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TDWG and e-Biosphere: conclusions and recommendations

Explore key findings and priorities from the e-Biosphere 09 Conference, including resolutions, roadmap components, and action items for advancing biodiversity informatics globally by December. Discover how to enhance data quality, embrace citizen science, and accelerate standards adoption.

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TDWG and e-Biosphere: conclusions and recommendations

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  1. TDWG and e-Biosphere:conclusions and recommendations Cyndy Sims Parr and the e-Biosphere spies

  2. e-Biosphere 09 Conference • 3 days, 500 participants from 53 countries • “Street Fair” with 49 exhibit/demo booths and 180 poster presentations from 51 countries • 10 breakout discussions for stakeholder groups e-Biosphere 09 Workshop • 2 days, 36 representatives of BI initiatives • Produced a Resolution, start of BI roadmap

  3. API/LAPI/GPI

  4. Photo credit: Mario Pineda

  5. Biodiversity Informatics Outlook • Introduction to BI and e-Biosphere • Background on and results of e-Biosphere 09 Conference • NBII’s landscape and survey analysis • Background and Resolution of the workshop • One-page descriptions of the components of the BI roadmap • … by December??

  6. From Walter Berendsohn’s intro • Additional priorities and activities to be included in the roadmap • Do we need an “e-Biosphere Coalition” ? • How, who, when? • Should we have a regular biodiversity informatics showcase event ? • Can we afford it ? • What is the role of TDWG in this ? • Competitor or defined part?

  7. e-Biosphere Priorities • A seamlessly connected virtual laboratory or platform for integrating, synthesizing, and analyzing biodiversity information; • User communities using the platform to better model and understand the entire biodiversity of the globe; and • A periodic report on biodiversity informatics assessing status and future of the field.

  8. Additional Priorities • Data quality loops • Take advantage of citizen science • Pick up the pace • Speed up TDWG ratification process • Not everybody has to be an ontologist • Promote quick uptake of standards to avoid retrofitting • Reward open source, un-siloed development • Promote flags for prioritization

  9. Additional Priorities continued • Internationalization • Translate TDWG standards and documentation into many languages • Improve funding models • Loosely couple infrastructure and research proposals • One big global money pot to fund one big plan?

  10. Action items: TDWG ’09 Contributions ✔ ✔ • User-driven ontologies • Durable global registries • Complete the taxonomic foundation • Outreach to specified sister communities • Citation/impact measurement system for BI data and services • Communications mechanisms • Other initiatives coming from the community ✔ ✔ ? ✔

  11. Additional Action Items • Shared use case repository • Citizen science integration initiative • TDWG mini-bioblitz • Bioblitz visualization tool for IYOB • “State of integration” analysis • New field in TDWG project database • Google spreadsheet • Visualize it

  12. Do we need a new coalition? NO.

  13. What about a regular conference to showcase the field? • Clear that the size of the community is larger than we realized. • Need something more inclusive -- no easy way to present work if not invited • Parallel sessions for contributed talks • Street fair/demos/unconferences • Visit user conferences rather than expect them to come to ours

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