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DARUP Workshop 2014
Data problems for agri-food researchers
EUDAT Data Access and Reuse Policy Working Group
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Babis Thanopoulos, Nikos ManouselisAgro-Know
An extraordinary company that captures, organizes and adds value to the rich information available in agricultural and biodiversity sciences, in order to
make it universally accessible, useful and meaningful.
http://www.agroknow.gr
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We develop and put in real practice solutions that transform data into meaningful knowledge
and services
We help people discover
the value in the data
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leading data interoperability work
• Agricultural Interoperability Interest Group (IG) at Research Data Alliance (RDA)
• Database Subgroup, Knowledge & Learning Systems Working Group, Global Food Safety Partnership (GFSP)
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What is the GFSP goal?
rapid scaling of food safety practices around the world
http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/agriculture/brief/global-food-safety-partnership
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In what ways can open models achieve this goal?
leverage investmentsimpact diverse stakeholders
foster diverse business models
See the Open Models Concept Paperhttp://bit.ly/1p729Jm
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What should technology do?
provide a federated infrastructure as the data sharing backbone
develop a modular and scalable architecture that may embrace and facilitate the creation of
“global” networks for food safety capacity building
Initial thoughts: http://sloanconsortium.org/jaln/v17n2/open-and-scalable-learning-infrastructure-food-safety
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identifying requirements for the GFSP information sharing
platform
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the processIdentification of
representative stakeholder institutes & personas within
Interviews on data problems & sources
Mapping data problems to GFSP platform requirements
/ features
Validation of GFSP platform features
• example of representative institute: International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
• example of representative persona: ILRI epidemiologist
• collection of microbial dairy quality data
• data sharing• …
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http://greenlearningnetwork.com/gfsp/
example of agri-food researcher:ILRI epidemiologist
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persona
• Investigates the behavior of diseases in animal populations (e.g. through interviews with farm workers)
• characterizes diseases in animals and humans for better understanding the infectious agent
• gathers data on disease hosts• interested in zoonoses (e.g. examines zoonotic diseases in pigs at
slaughter, checking the occupational risks at work)• collects samples for laboratory analysis (together with a medical officer)• uses analytical techniques to discover the infectious agent from a
sample of population• characterizes the infectious agenthttps://aghealth.wordpress.com/2014/10/16/slaughterhouse-5/
Annie Cook, a graduate fellow at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Kenya, is a veterinary epidemiologist with the following responsibilities:
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related information / data
• population demographics & statistical data• research articles in journals publications• newsletters• conference presentations & papers in published
proceedings• chapters in books• corporate outputs • secondary / processed data• food risk assessment• project reports, papers and documents
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challenges in current workflow• data collection and sharing• limited primary data discovery and validation• time-consuming & laborious data identification and
documentation• limitation in accessing relevant publications• difficulty to discover peers to collaborate and to
exchange knowledge & experience• multiple databases for processed data storage and
curation• dissemination own research outcomes
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possible GFSP platform features
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improve curation of data• focus on making data documentation, storage,
management and sharing easiera) migrate existing databases (Mahider, ILRI website, ILRI
datasets Portal, ILRI GIS Portal & Podomatic) in single data repository
b) improve data organization & classification schemes (e.g. by zoonoses)
c) improve data curation & filtering workflows (document & store data once, feed multiple sites/access points)
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central data repository
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advanced data organization & classification
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use single data repository for all ILRI sites
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improve discovery & processing
• focus on zoonotic diseases reportsa) extend coverage of data typesb) extend coverage of data sources (include more sites
with zoonoses and infectious agents)
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add more (relevant) data sources
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connect with other research groups
• focus on exchanging knowledge / experience among different research groupsa) find researchers with similar research activities
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community of ILRI / external epidemiologists
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next steps• deploy & validate GFSP demonstrator (Global Food
Safety Knowledge Hub)– develop core infrastructure components & services – test & validate in selected KLSWG use cases (e.g.
additional personas)• Pilot setting up local GFSP demonstrators (Local
Food Safety Knowledge Hubs) in capacity building projects– adapt & provide federated knowledge discovery services
to existing or new projects
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