01385nas a2200229 4500008004100000245006200041210005800103260002700161300001200188490000600200520070500206100002100911700001900932700002900951700002000980700002501000700002201025700002301047700001901070700002001089856004601109 2014 eng d00aLIAS light – Towards the ten thousand species milestone0 aLIAS light Towards the ten thousand species milestone bPensoft Publishersc01 a11–160 v83 a

Over the past 12 years, the lichen trait database LIAS light as a component of the LIAS information system, has grown to a considerable pool of descriptive data based on 71 different qualitative, quantitative, and text characters, for nearly 10.000 lichen taxa, being phylogenetically arranged according to the MycoNet classification. It includes information on morphological, ecological and chemical traits. Multilinguality or internationalization options have become a central challenge of the project. At present, 18 language versions of the database and web interface exist. LIAS light data are accessible in DELTA format and to be used locally and web browser-based, via NaviKey applet.

1 aRambold, Gerhard1 aElix, John, A.1 aHeindl-Tenhunen, Bärbel1 aKöhler, Thomas1 aIII, Thomas, H. Nash1 aNeubacher, Dieter1 aReichert, Wolfgang1 aZedda, Luciana1 aTriebel, Dagmar uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.8.660502181nas a2200157 4500008004100000245007300041210006800114260002700182300001200209490000600221520168800227100002001915700002101935700002101956856004601977 2012 eng d00aAn appraisal of megascience platforms for biodiversity information0 aappraisal of megascience platforms for biodiversity information bPensoft Publishersc12 a45–630 v53 a

The megascience platforms Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL), Catalogue of Life (CoL), Encyclopedia of Life (EOL), Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), International Barcode of Life (iBOL), International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration (INSDC) and JSTOR Plant Science, all belong to a group of global players that harvest, process, repurpose and provide biodiversity data on all kinds of organisms. Each of these platforms primarily focus on one data domain, for instance, taxonomy and classification, occurrence, morphology, ecology, and molecular data.The present contribution describes aspects of processing and provision of biological research data on these platforms, focusing on the technical implementation of data exchange, copyright issues, and data sharing policies as well as their implications for data custodians, owners, providers, and publishers. With the exception of JSTOR Plant Science, most international initiatives seek long-term business models and funding mechanisms to provide online data openly and free of charge. For example, currently GBIF depends on governmental commitments for its funding, and CoL is financed by EU or national grants, as well as being based on Species 2000, a British non-for-profit company, and ITIS. These business models are compared with that of JSTOR Plant Science, the commercial portal of the Global Plant Initiative (GPI). All initiatives currently meet challenges of sustainability with regard to data curation as well as software development for maintaining the complexity of their services. All platforms discussed here also harvest and provide mycological and lichenological research data.

1 aTriebel, Dagmar1 aHagedorn, Gregor1 aRambold, Gerhard uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.5.430200869nas a2200241 4500008004100000020001400041245004800055210004700103260001600150300001400166490000800180520016900188653002700357653003000384100001700414700003000431700001800461700001700479700002500496700001600521700002000537856007000557 2013 eng d a0028-083600aEcosystems: Time to model all life on Earth0 aEcosystems Time to model all life on Earth c2013/01/17/ a295 - 2970 v4933 aTo help transform our understanding of the biosphere, ecologists — like climate scientists — should simulate whole ecosystems, argue Drew Purves and colleagues.10aEnvironmental sciences10aMathematics and computing1 aPurves, Drew1 aScharlemann, Jörn, P. W.1 aHarfoot, Mike1 aNewbold, Tim1 aTittensor, Derek, P.1 aHutton, Jon1 aEmmott, Stephen uhttp://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v493/n7432/full/493295a.html01656nam a2200313 4500008004100000245011500041210006900156260003200225300000700257520069000264100001900954700002400973700002200997700002401019700001701043700002101060700001601081700002901097700001901126700002001145700001901165700002401184700001601208700001801224700001801242700001601260700002301276856004301299 2013 eng d00aFINAL PROOF: Global Biodiversity Informatics Outlook: Delivering Biodiversity Knowledge in the Information Age0 aFINAL PROOF Global Biodiversity Informatics Outlook Delivering B bGBIF Secretariatc2013/09// a413 aMuch progress has been made in the past ten years to fulfil the potential of biodiversity informatics. However, it is dwarfed by the scale of what is still required. The Global Biodiversity Informatics Outlook (GBIO) offers a framework for reaching a much deeper understanding of the world’s biodiversity, and through that understanding the means to conserve it better and to use it more sustainably. The GBIO identifies four major focal areas, each with a number of core components, to help coordinate efforts and funding. The co-authors, from a wide range of disciplines, agree these are the essential elements of a global strategy to harness biodiversity data for the common good.1 aHobern, Donald1 aApostolico, Alberto1 aArnaud, Elizabeth1 aBello, Juan, Carlos1 aCanhos, Dora1 aDubois, Gregoire1 aField, Dawn1 aGarcía, Enrique, Alonso1 aHardisty, Alex1 aHarrison, Jerry1 aHeidorn, Bryan1 aKrishtalka, Leonard1 aMata, Erick1 aPage, Roderic1 aParr, Cynthia1 aPrice, Jeff1 aWilloughby, Selwyn uhttp://www.biodiversityinformatics.org01492nas a2200133 4500008004100000020000900041245006800050210006700118260003600185520102200221100001901243700001801262856007801280 2012 eng d aD3.100aComparison of Technical Basis of Biodiversity e-Infrastructures0 aComparison of Technical Basis of Biodiversity eInfrastructures bCardiff Universityc2012/10/31/3 a

