1. D EVELOPING S YNERGIES B ETWEEN L ARGE -S CALE R ESEARCH AND G EODATABASES : N EOTOMA A ND P AL EON Simon Goring, John W. Williams, Eric C. Grimm, Russell W. Graham, Chris J Paciorek, Andria Dawson, Jason McLachlan, Brian Bills, Michael Anderson

4. Databases: Adapt or go extinct Image Credit: Barry Mieny

5. Databases aren’t just boxes Data input is critical So is data access

6. Databases aren’t just boxes Requirements change Dishes

7. Databases aren’t just boxes Requirements change Databases must change Dishes Sheets

8. Databases: Adapt or go extinct Image Credit: Barry Mieny Debugging Expand User Support Tool Development Modify Structure

9. Databases: Adapt or go extinct Debugging Correct & Track Data Errors Improve Table Relationships Standardize Terminology

10. Databases: Adapt or go extinct Expand User Support Facilitate Data Input Improve User Interface Improve Search Capabilities Customize Data Outputs

11. Databases: Adapt or go extinct Tool Development Facilitate Data Input Improve Data Output Provide Multiple Platforms

12. Databases: Adapt or go extinct Modify Structure Support for New Data-Types Improve Metadata

13. Databases: Adapt or go extinct Image Credit: Barry Mieny Debugging Expand User Support Tool Development Modify Structure

14. Neotoma Paleoecological Database

15. Early collaboration in paleoclimatology/paleoclimate North American Pollen Database COHMAP Members. 1988. Science, 241.

16. Early collaboration in paleoclimatology/paleoclimate European Pollen Database

17. North American Pollen Database Neotoma FAUNMAP

18. Ongoing but Periodic Contribution

19. How do you find user needs? ◦ Community development ◦ Ongoing review ◦ Ongoing development

20. PalEON: Paleoecological Observatory Network

21. PalEON ◦ PaleoEcological Observatory Network Present Forest Inventory & Analysis Flux Towers Water Chemistry Historical Public Land Survey Fort Climate Data Past Pollen Dendrochronology Isotope Data Freidlingstein et al. 2012

22. PalEON ◦ PaleoEcological Observatory Network Present Forest Inventory & Analysis Flux Towers Water Chemistry Historical Public Land Survey Fort Climate Data Past Pollen Dendrochronology Isotope Data Freidlingstein et al. 2012 Cumulative Land Flux (PgC)

23. PalEON ◦ PaleoEcological Observatory Network Present Forest Inventory & Analysis Flux Towers Water Chemistry Historical Public Land Survey Fort Climate Data Past Pollen Dendrochronology Isotope Data Freidlingstein et al. 2012 Cumulative Land Flux (PgC)

24. Neotoma Adaptation Image Credit: Barry Mieny Debugging Add Support Develop New Tools Modify Structure

25. Debugging ◦ Age – Depth Models ◦ Need to characterize uncertainty ◦ Geochronology data limitations ◦ Age model limitations ◦ Improved API outputs

26. Neotoma Adaptation Image Credit: Barry Mieny Identify Critical Development Add Support Develop New Tools Modify Structure

27. Making Connections Neotoma Pollen Data Pollen Data User Data Generators

28. Making Connections Neotoma Pollen Data Pollen Data User Data Generators

29. Making Connections Neotoma PalEON neotoma http://github.com/ropensci/netoma

30. Neotoma Adaptation Image Credit: Barry Mieny Identify WeaknessesAdd Support Develop New Tools Modify Structure

32. Neotoma Adaptation Image Credit: Barry Mieny Identify WeaknessesAdd Support Develop New Tools Modify Structure

33. Develop New Tools ◦ API Development (Neotoma Side) ◦ Package Development (PalEON Side) Goring et al. neotoma: A Programmatic Interface to the Neotoma Paleoecological Database. Open Quaternary. submitted

34. Neotoma Adaptation Image Credit: Barry Mieny Identify WeaknessesAdd Support Develop New Tools Modify Structure