using the cdm to build europe’s largest species database
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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 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
TDWG 2009 - Montpellier France09-13th November
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
TDWG 2009 - Montpellier France09-13th November
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
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Integrating taxonomice-infrastructures in Europe
Infrastructural Networks
Com
mun
ity N
etw
orks
Zoological Community
Botanical Community
Marine Community
Mycological Community
Expert-networks
Focalpoint
networks
Authorityfiles &
Standards
Datae-Infra-
structure
e-Services
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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
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The EDIT Common Data Model
• follows the TDWG Ontology • supports all nomenclature codes• fulfills the data domains’ requirements
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• provides a large library for tools ande-services:
- Import and export routines
- Data integrity checker
- Taxonomic Editor
and
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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)
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Checklist overlap and integrity
• Identify overlap between taxonomic groups in ERMS and Fauna Europaea
• Identify nomenclatural deviations
• Identify status conflicts
• Identify classification conflicts
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Export to the PESI data warehouse
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Thank you for your attention!
http://www.eu-nomen.eu/pesi