TDWG and e-Biosphere:conclusions and recommendations

Cyndy Sims Parr and

the e-Biosphere spies

e-Biosphere 09 Conference

• 3 days, 500 participants from 53 countries

• “Street Fair” with 49 exhibit/demo booths and 180 poster presentations from 51 countries

• 10 breakout discussions for stakeholder groups

•2 days, 36 representatives of BI initiatives•Produced a Resolution, start of BI roadmap

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Biodiversity Informatics Outlook

1. Introduction to BI and e-Biosphere

2. Background on and results of e-Biosphere 09 Conference

3. NBII’s landscape and survey analysis

4. Background and Resolution of the workshop

5. One-page descriptions of the components of the BI roadmap

… by December??

Additional priorities and activities to be included in the roadmap

Do we need an “e-Biosphere Coalition” ? How, who, when?

Should we have a regular biodiversity informatics showcase event ? Can we afford it ?

What is the role of TDWG in this ? Competitor or defined part?

From Walter Berendsohn’s intro

e-Biosphere PrioritiesA seamlessly connected virtual laboratory or

platform for integrating, synthesizing, and analyzing biodiversity information;

User communities using the platform to better model and understand the entire biodiversity of the globe; and

A periodic report on biodiversity informatics assessing status and future of the field.

Additional Priorities Data quality loops

Take advantage of citizen science

Pick up the paceSpeed up TDWG ratification process

Not everybody has to be an ontologist

Promote quick uptake of standards to avoid retrofitting

Reward open source, un-siloed development

Promote flags for prioritization

Additional Priorities continuedInternationalization

Translate TDWG standards and documentation into many languages

Improve funding modelsLoosely couple infrastructure and research

proposals

One big global money pot to fund one big plan?

Action items: TDWG ’09 ContributionsUser-driven ontologies

Durable global registries

Complete the taxonomic foundation

Outreach to specified sister communities

Citation/impact measurement system for BI data and services

Communications mechanisms

Other initiatives coming from the community

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Additional Action ItemsShared use case repository

Citizen science integration initiativeTDWG mini-bioblitz

Bioblitz visualization tool for IYOB

“State of integration” analysisNew field in TDWG project database

Google spreadsheet

Visualize it

Do we need a new coalition?

NO.

What about a regular conference to showcase the field?Clear that the size of the community is larger than

we realized.

Need something more inclusive -- no easy way to present work if not invited

Parallel sessions for contributed talks

Street fair/demos/unconferences

Visit user conferences rather than expect them to come to ours