1. GISIN Web Portal Enabling Invasive Species Data Interchange GISIN technical team

2. Today Learning about GISIN data network Tour of the GISIN web portal Registering on the TEST server Introduction to the GISIN Protocol Uploading Files to the TEST server Introduction to GISIN Web Services When you return home: Upload real data to GISIN.org (LIVE) Decide on periodic file upload or web services

3. Data Sources Publications GPS PDA Excel Spreadsheets Databases Web Sites Individuals Academic NGO Government International

4. Databases Just in the US Crall AW, Meyerson LA, Stohlgren TJ, Jarnevich CS, Newman GJ, Graham J. 2006. Show me the numbers: what data currently exist for non-native species in the USA? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 4: 414-418

5. Top Desires Cross-database search Specific to invasive species Aggregate data for research & management: Multiple scales Any region Any species Share information on managing species Actionable information!

6. GISIN Global Invasive Species Information Network International organization of invasive species data providers Working towards a network for exchange of data Network is designed and prototyped www.gisin.org - livewww.gisin.org Ibis-test.nrel.colostate.edu/gisin - test Working with TDWG, GBIF, others

7. GISIN 3

8. Participants

9. Technical Contacts Coordination, Goals, Funding: Annie Simpson Alycia Crawl IT Jim Graham – Development Greg Newman – IT management Testing & Technical Support? Helping out Catherine Jarnevich Miles Falck Chuck

10. Web Portal www.gisin.org About: History, News, Publications… Directory: GISIN List: Registered URLs Data Providers: Browse: Top Invasive, Country, Species Get Data: Search, Download (future) Share Data: Provide Data, Technical

11. Technical History IAS Specification for web service Too complicated for development and support resources ($) NIS Base Difficult to scale to many providers GISIN Protocol based web services Too complex for most providers File upload Just right?

12. 2007 Survey Results 1 hour to “as long as it takes” for commitment Minimal web service expertise Various installation scenarios Existing solutions did not meet all needs

13. Architecture Federated: Distributed Too hard to filter Leaves out most providers Cached: Requires IT staff Flexible filters

14. Vision ESA 2009 GISIN

15. Web Portal Structure GISIN List Over 250 registered URLs with data on invasive species Data Providers Data File upload Web services

16. Web Portal Tour

17. Data Models Occurrences: The location of a specimen on the earth on a specific date Species Status: The status of a species in an area: Harmful Present Exotic Species Resource URL: Links to URLs with information on a species More in the future…

18. Data model distinction Occurrences Location at fine resolution (e.g., latitude, longitude) Where we saw something Coordinates Present here Requires a species and location Millions of records Species status Location at coarser resolution (e.g., county or country) How do we classify something Nativity Harm Requires species, non- coordinate location, Harmful, Presence, and Origin Thousands of records