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for Open Biodiversity Knowledge Management Donat Agosti Plazi Supported by the European Commission through its FP7 research funding programme Bouchout Declaration
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Bouchout Declaration Introduction to the Bouchout Declaration for Open Biodiversity Knowledge Management. The declaration has been initiated by the Pro-iBiosphere consortium and the official launch will be on June 12, 2014 at the Bouchout castle at the Plantentuin Meise, Meise, Belgium. This presentation has been given at the Swiss "Konservatorentagung 2014, Frauenfeld", May 23.2014
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for Open Biodiversity Knowledge Management
Donat AgostiPlazi
Supported by the European Commission through its FP7 research funding programme
Bouchout Declaration
Coordination and Policy Development in Preparation for a European Open Biodiversity Knowledge Management System
Donat AgostiPlazi
Supported by the European Commission through its FP7 research funding programme
(pro-)iBiosphere
Hardisty, Nature 502, 171 (2013)
BUT: predictive ecology has substantial data needs
Harfoot, BIH2013, Rome, 2013
The big question
What is the future of the biological world?
Imagine if we could:
…Predict community level dynamics of ecosystems atscales from local to global, based on the ecology andbiology of all individual organisms
Decentralized biodiversity infrastructure
Plants3,400 Herbaria worldwide10,000 Associate curators and specialists350,000,000 specimens in collections 180,000,000 specimens digitized2,000,000,000 specimens including animals
Source: gbif.org; http://sciweb.nybg.org/science2/IndexHerbariorum.asp
One collection’s view of the world
Nationaal Herbarium Nederland collection on GBIF
Source: http://www.gbif.org/dataset/7b33b040-f762-11e1-a439-00145eb45e9a
200,000,000+ printed pages1,900,000 species described20,000,000+ species treatments 17,000 new species per year
Biodiversity libraries
BUT: The data are hidden
Incomplete digitization Publications are not semantically
enhancedCollections are incompleteData is not linkedMost data are not open
Names as information tags in life sciences
Names
Characteristics
Publications
GenesCollections
Specimens
Distribution
iBiosphere
Biodiversity Knowledge Management System
Create digital objects + Identifiers and resolvers
+ Open Access+ Legislation
+ Adequate infrastructure+ Sustainable and permanent infrastructure
+ Reliable services for partners in research projects and society
Seamless Global Virtual Research Knowledge Management System(European Open Biodiversity Knowledge Management System)
Biodiversity Knowledge Management System
Bouchout Declaration
Bouchout Declaration
Bouchout Declaration
Support reliable and permanent open access to digital biodiversity records
Create identifiers and link biodiversity literature, collections, digital objects, genes, etc.
Ensure global interoperability and sharing of biodiversity data, information and knowledge
Ongoing dialogue to refine the concept and implementation
As signatories, we encourage an overarching approach to Open Biodiversity Knowledge Management which is based on the following fundamental principles:
http://plazi.org/?q=bouchout
Status
Institutional: 20; Individual: 7Large Natural History Institutions (e.g BGBM, Naturalis, MfN,
INBio,)Scientific Networks (e.g. IUBS, Vertnet, CRIA, TaiBIF,
Canadensys)ScientistsGlobal
Initial Signatories (May 23)
Impact
June 12, Bouchout Castle, Plantentuin Meise, Meise, Belgium
Official Launch
