1. Data Graveyard, Data Warehouse or Public Information System Rainer Froese IFM-GEOMAR, Kiel rfroese@ifm-geomar.de DFG Biodiversity Data WG 8-9 June 2009, Berlin

2. Background & Content Founding member of Species 2000, scientific names for 1.2 million species www.sp2000.org www.sp2000.org Coordinator of FishBase www.fishbase.orgwww.fishbase.org Coordinator of AquaMaps www.aquamaps.org www.aquamaps.org Coordinator of SpeciesBase www.speciesbase.org www.speciesbase.org

3. Data Graveyard Non-standardized meta data Non-standarized data files Restricted access Members can archive and retrieve data files Pro: easy and cheap archiving of data Con: not directly usable

4. Data Warehouse Standardized meta data Standardized data file formats Restricted access Members can archive and access data Pro: all data directly accessible Con: useful only for warehouse experts

5. Public Information System International standards for meta data International standards for data files International standards for key content (Darwin core, ABCD, …) Interlinked with global authority files (Catalogue of Life, GBIF, GenBank, …) Interface and tools for easy open access Pro: 1000s of citations in primary literature Con: Needs continuous dedicated effort by specialists for maintenance

14. Google Scholar, April 2006: 1610 citations, including 5 in Nature and 7 in Science

20. www.aquamaps.org

22. Examples from AquaMaps: No Sharks in Antarctica

23. Examples from AquaMaps Whale shark (cosmopolitan)

25. Examples from AquaMaps Blackfin spiderfish (continental shelves)

26. Examples from AquaMaps Blackfin spiderfish (preliminary 2050)

27. Tools: Equatorial Species Richness Transect across the Indo-Pacific

28. Tools : Where to Place an MPA

29. Tools Mnemiopsis leidyi (invasive Black Sea)

31. The FishBase Team

32. Scientific LiteratureOther data sets Specialists Standardized Content Specialists Public, Students, Researchers, Managers Other Initiatives (GBIF, GenBank, IUCN, EOL) Authority Files & Standards (CoL, ISO, TDWG)