2003), and automated identification (Bennett et al. 2010) and make bioacoustic collections available for future work, including insect communication (Ordish 1992), systematics (e.g. Sound collections for singing insects provide important repositories that underpin existing research (e.g. We argue that commitment to best-practice would allow greater sharing of MGR for research and extensive secondary use including conservation and environmental monitoring, and provide an exemplar for access and benefit-sharing (ABS) to inform the biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) process. We contribute recommendations with a view to strengthen best-practice in accessibility of MGR, including: funder recognition of the central importance of taxonomy/biodiversity research support of museums/collections for long-term sample curation open access to data usage and further development of globally recognised data standards and platforms publishing of datasets via open-access, quality controlled and standardised data systems and open access journals commitment to best-practice workflows a global registry of cruises and lastly development of a clearing house to further centralised access to the above. Here, we attempt to define the concept of MGR from a scientific perspective, review current practices for the generation of and access to MGR from ABNJ in the context of relevant regulations, and illustrate the utility of best-practice with a case study. These complications are mirrored in science, with recent major advances in the field of genomics, but variability in handling of the resulting increasing volumes of data. Currently uncertainties surround the legal definition of MGR and scope of related benefit-sharing, against a background of regional and global governance gaps in ABNJ. It is timely to consider the relevant issues with the development of the treaty underway. Negotiations have commenced under the auspices of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) to develop a new treaty to further the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity in ABNJ. Access to marine genetic resources (MGR) for the biodiversity research community is essential to allow these environments to be better characterised. explored and established feasibility of the use of Resource Description Framework (RDF) for modelling and transfer of information in taxonomic treatments.īetter scientific knowledge of the poorly-known deep sea and areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) is key to its conservation, an urgent need in light of increasing environmental pressures. developed a proof-of-concept workflow to link publishers (in this case Pensoft), repositories (Plazi), and dedicated taxonomic platforms (CDM) Ħ. adapted the DarwinCore-Archive to transfer data on the citations of materials and taxonomic treatments (Plazi, Pensoft) ĥ. developed a common XML query model to automatically register names in nomenclatural registries such as the International Plant Name Index (IPNI) for plants and ZooBank for animals Ĥ. developed an Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT) mechanism to inter-convert content from TaxPub and TaxonX ģ. adopted the TaxPub Journal Article Tag Suite (JATS) to serve as a standard system for the semantic mark-up of publications in the are a of biological systematics Ģ. In the course of these pilots, we have made the following new additions and improvements to the e-infrastructure that is available for use within Europe:ġ. animals, higher plants, fungi and bryophytes). Four interoperability pilots were conducted, drawing on a broad spectrum of organisms (i.e. The pro-iBiosphere Task 4.2 “Promote and monitor the development and adoption of common mark-up standards and interoperability between schemas” has used pilot studies to analyse the currently applied XML schemas for mark - up of taxonomic information.
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The process of developing the data portal acted as a driver to implement policies necessary to encourage a culture of data sharing at the NHM. It outlines the development principles adopted for this prototypical project, which subsequently informed new digital project management methodologies at the NHM. This paper describes the technical development of the data portal, from its inception to beta launch in December 2015, its first 2 years of operation, and future plans for the project.
To better serve the bespoke needs of user communities outside and within the NHM, a dedicated data portal was developed to surface these data sets and provide a sustainable platform to encourage their citation and reuse. A majority of these data were, until 2015, not widely accessible, and, even when published, were typically hard to find, poorly documented and in formats that impede discovery and integration. The Natural History Museum, London (NHM), generates and holds some of the largest global data sets relating to the biological and geological diversity of the natural world.
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