the inram biodiversity database project
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The INRAM Biodiversity Database Project. Christopher K. Frazier, Timothy K. Lowrey INRAM Biodiversity Program Manager and Biodiversity Director University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM, USA and Daniel J. Howard INRAM Director New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM, USA. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The INRAM Biodiversity Database Project
Christopher K. Frazier, Timothy K. LowreyINRAM Biodiversity Program Manager and Biodiversity Director
University of New MexicoAlbuquerque, NM, USA
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Daniel J. HowardINRAM Director
New Mexico State UniversityLas Cruces, NM, USA
New Mexico
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Analysis and Management
TDWG Annual Meeting
Indiatuba, SP, Brasil
2002-10-20
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Analysis and Management
• Funded via the NSF Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) and the state of new Mexico.
• 3-year funding started March, 2002.
• Mission: To provide natural resource information and analysis tools to support science, conservation, management and general knowledge of NM natural resources.
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• Collaborative effort of NM universities– UNM, NMSU, NMT, ENMU, WNMU, Highlands,
Din’e college
• And other organizations– NM EPSCoR state office, LTER Network, LTER
Sevilleta, LTER Jornada, USGS SWGap, NMMNH, EDAC, NMNHP, SNL, LANL & others
Six INRAM Divisions
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• LEC – Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry (NMSU)
• Land Management (Highlands University)
• Hydrology (NMT)
• LESA – Laboratory for Environmental Spatial Analysis (NMSU)
• Biodiversity (UNM)
• VCE – Virtual Center for the Environment (UNM)
Six INRAM Divisions
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• LEC – Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry
• Land management
• Hydrology
• LESA – Laboratory for Environmental Spatial Analysis
• Biodiversity
• VCE – Virtual Center for the Environment
INRAM Divisions With Biodiversity Components
• Biodiversity– Accumulate, georeference, and provide information on NM
biodiversity including museum specimen info.
• LESA – Laboratory for Environmental Spatial Analysis– Provide geospatial NM natural resource data sets and analytic
tools; provide GIS consultation, training and support.
• VCE – Virtual Center for the Environment– Education/outreach arm of INRAM. Education oriented web
site.
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Analysis and Management
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Analysis and Management
INRAM Shared Resources
• Biodiversity, LESA and VCE– Shared hardware (Sun Fire 280R Webserver, Dell
PowerEdge 4600 fileserver)..
– Shared development teams (sys admin, web site, database design)..
– Shared data resources (museum biodiversity data set, geospatial natural resources data).
INRAM Biodiversity• First year goals
– Create an all-taxa, combined database of specimen records from four NM collections (UNM, NMSU, ENMU, WNMU).
– Provide a web-based query interface to these data.
– Create multiple output options including html format, text, and mapped data sets..
• Imposed deadline:– Create a demo of capabilities within six months from
funding inception (October, 2002).
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INRAM Biodiversity• Staff support for participating collections
– Hired collection managers at three universities.
• Undergraduate and graduate support– Provided $ to hire students for data entry and quality
control.
• Equipment and support– Provided computers and network solutions.– Providing support for choosing and implementing
database software.
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Museum Challenges
• Some collections databased, some not started.• Different database softwares and database
models.• Different degrees of technological advancement.• Large state, collections are far from each other.• Different degrees of interest in combined data
sets.• Different data release policies and concerns.
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Network Design
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Link Back to Data Providers
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Philosophical Foundations• Real data are the specimens and the expertise of
collection managers and curators.
• Use open source technology whenever possible.
• Modular and flexible development scheme.
• True collaborative effort.
• Deliver useable product.
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Query Interface
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HTML Output
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Exact Locality Map Output
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County Map Distributions
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Future Directions• Georeference specimen data.
• Create taxonomic thesaurus.
• Add access to other biodiversity data sets(Heritage Program data, checklists, range maps, etc.).
• Develop data use agreements and protocols.
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IRAM• Dan Howard – INRAM Director (NMSU)• Tim Lowrey –Biodiversity Director (UNM)• Mike DeMers – LESA Director (NMSU)• Bruce Neville – VCE Director (UNM)• Chongbing Liu – INRAM Programmer (NMSU)• Chris Stubben - INRAM Programmer (NMSU)• Vince Gutschick – INRAM Advisor (NMSU)• Brook Milligan – INRAM Advisor (NMSU)• And many others…
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Visit us at:
INRAM.org