11th GBIF Global NODES Meeting

Incentivising and Strategising Publishing of Biodiversity Data

Vishwas ChavanSenior Programme Officer for Digitisation and Mobilisation of Primary Biodiversity DataGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

1 October 2011

Impediments to data publishing

Lack of IncentivesLack of Incentives

Absence of datapublishing strategies

Absence of datapublishing strategies

3 incentives3 incentives

3 strategies3 strategies

3 incentives for data publishing

GBIF Data Publishing Framework Task

Group

GBIF Data Publishing Framework Task

Group

Incentive 1: Data Paper

What it is: Scholarly publication of searchable metadata document describing a dataset, or a group of datasets

What it is: Scholarly publication of searchable metadata document describing a dataset, or a group of datasets

Provide scholarly credit to data publishers

through citable journal publications

Describe the data in a structured

human-readable form

Promote and publicize existence of data

Source: Chavan and Penev (in press). Data Paper: A mechanism to incentivise data publishing in biodiversity science. BMC Bioinformatics (special supplement), in press

Incentive 1: Data PaperWorkflowWorkflow

Integrated Publishing Toolkit (IPT) v. 2.0.2

facilitate authoring of metadata and auto-

generation of Data Paper manuscript

Integrated Publishing Toolkit (IPT) v. 2.0.2

facilitate authoring of metadata and auto-

generation of Data Paper manuscript

Incentive 2: Data Citation“Data citation standards can form the basis for increased incentives, recognition, and rewards for scientific data activities. Unfortunately, such standards and good practices are lacking”

CODATA Data Citation Task Group

“Data citation standards can form the basis for increased incentives, recognition, and rewards for scientific data activities. Unfortunately, such standards and good practices are lacking”

CODATA Data Citation Task GroupPlease cite this data as follows: (accessed through GBIF data portal, Mammal specimens, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/559)(accessed through GBIF data portal, Vertebrate specimens, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/541)(accessed through GBIF data portal, Natural History Museum Rotterdam, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/693)(accessed through GBIF data portal, Database Schema for UC Davis Wildlife museum, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/736)......................................................................

Please cite this data as follows: (accessed through GBIF data portal, Mammal specimens, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/559)(accessed through GBIF data portal, Vertebrate specimens, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/541)(accessed through GBIF data portal, Natural History Museum Rotterdam, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/693)(accessed through GBIF data portal, Database Schema for UC Davis Wildlife museum, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/736)......................................................................

Incentive 2: Data Citation

for publishers

for publishers

We need metrics!We need metrics!

for datasets

for datasets

for contributors

for contributors

for role of contributorsfor role of

contributors

for release & updatesfor release & updates

for data volumefor data volume

for access location

for access location

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (2002 -), Museum Collection Records: Mammals. 579257 records. Contributed by Helgen KM (Principal Investigator, curator, author), Gordon LK (manager, author, curator), Peurach SC (author, manager), Potter CW (manager, author), Carleton MD (curator), Maldonado JE (author, developer), Wilson DE (curator, author), Thorington Jr RW (curator, author, validator), Ludwig CA (manager, developer, author), Lunde DP (author). Published online, http://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/mammals/, first released on 12/02/2002, last updated on 15/09/2010, doi:17.3377/smi.8.57.965.

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (2002 -), Museum Collection Records: Mammals. 579257 records. Contributed by Helgen KM (Principal Investigator, curator, author), Gordon LK (manager, author, curator), Peurach SC (author, manager), Potter CW (manager, author), Carleton MD (curator), Maldonado JE (author, developer), Wilson DE (curator, author), Thorington Jr RW (curator, author, validator), Ludwig CA (manager, developer, author), Lunde DP (author). Published online, http://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/mammals/, first released on 12/02/2002, last updated on 15/09/2010, doi:17.3377/smi.8.57.965.

Please cite this data as follows: (accessed through GBIF data portal, Mammal specimens, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/559)(accessed through GBIF data portal, Vertebrate specimens, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/541)(accessed through GBIF data portal, Natural History Museum Rotterdam, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/693)(accessed through GBIF data portal, Database Schema for UC Davis Wildlife museum, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/736)......................................................................

