BIDI: Biological Data Integration Database Design Options Yassine LASSOUED y.lassoued@ucc.ie 21 July 2007 BIDI Meeting

Outline Previous Work and Meetings Existent Data Database Design Options Future Work 21 July 2007 BIDI Meeting

Previous Work Numerous options have been proposed Two options have been pre-selected Data models have been implemented as Visio diagrams, using Arc Marine 21 July 2007 BIDI Meeting

Existent Data Acoustic Surveys Nephrops Underwater TV Surveys Larval Surveys Deep Water Surveys Groundfish Surveys HABs 21 July 2007 BIDI Meeting

Acoustic Surveys 21 July 2007 BIDI Meeting

Nephrops Underwater TV Surveys 21 July 2007 BIDI Meeting

Larval Surveys 21 July 2007 BIDI Meeting

Deep Water Surveys 21 July 2007 BIDI Meeting

Groundfish Surveys 21 July 2007 BIDI Meeting

HABs 21 July 2007 BIDI Meeting

Integrated Biological Data Schema Current Version (Based on Acoustic Surveys) FSS_Surveys FSS_SurveyTypes FSS_NASC FSS_Stratum_Bounds FSS_Vessels FSS_Scientists FSS_Events FSS_Hauls FSS_Samples FSS_AgedFish FSS_LengthFreq Original tables Information about surveys Information about events Information about samples 21 July 2007 BIDI Meeting

Integrated Biological Data Schema Extended Version Survey SurveyType Vessel Scientist Event Haul FishSample AgedFish LengthFrequency Original tables Business Tables Information about events Fish samples HABSample Cruise Track SurveyStation Country ICESDivision Species Gear HABStation Phytoplankton BioassayChemistry Isobath HABs Samples SurveyGears Catch 21 July 2007 BIDI Meeting

Integrated Biological Data Schema Aligning Business tables with the MIDM Contact Haul FishSample AgedFish LengthFrequency HABs_Sample SurveyStation ICESDivision Species Gear HABs_Station Phytoplankton BioassayChemistry Isobath Original tables Business Tables Information about events Fish samples HABs Samples Organisation ActivityContactRoles ActivityType Activity ActivityOrganisationRoles OrganisationRole ActivityMetadata Platform Country PlatformType ContactRole ActivityDevices Track Cruise Event ActivityGears Catch 21 July 2007 BIDI Meeting

Design Options Fish Survey Stations 21 July 2007 BIDI Meeting Option B Arc Marine SurveyStation InstantaneousPoint Option B ICESDivision Criteria Option B Ease of Understanding ▲▲▲ Ease of Query Formulation Normalization ▲▲▲ BCNF Storage Efficiency Access Efficiency Scalability Genericity ▲▲ Data Processing Harmony with the MIDM ▲ Compatibility with Arc Marine 21 July 2007 BIDI Meeting

Design Options HABs Stations 21 July 2007 BIDI Meeting Option E Arc Marine FeaturePoint Option E HABs_Station Criteria Option E Ease of Understanding ▲▲▲ Ease of Query Formulation Normalization ▲▲▲ BCNF Storage Efficiency Access Efficiency Scalability Genericity ▲▲ Data Processing Harmony with the MIDM Compatibility with Arc Marine 21 July 2007 BIDI Meeting

IndividualMeasuredData Design Options Fish Samples Option 1: Generic Sample Analyses Option D.1 ActivityDevices Activity Gear Haul Species Sample Catch SurveyStation SubSample Individual IndividualMeasuredData Parameter 21 July 2007 BIDI Meeting

Design Options Fish Samples Option 2: Current model 21 July 2007 Option D.1 ActivityDevices Activity Gear Haul Species Sample Catch SurveyStation LengthFrequency Individual LengthClass 21 July 2007 BIDI Meeting

Design Options Fish Samples Comparison 21 July 2007 BIDI Meeting Criteria Option D.1 Option D.2 Ease of Understanding ▲▲ ▲▲▲ Ease of Query Formulation Normalization Storage Efficiency Access Efficiency Scalability Genericity ▲ Data Processing Harmony with the MIDM Compatibility with Arc M. 21 July 2007 BIDI Meeting

Design Options HABs Samples Option 1: 21 July 2007 BIDI Meeting Option F.1 HABSample Species HABStation Phytoplankton Bioassay WaterSample ShellfishSample Chemistry Organisation HABAnalysis 21 July 2007 BIDI Meeting

Design Options HABs Samples Option 2: 21 July 2007 BIDI Meeting Option F.2 HABSample Species HABStation Phytoplankton BioassayChemistry Organisation HABAnalysis 21 July 2007 BIDI Meeting

Design Options Species 21 July 2007 BIDI Meeting Option G Species Genus Family Order Class PhylumOrDivision Phylum Division Kingdom 21 July 2007 BIDI Meeting

Future Work Improve and validate models Load data Benchmarking Needed input from OSU Load data OSU (w/ Michael Blongewicz of DHI?) Benchmarking Publications CMRC & OSU: identify journals + write articles 21 July 2007 BIDI Meeting

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