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Eco-informatics Facility
An IntroductionPresentation by Prof Andrew Lowe
Purpose of Facility - “To end ecological data anarchy”
Provide a cohesive framework for data and information management and discovery of Australian ecosystems data
Acquire key, significant existing data from data custodians
Provide the foundational infrastructure to assist and support the multi-scale plot system (LAMPS, AusPlots, LTERs, Super Sites)
Contribute to the TERN Central portal and facilitate discoverability of whole-of-TERN data
Key Questions being AddressedEcosystem researchers and managers want to know:
What national ecological data are currently available?What are the access and licensing conditions?How can I determine the suitability of these data for my research?How can data I need from different sources be combined?How do I extract and download the data for my needs?How can I make my data available to other researchers?What analysis tools are available?
“answering these questions facilitates a better understanding and management of biodiversity and natural resources in Australia”
Infrastructure to be DeliveredWeb-based “one-stop-shop” portal to browse, search, display, extract and analyse ecosystem data
Repository based on semantic data integration to enable comparison of related but different data – “apples with apples”
Facility for researchers to submit their own data
Metadata capability to enable discovery and extraction of multiple autonomous data sets
Tools for visualisation and analysis of ecosystem data
ECO-INFORMATICS IN CONTEXT
AUSPLOTS LTERs SUPERSITES OZFLUX AUSCOVER(DATA STORE)
SOILS COAST
CSIROEXT. DATA STORAGE
ASRISEXT. DATA STORAGE
NATIONAL PLOT-BASED
DATA
PLOT DATA
OAKRIDGEEXT. DATA STORAGE
DATA PORTAL
ECO-INFORMATICS
(+ DATA STORE)
ECO-INFORMATICS
PORTALDATA
PORTALDATA
PORTALDATA
PORTAL
TERN DATA ANALYSIS & INTEGRATION
FLUX DATA
MODELLING ACEASECO-INFORMATICS VISUALISATION & ANALYSIS TOOLS
SYNTHESIS TOOLS, ANALYSIS & VISUALISATION
ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT COMMUNITY
DATA
Our Data Model for plot-based ecosystem data
Multi-speed approach Designed for incremental
investment Goal of integrated data to
enable synthesis Flexible enough to adapt to
whatever data is provided Variable approach for
interaction with partners
Full semantic integration
Basic fields e.g. location, taxa
Autonomous content
Descriptive metadataA
B
B+
CMode
DI
FF
IC
UL
TY
ANDS
ESA
ALA
DataONE
An example of a single record “Graph”
Original Record
Vocabulary
Observation
A sub-set of SA Pastoral vegetation site visit (full “graph” below):
Our plan for community engagementReference GroupsPrototypes and DemonstratorsOnline development news, technical documentation and discussion forumEngagement with data providers (who are also consumers)Consultation with key ecological researchersLiaison with key interest groups e.g. ESA, Birds Australia etcStrategic & Coordinated Communications Plan (UA)Presentations, Publications, Fliers, Newsletters
AcknowledgementsPartners
University of AdelaideSA Department of Environment and Natural ResourcesState and Territory Agencies and researchers providing ecological dataLAMPS – Ausplots, LTERs, SupersitesOther TERN Facilities (ACEAS, e-MAST, AusCover, Coastal)
CollaboratorsAtlas of Living Australia (ALA)Australian National Data Services (ANDS)Ecological Society of Australia (ESA)Others; ARCS, IMOS, NeCTAR, AusScope, eResearchSA
Facility Contact Details
Eco-informatics Coordinator - Craig Walker [email protected]
Eco-informatics Data Facilitator -Dr Anita Smyth [email protected]
Eco-informatics Researcher Liaison - Dr David Turner [email protected]
Eco-informatics ICT PM – Martin Pullan [email protected]
Director UA - Prof Andy Lowe [email protected]
Technical Director - Dr Paul Coddington [email protected]
