4D4Life Opening Meeting, 15-17 September, Reading, UK

The Global Multi-Hub Network in Concept

Frank Bisby

An EC Seventh Framework Scientific Data Infrastructures Project

4D4Life Opening Meeting, 15-17 September, Reading, UK

1.Original Reasons for Using Global Species Databases

a)Avoid overlapb)Gain a global monographic taxonomic viewc)Avoid ‘mixed’ treatments

1 2 3 4

Flora 1

Flora 2

Flora 3

GSDs (taxa) – no overlap Floras/Faunas overlap

Properties of GlobalSpecies Databases(GSDs) They can be put together end-to-end because they do not overlap

and they contain a consistent taxonomic treatment for the whole of one higher taxon. (Floras / Faunas do overlap, and must therefore be reworked before being put together.)

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2. Need to connect Global and Regional

a)Steve Blackmoreb)EC EuroCat Project 2003 - 2006c)Chris Thompson

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3. First Generation Regional Hubs in SPICE

a)Experimental ‘Euro-Hub’b)Introduces duplication (previously avoided)c) Introduces alternative taxonomies

(previously avoided)d) Brings in new partners, otherwise excludede) Requirement for ‘cross-mapping’f) Requirement for ‘toggling’ between related taxa in alternative taxonomies

Global Hub

GSDGSD

GSD

GSD

GSD

GSD

Architecture I

Euro-Hub

Euro+Med

ERMSFauna Europaea

Global Hub

LITCHI-2 Link

Euro-HubEuro+Med

ERMSFauna Europaea

GSD

GSD

GSD

GSD

GSD

GSD

Architecture II

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4. Some Prototype Hub Software already available in SPICE

a)Requires SPICE-wrapperb)Requires additional ‘Regional Checklist’c)Permits search of either, or bothd)Cross-mapping and toggling

not yet well-developede) Toggling allowed for in

final version of SPICE 5.2

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1.Second generation discussion:regional hubs for completing the CoL

a)Where are the missing species?b)Many in missing taxa, but many missing

taxa in Megadiverse Countriesc) A harvesting ground for missing species?d) A harvesting ground for regional sectors as

materials for proto-GSD route Ae) A CoL-centric ‘outward’ view!

Euro HubEuro Hub

Sp2000Asia

Oceania

Sp2000Asia

Oceania

Africa Hub?

Africa Hub?

ITISN. America

Hub

ITISN. America

Hub

Global HubGlobal Hub

Catalogue of Life Architecture II

EuropeEurope

ChinaChinaBrasilBrasil

ITISN. America

Hub

ITISN. America

Hub

Global HubGlobal Hub

Catalogue of Life Architecture II

EuropeEurope

ChinaChinaBrasilBrasil

ITISN. America

ITISN. America

GlobalChecklistGlobal

Checklist

1. Inspecting species from several hubs

Regio

Regional Checklist Hubs

EuropeEurope

ChinaChinaBrasilBrasil

ITISN. America

ITISN. America

GlobalChecklistGlobal

Checklist

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Regio

Regional Checklist Hubs

e.g. S.Africa e.g.Brazil

EuropeEurope

ChinaChinaBrasilBrasil

ITISN. America

ITISN. America

GlobalChecklistGlobal

Checklist

2. Semi-automated Virtual GSD Harvesting

Regio

Regional Checklist Hubs

ProtoGSD-A

EuropeEurope

ChinaChinaBrasilBrasil

ITISN. America

ITISN. America

GlobalChecklistGlobal

Checklist

3. Semi-automated Partial GSD Synthesis

Regio

Regional Checklist Hubs

ProtoGSD-B

NomenclatorPlus

Synthesis

EuropeEurope

ChinaChinaBrasilBrasil

ITISN. America

ITISN. America

GlobalChecklistGlobal

Checklist

4. Cross validation of Virtual & Partial GSDs

Regio

ProtoGSD-A

ProtoGSD-B

Cross validate

EuropeEurope

ChinaChinaBrasilBrasil

ITISN. America

ITISN. America

GlobalChecklistGlobal

Checklist

2. Semi-automated proto-GSD Harvesting

Regional Checklist Hubs and other sources

Proto-GSD

EuropeEurope

ChinaChinaBrasilBrasil

ITISN. America

ITISN. America

GlobalChecklistGlobal

Checklist

Catalogue of Life Architecture II

Regio

Regional Checklist Hubs - Possibilities

Started

China : started (Sp2000 China Node) Europe : started (Sp2000 europa) N. America: started (ITIS N. America) AgreedBrasil (Catalogo da Vida Brasil)New Zealand (Sp2000 NZ/ NZOR) Australia (ABRS-ABIF) For discussion Asia-Oceania (Sp2000 AO) S. Africa(SANBI)Central America (INBio)Colombia (Humboldt Inst.)etc..

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6. Third Generation Active Requests:by potential or ongoing Regional Hubs

a)Active requests for partnershipb)First Batch: China, New Zealand, Brazil

N. America (ITIS), Australia, Europec) Second Batch: Colombia, C. America (INBio),

Mexico, Southern Africa (SANBI), East Africa (Kenya), ASEAN

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7. Third Generation Discussion:the substance of 4D4Life WP 4

a)Symmetric Needs Analysis (month 12)b)Symmetric Concept design (month24)c)Possible ‘early’ pilot projects using

improved SPICE Hubsd) Possible novel prototypes

by the partners in WP 4with the WP 7 new e-2 architecture team

e) Possible further funding proposals (now!)

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8. Symmetric Analysis of Needs:as viewed from global and from regional perspectives

a)Relate regional taxa to those in the CoL ‘inward links’

b) Use links to CoL, and from CoL to link to data on same species from other continents

c) Permit CoL to view data in regional hubs side-by-side d) Permit additions to the CoL:

- Sectors into prepoto-GSDs- Addition of new/missed taxa by GSDs- Amplification of synonymies- Amplification of Common Names- Amplification of distribution data

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8. Symmetric Analysis of Needs:as viewed from global and from regional perspectives

e) Regions interested in bio-safety, invasives, and foreign product materials: - need list of species NOT in their region- all countries need global lists

f) Need for globally complete and comparable lists for climate modelling and conservation science

g) Global arithmetic: of faunas, floras, continentse.g. (Trop. Africa – Tropical America)

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Thank You!