration to Common Data Model – Cybertaxonomy Platform • Hosting byMfNsinceSeptember 2013 • Early 2014: Initial workpreparingthemigration: FaEuData Model (Oracle DB) -> Common Data Model (MySQL DB) • Applicationofstableidentifiers(namebased) • + URI: • Linking to PESI: http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:305289 • Linking toGBIF:URL: http://data.gbif.org/species/305289/resource/13560 • Fauna Europaea ID = 305289, GBIF source = 13560

  9. Migration to Common Data Model – Cybertaxonomy Platform • Webpage: Test-Webpage based on Drupal 7 to develop new web access of the webpage. • User Management: Data Manager delegates the access rights for specialists/associated specialists (ROLE_USER_MANAGER). • Taxonomic Editor: Light version of the Tax Editor / Web Version • Annotation: Planned for establishing a workflow. • Handling of different concepts

  10. Tax Light via Remote Desktop • 2. EditingoftheFaEu Data in the CDM: • accesstoTax. Editor via Citrix XenDesktop / XenApp https://webapp.mfn-berlin.de/

  11. Fauna Europaea and EU BON • EU BON: European Biodiversity Observation Network (FP7 project) • focuses on standardising and integrating biodiversity information as well as facilitating its access • serves as the European contribution to the information infrastructure of the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON) • Task 1.2 (Lead BGBM Berlin): • A unified taxonomic backbone for the EU BON Data portal, built on Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure (PESI, www.eu-nomen.eu) • Harmonized with ongoing attempts towards a global Catalogue of Life (CoL). •  This task will integrate Fauna Europaea and Euro+MedPlantbase

  12. Expert Network aims for high quality data • 316 Taxonomic Specialists117 Associated Specialists, 57 Group Coordinators • validation of data import: distribution on country level (presence / absence, doubtful, no data) • taxonomic names (species, higher groups…) • country-specific focal point network

  13. Future appoaches • Reactivating the network of specialists • Updating datasets • Link to national, regional and expert databases • Offer Web-services and use external services • Define workable Work-Flows

  14. Future appoaches • Prioritization: • Webportal online Start early 2014 (taxasearch, exporttaxonomic & distributioninformation) • Involvement of taxonomists(MfN + FaEucommunity + otherinterestedpartners) • advanced workbenches, annotation services (Filtered Push, AnnoSys), validation tools • Extending the geographic scope ('Flora/Fauna west. Palearctica')

  15. Global Names-based Architecture • FaEu PESI  Global Databases (e.g. Global Names Project) • 80 formal licenses for downloads since the Fauna Europaea initial release(GBIF Checklist Bank & PESI FocalPoints) • Roadmap Global Names-based Architecture: • Establishingfurtherinformationexchange (e.g. intensifiedcommunicationof PESI, Catalogue of Life andothers • Multi-layeredapproachkeepingthestrengthsoftheprojects • Create a Consortium • Link ittotheneedsof GBIF andotherdataaggregators, e.g.: • comprehensive pan-nomenclator, • serviceandtools, • open-licencechecklistfor all taxonomicgroups, • best- consenusplacementof a name

  16. Global Names-based Architecture Potential work- and dataflows in a next generation linked open data names architecture.

  17. Global Names-based Architecture Position of PESI as Euro-Hub in the Catalogue of Life initial architecture, proceeding from the EuroCat project.

  18. Main goals • Secure sustainability, integrationof (new) data, open access • Implementtheneedsofstakeholders. • Integration of data from local to European level • Contribute to a (global) names-based architecture/ enhance global approaches • Implement relevant services for e-Science application (unifying the service layers) • Optimise the sharing of resources (persistent IDs, data standards, cross-platform operability, cross-referencing, etc.). • Secure synergy with major biodiversity informatics initiatives (EU BON, LifeWatch and GBIF) -> board, periodic meetings… • Further improve the taxonomic community involvement + expertise networks of pan-European checklists + Focal Points

  19. THANK YOU! If you are interested to join the FaEu Community , please contact us at faunaeur.org Join the LinkedIn Group and Mailinglist for Updates ! Mail: Florian Wetzel: florian.wetzel@mfn-berlin.de

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