01656nam 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-fd3c46875a8401721nas 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