Deliverable D3.1 “Technical Interoperability Specifications”, prepared on the basis of available information at the time of writing, is the output of CReATIVE-B task T3.1, which aims to “Compare the technical basis of e-infrastructures (for biodiversity research)”. It provides a synopsis comparison of the technical approaches of the e-infrastructures analysed within the scope of the project and elaborates the interoperability analysis by defining it and making a quantitative comparison of the technical facts gathered thus far. It reflects as accurately as possible the technical findings, structured along dimensions of interoperability that match the functional areas and layers of the research infrastructures being analysed. Deliverable D3.1 aims at shedding light on existing similarities and differences between participating research infrastructures thus forming a solid information and knowledge basis for future interoperability guidelines developments in D3.2 and D3.3.

1 aHardisty, Alex1 aManset, David uhttp://creative-b.eu/documents/10826/9f2f2ed9-f6b6-443a-a06d-fd3c46875a8402331nas a2200109 4500008004100000245007200041210006900113260002800182520189400210100002402104856009302128 2013 eng d00aTowards a Roadmap for Biodiversity and Ecosystem research in Europe0 aTowards a Roadmap for Biodiversity and Ecosystem research in Eur aBrusselsc2013/03/19/203 a

a. Toward a research infrastructure RoadmapThe European Commission expressed its interest to receive within two months a preliminary Roadmap for research infrastructures supporting research on biodiversity, ecosystem and ecosystem services. The initial conclusions of the workshop as presented in this document provide a basis for a more elaborated document. The involved European infrastructures and their associated Integrated Activities are invited to suggest persons to serve as editors of this roadmap document. Depending on the disciplinary profiles of the suggested persons, it may be necessary to identify expertise from missing areas. The proposed editing team resulting from this consultation is expected to include 6 to maximum 10 persons trusted by the community to expand this this report to a Roadmap within two months, while allowing others to contribute through an on-line forum or other mechanisms. The participants of the workshop will have the opportunity to comment on the proposed team. Depending on time, experts on specific topics may want to meet together to discuss in more detail common priorities to be included in the emerging Roadmap. As for example the working group that discussed e-infrastructure in the workshop agreed to organize another workshop to analyse einfrastructure gaps. b. Structuring the research infrastructure community The editing team above will be invited to also consider how a more permanent structure dealing with updating the common Roadmap for research infrastructures could be established. Initial options as were recommended in the workshop of 19 and 20 March 2013 are presented in paragraph 3.5 of this report. Any further plans might be discussed in an appropriate session of the upcoming INTECOL conference (18-23 August 2013)9 and the planned European Biodiversity Informatics Conference (first week of September 2013).

1 aEuropean Commission uhttp://ec.europa.eu/research/infrastructures/pdf/workshop_april_2013/workshop-report.pdf01721nas a2200253 4500008004100000020001400041245007400055210006900129260001600198490000700214520094700221653001701168653001701185653001901202653002101221653002001242653001601262653002801278653002301306100001901329700001801348700004301366856005801409 2013 eng d a1472-678500aA decadal view of biodiversity informatics: challenges and priorities0 adecadal view of biodiversity informatics challenges and prioriti c2013/04/15/0 v133 aBiodiversity informatics plays a central enabling role in the research community's efforts to address scientific conservation and sustainability issues. Great strides have been made in the past decade establishing a framework for sharing data, where taxonomy and systematics has been perceived as the most prominent discipline involved. To some extent this is inevitable, given the use of species names as the pivot around which information is organised. To address the urgent questions around conservation, land-use, environmental change, sustainability, food security and ecosystem services that are facing Governments worldwide, we need to understand how the ecosystem works. So, we need a systems approach to understanding biodiversity that moves significantly beyond taxonomy and species observations. Such an approach needs to look at the whole system to address species interactions, both with their environment and with other species.10aBiodiversity10aData sharing10aDecadal vision10ae-Infrastructure10aGrand challenge10aInformatics10aResearch infrastructure10aSystems approaches1 aHardisty, Alex1 aRoberts, Dave1 aThe Biodiversity Informatics Community uhttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6785/13/16/abstract