1. Open access to biodiversity data: the speciesLink experience Dora Ann Lange Canhos dora@cria.org.br

2. How to promote data sharing? Cultural barriers (internet, informatics, …) Technical limitations (interoperability, archiving, …) Legal impediments (biosafety, access to biodiversity, …) It doesn’t only depend on the “will” to share data.... Must be organized: data models, standards, protocols... Must be feasible (“doable”) Must be planned: adequate resources, expertise, infrastructure

3. Working with data providers  routine should not be disrupted  they must have full control over their data  participation must be easy  they must be acknowledged  they must also benefit from sharing their data

4. COL 1 COL 2 COL 3 COL 4 COL 5 program search interface Win2000 Brahms Linux MySQL Win98 Access Win98 Biota FreeeBSD PostgreSQL ? ? ? ? ? speciesLink data providers: biological collections

5. Challenges  Integrate data from  different taxonomic groups  distributed in different collections  Regardless of  where the collections are located  what software the collections uses  the Internet connectivity available  the expertise available  Without changing the routine  Maintaining full control of data by the collection  Not expensive (open source and free software)  Integrated with other networks (local and international)

6. speciesLink site Presentation Layer speciesLink site Presentation Layer DiGIR Portal (Java) DiGIR Portal (Java) Perl Slow or unstable connectivity Fast and stable connectivity Data SOAP client Collection Management System SQL Collection C Data Repository Data SOAP client Collection Management System SQL Collection B Data Repository Postgres PHP Provider SOAP Server SQL Regional Server Data PHP Provider Collection Management System SQL Collection A System’s Architecture

7. Collection’s database Mapping data fields DarwinCore data model Database available on-line Filter for sensitive data

8. speciesLink site Presentation Layer speciesLink site Presentation Layer DiGIR Portal (Java) DiGIR Portal (Java) Perl Slow or unstable connectivity Fast and stable connectivity Data SOAP client Collection Management System SQL Collection C Data Repository Data SOAP client Collection Management System SQL Collection B Data Repository Postgres PHP Provider SOAP Server SQL Mirror Server Data PHP Provider Collection Management System SQL Collection A System Architecture

9. Data Migration Client Platform independent (java) Connects to any database accessible via JDBC (simple text files are also supported) Complete control over data Low traffic Possibility to filter sensitive data using a regular expression

13. Other Applications …  data cleaning  collection profiles  indicators  ecological niche modeling

14. Data cleaning  species name  georeferencing

23. Collection profile...

28. Indicators

30. 592,185 (83,28%) 18,727 (2.63%)

33. Ecological niche modeling See demonstration of openModeller with Tim Sutton, Renato De Giovanni,

34. The speciesLink network descriptive data nomenclature taxonomy modeling Data quality maps primary data education research Decision making Biological collection

36. Building data infrastructure is necessarily a collaborative effort

37. http://splink.cria.org.br dora@cria.org.br Obrigada