Please cite this data as follows: (accessed through GBIF data portal, Mammal specimens, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/559)(accessed through GBIF data portal, Vertebrate specimens, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/541)(accessed through GBIF data portal, Natural History Museum Rotterdam, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/693)(accessed through GBIF data portal, Database Schema for UC Davis Wildlife museum, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/736)......................................................................

Today

Today

2012-13

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Incentive 2: Data Citation

Incentive 3: Data Usage

Data Usage Index (DUI)

Data Usage Index (DUI)

What it is: The Data Usage Index is a measure of the impact of data publishing by being accessed and used by the stakeholder communities

What it is: The Data Usage Index is a measure of the impact of data publishing by being accessed and used by the stakeholder communities

Source: Chavan and Ingwersen (2009) Towards a data publishing framework for primary biodiversity data: challenges and potentials for the biodiversity informatics community. BMC Bioinformatics, 10 (Sppl 14): S2

Incentive 3: Data Usage

Source: Ingwersen and Chavan (in press). Indicators for Data Usage Index (DUI): An incentive for publishing primary biodiversity data through the global information infrastructure. BMC Bioinformatics (special supplement).

DUI is computed on the basis of 14 biodiversity data usage indicators

DUI is computed on the basis of 14 biodiversity data usage indicators

publisherspublishers

countrycountry

datasetsdatasets

thematic data

thematic data

DUI for..DUI for..

3 strategies for data publishing

Strategies and action plans

Strategies and action plans

Broadening data types & publisher

communities

Broadening data types & publisher

communities

Strengthening InfrastructureStrengthening Infrastructure

Strategy 1: Action Plans

It is essential for countries to have a biodiversity data discovery and

mobilization strategy in alignment with their overall national biodiversity strategy & action plan (NBSAP)

It is essential for countries to have a biodiversity data discovery and

mobilization strategy in alignment with their overall national biodiversity strategy & action plan (NBSAP)

“However, we currently lack best practice guidelines on how to develop demand-driven strategies and action plans”

Berents et.al., 2010

“However, we currently lack best practice guidelines on how to develop demand-driven strategies and action plans”

Berents et.al., 2010

Source: Berents, Hamer and Chavan (2011). Towards demand-driven publishing: Approaches to the prioritisation of digitization of natural history collections data. Biodiversity Informatics, 7(2): 113-119.

Strategy 2: Action Plans

Content Needs Assessment

December 2011

Data Gap Analysis

December 2011

Comprehensive dialog with Participants to develop data publishing strategy & action plan

Comprehensive dialog with Participants to develop data publishing strategy & action plan

Interactions with BIG institutions to ensure uptake of GSAP-NHC recommendations

Interactions with BIG institutions to ensure uptake of GSAP-NHC recommendations

Strategy 2: Expanding

Audubon CoreMultimedia Resources

Metadata Schema

Audubon CoreMultimedia Resources

Metadata Schema

Norway – IndiaIPBES Capacity Building

Pilot Project

Norway – IndiaIPBES Capacity Building

Pilot Project

Camera trap dataCamera trap data

developed

applied in

Strategy 2: Expanding

EIA practitionersEIA practitioners

Local GovernmentsLocal Governments

Freshwater biodiversityFreshwater biodiversity

Invasive Alien Species

Invasive Alien Species

Strategy 3: InfrastructureData Hosting Infrastructure: rescuing data at risk

Data Hosting Infrastructure: rescuing data at risk

GBIF Best Practice Guide on establishing and operationalising data hosting centre

GBIF Best Practice Guide on establishing and operationalising data hosting centre

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In summary

3 Incentives

Strategy & Action PlansBroadening data types & publisher communitiesStrengthening infrastructure

Strategy & Action PlansBroadening data types & publisher communitiesStrengthening infrastructure

Data PaperData CitationData Usage Index

Data PaperData CitationData Usage Index

3 Strategies

How to mainstream Data Paper?How to mainstream Data Paper?

How do we strategise data publishing?How do we strategise data publishing?