Data Standards, Digi-za-on, Workflows
Gil Nelson Ins+tute for Digital Informa+on and Scien+fic Communica+on
Florida State University
SPNHC 20 June 2013
This material is based upon work supported by the Na+onal Science Founda+on under Coopera+ve Agreement EF-‐1115210. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommenda+ons expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Na+onal Science Founda+on.
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Conver-ng specimens and specimen-‐related informa-on to digital format • Label data to digital records • Specimens to images • Ancillary materials to digital records or images
• field notes, field books, catalogs, ledgers, monographs, journal ar-cles, white papers, etc.
• Audio to digital • Video to digital
Digi-za-on
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Two things we needed at the outset: 1. Clear, biologically relevant standards to guide data acquisi-on and distribu-on.
2. A strong sense of effec-ve, community-‐based digi-za-on workflows and prac-ces.
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iDigBio Informa-cs and Cyberinfrastructure Workshop 28–30 March 2012 Minimum Informa-on for Scien-fic Collec-ons
Working Group
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MISC Goals
The product of the MISC working group was designed to: • provide detail to the data model, • reflect a biologist’s or collec-on manager’s perspec-ve, • ensure that all data currently or poten-ally stored in collec-ons
databases are accounted for, • evolve over -me, • Priori-ze data elements as required, highly desired, or supplementary, • take a scien-fic perspec-ve on data fitness, • start with Darwin Core as a founda-on and augment from other
schemas where necessary, • map MISC to exis-ng schemas.
MISC
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28 Collec-ons 10 Museums
Spanning biological and paleontological collec-ons Insects and other invertebrates, vertebrates, plants
Wet, dry
Assessing Digi-za-on Prac-ces in Biological and Paleontological Collec-ons
Pre-‐digi-za-on Cura-on
or “Staging”
Image Capture
Data Capture
Image Processing
Image/Data Storage
Georeferencing
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Personnel
Wri[en Protocols
Biodiversity informa+cs Manager
Task Clusters (modules)
In March 2012, the Steering CommiYee established a series of prepara+on-‐specific digi+za+on training workshops focused on helping collec+ons managers get started with and/or enhance local digi+za+on programs, all to be held at host ins+tu+ons.
Digi-za-on Workshops
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• DROID (Developing Robust Object-‐>Image-‐>Data, May 2102) • Herbarium digi+za+on (Valdosta State, September 2012) • Fluid-‐preserved collec+ons digi+za+on (U. Kansas, March 2013) • Dried insect collec+ons digi+za+on (Field Museum, April 2013) • Imaging fluid-‐preserved invertebrates (U. Michigan, September 2013) • Paleontology digi+za+on (Yale Peabody Museum, September 2013) • Small Herbarium Digi+za+on (Florida State University, December 2013) • Broadening Biodiversity in the Biodiversity Sciences (January, 2014) • Original Source Materials Digi+za+on (Yale Peabody, March 2014)
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Developed a community-‐oriented digi+za+on resources wiki in support of our workshops and to serve digi+za+on-‐related informa+on across all prepara+on types. Established a digi+za+on list serv to promote workshop follow-‐up as well as community discussion and sharing.
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Developing Robust Object to Image to Data Workflows (DROID)
• Scien+fic Soeware Innova+on Ins+tutes
• Yale Peabody Museum • Biodiversity Ins+tute,
KU • iDigBio
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Posted To Collabora+ve
Workflows Page Linked to the Digi+za+on Resources Wiki
• The Flat Sheets and Packets Working Group has completed modules and associated tasks for herbarium and related collec+ons (October 2012). • The Pinned Things in Trays and Drawers finished and posted its work for entomology (January 2013). • 3D Objects in Spirits in Jars and Vials completed and posted its workflows for fluid-‐preserved specimens (May 2013). • 3D Objects in Drawers and Trays workflows group to start work in June 2013. • Prepara+on-‐independent workflows to follow (2013).
DROID Workflows Working Groups
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Modular Approach
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Community-‐based Workflow Wiki for sharing workflows across prep types and ins+tu+ons.
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Launched the Interna-onal Whole-‐Drawer Digi-za-on Interest Group in collabora+on with partners at CSIRO (Australia), with representa+ves from the U.S., The Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Australia.
Launched the Biodiversity Informa-cs Managers Working Group to focus on the role of biodiversity informa+cs manager as an essen+al component underpinning the successful digi+za+on enterprise, including the defini+on and delinea+on of career path dimensions, skill sets, academic training requirements, and recommenda+ons about the placement of this role within the organiza+onal structure of museums and academic ins+tu+ons.
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Thank you!