Recent Advances from the Neotoma Paleoecology Database Jack Williams, Eric C. Grimm, Jessica Blois, Simon Goring, Alison Smith, Joaquin Arroyo-Cabrales, Allan Ashworth, Julio Betancourt, Jessica Blois, Bob Booth, Phil Buckland, Don Charles, Steve Crawford, Brandon Curry, Ed Davis, Thomas Giesecke, Russ Graham, Steve Jackson, Rob Roth, Mike Stryker, et al. Three openers Lots of people involved Photos welcome (lots of info) First time Inspire! Thanks to NSF Photos Welcome Geoinformatics, EarthCube
What is Neotoma: A Database XX MAP Data Types N observations a guesstimate. Ndatasets from Tilia API, Nsites from base API >4 million observations >31,400 datasets >15,200 sites (Aug 5, 2018) Mission: Support global-change research by providing an open, community-curated repository for multiple kinds of paleoecological data
What is Neotoma: A Software Ecosystem
What is Neotoma: A Software Ecosystem Earth-Life Consortium Global Pollen Project NOAA/WDC-Paleo Flyover Country
What is Neotoma: A System for Data Governance Key Concepts Members Data Stewards Constituent Databases Leadership Council Williams, Grimm et al. 2018, Quaternary Research
Recent Advances: Data Data Uploads Last 12 Months Includes surface samples!
Recent Advances: Data Data Uploads Current Holdings (Datasets) 6,516 pollen 5,297 water chemistry 4,600 vertebrate 4,515 ostracode 1,886 testate amoebae 1,120 diatom 295 plant macrofossil 218 insect Last 12 Months Includes surface samples!
Recent Advances: Data Data Uploads Current Holdings (Datasets) 6,516 pollen 5,297 water chemistry 4,600 vertebrate 4,515 ostracode 1,886 testate amoebae 1,120 diatom 295 plant macrofossil 218 insect Last 12 Months Includes surface samples! Constituent Databases Diatom: Drexel Ostracode: Delorme, NANODe Pollen: EPD, NAPD, LAPD Vertebrates: FAUNMAP2
Recent Advances: Data New Data Types & Constituent DBs Biomarkers Organic Biomarkers - Neotoma Biomarker DB (NBD) Stable Isotopes ALPADABA (Alpine pollen DB)
Recent Advances: Data New Data Types & Constituent DBs Biomarkers Organic Biomarkers - Neotoma Biomarker DB (NBD) Stable Isotopes ALPADABA (Alpine pollen DB) Stable Isotopes d13C d18O dD 87Sr/86Sr d34S d15N
Recent Advances: Governance Elections, Leadership Council NLC, 2018 Allan Ashworth Jessica Blois Phil Buckland Don Charles Brandon Curry Thomas Giesecke Simon Goring Eric Grimm Claudio Latorre Alison Smith Hikaru Takahara Jack Williams NLC Formed: December, 2016 First Election: December, 2017 Next Election: December, 2018
Recent Advances: Governance Workshops User & Steward Training Paleodata Hackathon (6/16) International Biogeography Society (1/17) International Ostracode (8/17) European Pollen Database (11/17) Vertebrate Stewards (11/17) Data Demolition Derby (5/18) CanAmQua (8/18) Partnership Building Organic Biomarkers (2/18) Pliocene Drilling CSDCO (2/18) Cyberinfrastructure for Paleogeoscience (C4P) RCN (many) EarthRates RCN (many)
Recent Advances: Partnerships Endorsements and Accreditations
Recent Advances: Partnerships Shared Data Portals Flyover Country
Recent Advances: Partnerships Shared Data Portals NOAA/WDC-Paleo
Recent Advances: Partnerships Earth Life Consortium Extensible APIs to find paleodata across multiple repositories Neotoma PBDB ELC APIs: Documentation & Sandbox http://earthlifeconsortium.org/docs/api-docs.html
Recent Advances: Partnerships Earth Life Consortium Extensible APIs to find paleodata across multiple repositories Non-Profit Foundation forming to support easy, free, and global access to paleoecological & paleoenvironmental data Support: Paleontological Society, Society for Vertebrate Paleontology Neotoma PBDB
Interested in Learning More? Paper Williams, Grimm, et al (2018) The Neotoma Paleoecology Database: A multi-proxy, international community-curated data resource. Quaternary Research 89:156-177. Teaching Exercises and Walkthroughs (SERC) http://serc.carleton.edu/neotoma/activities.html Next Workshop: InQua 2019 Request a Data Steward Training Session Email: Eric Grimm, Jack Williams, et al.
Interested in Contributing? Become a Member (vote!) https://tinyurl.com/NeotomaMember Contribute Data https://www.neotomadb.org/data/category/contribution Become a Data Steward Email Eric Grimm, Jack Williams, NLC Explore http://apps.neotomadb.org/explorer/ Follow on Twitter @neotomadb
Interested in Contributing? Become a Member (vote!) https://tinyurl.com/NeotomaMember Contribute Data https://www.neotomadb.org/data/category/contribution Become a Data Steward Email Eric Grimm, Jack Williams, NLC Explore http://apps.neotomadb.org/explorer/ Follow on Twitter @neotomadb To all current contributors & stewards Thank You! Geoinformatics, EarthCube