Distributed Dynamic Diversity Databases

for Life

4D4Life 2nd General Meeting, 15-18 february 2010, Faro, Portugal

WP3Strenghtening the GSD Network: A Virtual Community

Day 2 - General Meeting

WP3 Description of work

Task 3.1: Survey to assess, to peer-review and to certificate each GSD

Task 3.2: Evaluate and report on standards, best practices, new fields, …

Task 3.3: Consultation with each GSD choosing the pilot projects

Task 3.4: Two two-month Pilot projects per GSD database

Task 3.5: New e-2 system wrapper for few selected GSD databases

4D4Life 2nd General Meeting, 15-18 february 2010, Faro, Portugal

To facilitate structured information exchange through an elaborated information synthesis and by e-dessimination for new services

Task 3.1: Survey to assess, to peer-review and to certificate each GSD

- data- wrapper- formal membership of the CoL programme- GSD metadata

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WP3 Progress report (1)

4D4Life 2nd General Meeting, 15-18 february 2010, Faro, Portugal

Task 3.1: Survey to assess, to peer-review and to certificate each GSD

- Questionnaire prepared and sent to all GSD on November 18th (link with PESI)- Several reminders by DO & TB, last on the January 5th- Still missing some of them, but survey done by DO. Survey & results tomorrow- Wrapper survey (Viktor Didziulis)- Membership (Rebecca Mann)- GSD metadata - agreed to delay this task for 6 months (WP6)

Task 3.2: Evaluate and report with GSD and nomenclators custodians, editorial services staff (WP5) for:

- changes to the data standards for existing fields (if any)- changes to the Sp2000 Best Practices document (if any)- possible extensions to the bio-data fields (requests from the Services

team)- possible internal services (name-alerts, user comment service, cross-checking with regional hubs, other lists, unassigned name batches)

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Task 3.2: Evaluate and report on standards, best practices, new fields, …

- Report tomorrow following questionnaire results: - Needs of improving definitions of fields (accepted and provisional names, LTS)

- Agreement to add mandatory or optional new fields(distribution, taxon LSD use, fossils, known habitats, subgenus rank, associated organisms, reference to nomenclators via LSID // hybrids, conservation status, size)

- Analysis of implication of integration of services (to be done)

- Deliverables: Best practices, Standard dataset, Survey report and subsequent pilot projects documents in March

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Task 3.3:

- explaining, agreeing and establishing priorities for the pilot project to be undertaken, eventually to provide additional training days

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Task 3.3: Consultation with each GSD choosing the pilot projects

- Establishing priorities: synonymies, distribution, references, common names LTS / wrappers- Agreement done day1 of 2nd general project meeting- Few GSDs missing

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Task 3.4: Two two-month Pilot projects per GSD database:

- for partially compliant GSds to take a step up the compliant ladder(add fields or best practices)

- for new GSD to install and test wrapper and delivery process- for installing and test fill the new bio-data fields from WP8- for pilot participation in one the new internal services of the programme

Task 3.5: Two two-month Pilot project for selected GSD database:

- for test and install new e-2 system wrapper (at the end of the project)

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