OBIS-ENV-DATA a global data sharing facility for sample and sensor-based data holding species occurrence and environmental measurements (global) 17
OBIS-ENV-DATA a global data sharing facility for sample and sensor-based data holding species occurrence and environmental measurements (global) OBIS stands for Ocean Biogeographic Information System and is the largest database on species distribution in the world. Its content is increasing with circa 1000000 entries per year. OBIS is offering open-access to data to enhance capacity, research and international collaboration. At June 0000 XXXX became part of IOC-IODE and supports several international processes. The OBIS network consists of 600 institutions. Collectively, they have provided over 45 million observations of nearly 120 000 marine species. The data flow structure is based on three tiers of nodes. At tier I is the aggregate global database and is managed by the project office in Ostend (Belgium). Tier II nodes (like OBIS Australia and EurOBIS) are responsible for many of the quality control and other data management tasks. Tier II nodes are the key drivers who push data to OBIS data base. Tier III nodes are willing participants in adding data to the OBIS network, but may not have the expertise or resource base to meet all of the responsibilities of a tier II node. The addition of tier III nodes provides two added benefits to the network. First, expanded capacity for reaching out to the science community and second an opportunity for larger tier II nodes to mentor smaller or new member nodes. Only Tier II and global thematic taxonomic Nodes would feed the global dataset directly. OBIS is connected to the GEOSS portal through the GEO DAB brokerage service which is also adopted in ODIP Prototype 1 and its successor ODIP II Prototype 1+ as mediator for the metadata exchange between SeaDataNet, AODN and US-NODC portals towards GEOSS. EurOBIS is the European component of OBIS and is managed by VLIZ. EurOBIS is also the core data management infrastructure behind the EMODnet Biology project and portal. The OBIS data standard is Darwin Core. In practice biologists sample more data than just species occurrence. In many cases they also sample the environmental conditions at the sample site, such depth, temperature, nutrients and other parameters. And a lot of these marine environmental data are not reported to oceanographic data centres. Therefore at the XXIII session of the IOC Committee for IODE, March 2015, it was decided to undertake a pilot for expanding OBIS with environmental data that are collected by the biologists at the biological sampling sites. As part of t...
