1. Funded by GFBio – Education module Integrate Lesson in Data Integration

2. Integrate Data from disparate sources are combined to form one data set that can be analysed Data sets might be integrated for verification new studies comparative/collaborative studies Contextual information by metadata is essential for integration

3. Integrate 1.Manage your data properly (with re-use in mind) 2.Understand the new data Suitable for required purpose? Use visualisation and aggregation, e.g. geographic maps, descriptive statistics 3.Agree on semantics during the ‘collect’ and ‘describe’ stages to facilitate integration later 4.Ensure that formats and parameters are compatible (datum, resolution, metric units)

4. Integrate 5.Document relationships among data sets from different sources. 6.Use unique identifiers to prevent duplication of used data set. 7.Document data integration process (script, workflow), describe it in metadata. Document your data analysis.

5. Integrate 8.Establish a proper citation of the data sets you used (data provenance)! Example citation of a dataset from Pangaea

6. Your Turn! To do the exercise, please go to https://www.dataone.org/education-modules and download the Supporting data for Exercises 04, 05, 07, 08 Supporting data for Exercises 04, 05, 07, 08 (.zip) of Lesson 04: Data Entry and ManipulationData Entry and Manipulation (.pptx) Best practices for data entry, data entry and data manipulation tools. Last update: Apr 2015.

7. Your Turn!

8. Useful links & Resources Jones et al. (2006) The New Bioinformatics: Integrating ecological data from the gene to the biosphere. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 37:519-544 DataONE Education Module: Data Entry and Manipulation. DataONE. Retrieved Nov12, 2012. From http://www.dataone.org/sites/all/documents/L04_DataEntr yManipulation.pptx http://www.dataone.org/sites/all/documents/L04_DataEntr yManipulation.pptx

9. Further Education Modules are downloadable from: http://www.gfbio.org/education-modules Suggested citation: GFBio Education Module: Integrate - Lesson in Data Integration. GFBio. Retrieved Nov23, 2015. From http://www.gfbio.org/education-modules http://www.gfbio.org/education-modules Copyright license information: GFBio Education Module: Publish - Lesson in Data Publishing. by GFBio is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. GFBio Education Module: Publish - Lesson in Data PublishingGFBioCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License