Data Access and Data Sharing for the

ipmPIPE Pest Monitoring Systems

National Plant Board Annual MeetingIndianapolis IN, July 26-28, 2010

Martin A. DraperNational Program Leader - Plant Pathology

ipmPIPE is…

• Three different host institutions (soon to be four).• Access is defined by standards of access and

user roles (similar to NPDN).• Implementation varies somewhat by IT host.

• A pest observation visualization tool to assess threats and provide decision support.

ipmPIPE IT/database is…

Inactive/Archived

Inactive/Archived

Front side (public access)

SBR PIPE Back-side maps (restricted access)

Penn State Risk forecast

Iowa State-Univ St Louis Risk forecast

CDM PIPE PublicForecast

Terms and Conditions of Use ipmPIPE Data

• The ipmPIPE aggregates state pest data to provide a visualization of national scope. These data remain property of the state of origin and as such are subject to certain conditions. In a general sense, users of this site agree that.

• Data will not be disaggregated to show the specific origin of the data point (see Section 10).

• Data will not be allowed for use beyond this site for any publication without permission of the data owners (see Sections 7 and 8).

• If permission is granted for data use, proper credit shall be given to acknowledge those sources (see Section 7).

Specific criteria of the Terms and Conditions of use follow (as currently listed):