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A flexible, template-driven approach to improving data consistency to improving data consistency Lori Scott SESYNC Butterfly Monitoring Workshop Annapolis, MD May 10, 2012 May 10, 2012

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A flexible, template-driven approach to improving data consistencyto improving data consistency

Lori ScottSESYNC Butterfly Monitoring Workshop

Annapolis, MDMay 10, 2012May 10, 2012

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Observation System Goals

• Improve field data collection efficiency

• Increase mapping accuracy with GPS

• Promote interoperability through reusable dataPromote interoperability through reusable data structures

H i il th d tHow similar are the data models used by two 

organizations for the same type of observation?type of observation?

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System Overview

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Template Library

• Online collaboration tool to define and share observation surveys 

• Supports the re‐use of individual attributes or common groupings (clusters) of attributes

• Discover how others collect and organize sco e o ot e s co ect a d o ga eobservation data

• Promote use of common standards to improvePromote use of common standards to improve data consistency

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Supports Variable Data Models

Taxon‐based protocols:

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Supports Variable Data Models

Location‐based protocols:

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Template Library

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Template Definition

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Attribute Definition

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Implications for Citizen Science?

• Template Library supports a wide array ofTemplate Library supports a wide array of protocol types

• Organized citizen science efforts can find,Organized citizen science efforts can find, create and disseminate protocol templates

• Use of common data structures improvesUse of common data structures improves compatibility across multiple projects 

• Previously distinct data collection efforts canPreviously distinct data collection efforts can now be compared and combined for broader impacts

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Ways to use these tools now

• Publish the various monitoring network protocolsPublish the various monitoring network protocols

• Define commonly used data fields to share the same attribute definitions (can still have uniquesame attribute definitions (can still have unique field name labels, language, or value options)

• Encourage new protocols to use shared data• Encourage new protocols to use shared data definitions for interoperability

• Download template / attribute definitions as XML• Download template / attribute definitions as XML

• “Reverse engineer” legacy survey data into a shared database platform?shared database platform?

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Kestrel observation database

• Secure, web‐based accessA GIS S i• ArcGIS Server mapping

• Extensible, template‐driven data modeldata model 

• Localizable user interface (English French Spanish)(English, French, Spanish)

• Links to NatureServe’staxonomic web servicetaxonomic web service

• Bulk upload of spatial and tabular observation data

• Bulk export in several formats

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Desktop Application Suite

• Configure projectsConfigure projects

• Process data collection templatescollection templates for field work

Cl d QC fi ld• Clean up and QC field data

• Export field data to long‐term observation database

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Handheld Device

• Current version is compatible     with Windows mobile hardware

• 3rd party software used:– Pendragon forms builder

– Esri ArcPad

• Captures GPS location

• Source code available at:• Source code available at:

http://code.google.com/p/ns‐mos/

• Could be adapted for iOS or Android

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Acknowledgments

• Tool development supported by NationalTool development supported by National Science Foundation Grant No.  DBI‐0547630 and Parks Canada Agencyand Parks Canada Agency

• Project Collaborators:C ll L b f O ith l– Cornell Lab of Ornithology

– New York Natural Heritage Program

h l– Washington Natural Heritage Program

– University of New Mexico

– University of Wyoming