1. SYNTHESYS3 Parallel Discussions
Joint Research Activities
SYNTHESYS3 Final Meeting
NHM, London, 6-7 June 2017

2. SYNTHESYS+ Potential JRA Tasks
Category:
Title
Industrialization of the mobilization of collections data
Vision
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The key challenge(s)
Greater deployment of computer vision based approaches
Next steps for crowdsourcing
Approaches to digitisation prioritisation
Covering the needs of special (societally relevant) collections
KPI’s …
Possible Partners

3. SYNTHESYS+ Potential JRA Tasks
Category:
Title
Management of large data collections
Vision
The key challenge(s)
Long term preservation of data
Digital access to the long tail of big data
Best practices for image management
Alignment of institutional policies & needs of user groups
KPI’s …
Possible Partners

4. SYNTHESYS+ Potential JRA Tasks
Category:
Title
Data quality and data management issues (we are perfectionists, but do we need to be?)
Vision
Research to assess how important data quality is to the outcomes of biodiversity research
The key challenge(s)
For example, how does sampling density impact research data applicability?
Other areas include: Taxonomic correctness, sampling bias, that impact data usability. [nb. to date most of the work has focused on observation data, not collection data]. Need to consider impact on collection management systems.
KPI’s / Outcomes
Recommendations to improve the management of our data and impact on our data cleaning methodologies
Possible Partners …

5. SYNTHESYS+ Potential JRA Tasks
Category:
Title
New technical developments influencing collections management research
Vision
e.g. Computer vision, genetic engineering, robotics, IIIF, data linkage
The key challenge(s)
KPI’s / Outcomes …
Possible Partners

6. General Comments / Areas
Developing services for new user communities
Better linkage of the TAF’s to the JRA
Better integration of living and preserved collections management
What will happen over the next 20 years, given the creation of new types of genetically modified organisms
How to we handle genetically engineered / manipulated organisms and how to these relate to the changing role of natural history collections
To Fit In:
Linking via identifers and use and impact assessment tools (include ORCID people identifiers)
Moving crowdsourcing to citizen science