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Hibernation strategy
Hibernation strategy
• What happens to OBIS if no adequate funding would be available to continue activities at the present level?
• Instead of one ‘hibernation strategy’, graduated possibilities, depending on available funds– From 0 to approx. present level of
support– Decide on ‘acceptable’ level of activity– Decide on priorities
Case: no support
• Physical integrity of the data is not a problem– Several copies exist already– Archive copies made available to
international repositories• WDC Oceanography Silver Spring
• Metadata is firmed up– Knowledge of content is no longer
dependent on institutional memory
Support through GBIF
• Data available through GBIF web interface at this moment– Not in oceanographic context
• OBIS looses its public identity and visibility– Results in slower data contributions
• Data acquisition through GBIF
Support in kind
• From present OBIS community– VLIZ– SDSC, Australia Node– OBIS SEAMAP?, IMCS?
• Hosting of iOBIS portal– Including data harvested back
from GBIF– All organisations above have
expertise in data harvesting
One or ½ FTE
• If funding for some staff time available: junior biologist, data management– Speed up data ingestion
• In collaboration with host organisation and GBIF
– Quality control• Absent in GBIF• ‘Essential’
• No technical or ‘political’ developments
Governing Board
• Provide governance– Priorities in data acquisition– Oversee data analysis– Push data to users– Make sure OBIS remains on the
map of international organisations (FAO, IOC, UNEP, IUCN…)
• Needs funds for yearly meeting• Needs funds for secretariat
Executive director
• Follow up and implement decisions of Governing Board
• Actively pursue new organisational links
• Actively seek out data users and providers
• Provide services to end-users– Facilitate data extraction and analysis
• Look for external funding