I marine achievements the story so far

iMarine data platform

for collaborations

7 March 2014

iMarine achievements:

the story so far

Donatella Castelli

(CNR)

iMarine Objective

Launch an Initiative aimed at establishing and

operating a data Infrastructure supporting the

implementation of the principles of the

Ecosystem Approach

to Fisheries Management and Conservation of to Fisheries Management and Conservation of

Marine Living Resources

Background info

DILIGENT D4Science-IIDILIGENT

D4Science

D4Science-II

iMarine

Capacity & Diversity

1. Multidisciplinary & multifacets collaboration

– at the local, national, regional and international levels

2. Knowledge generation

– Access to large amount of heterogeneous, across-domain data

– Rich data mining, analysis and processing capabilities

Physical and

chemical

features

Inventories of

biological

information

Habitat types

Socio-

economic

aspects

Marine

resource

assessment

Fishery

operation,

processingand

trade

Marine

Planning

iMarine contribution

Establish the Community

Enhance & operate the e-infrastructure

iMarine Community of Practice

ExtendedIEO (Spanish Institute of Oceanography)

SFPA (Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority)

SFP (Sustainable Fisheries Organisation)

ATZI-Tecnalia

CI (Conservation International)

SEAFO (South East Atlantic Fisheries Org.)

NEAFC, IUCN, Wageningen Univ., DG-MARE, MEDDE, Univ. of

Amsterdam, UKMarine MgmtOr†√ganization, VLIZ, ICES, ESTAT,

TBTI (Too Big To Ignore)

Science Europe

NAFO (Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation)

Agrocampus OUEST

IOTC (Indian Ocean Tuna Commission)

GRID-Arendal

CCAMLR (Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources)

ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic

Development)

UNEP WCMC (World Conservation Monitoring Centre)

FAO FIRF (Marine and Inland Fisheries Service)

MEDPAN (Network of Marine Protected Area Managers in the Mediterranean)

Or†√ganization, VLIZ, ICES, ESTAT, IODE-UNESCO, FAO, FIN, CRIA,

IRD, TerraDue

e-Infrastructure

Elecronic platform operated by a responsible entity offering

an open set of basic enabling facilities “as-a-service”

e-infrastructure benefits

Economy of

scale

Reduced

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market

Established

quality of

service

Harmoniz.&

standardiz.

Joint effortEconomy of

scale

Reduced

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Established

quality of

service

Harmoniz.&

standardiz.

• Openness & flexibility

• Low cost of operation &

maintenance

• Standards support

• Fit for purpose

• Standards support

• High QoS

Mediators

Technologists

CoP members

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• Collaboration

• Sharing

• Visualization

• Publication

• Storage

• Processing

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• Processing

• Analysis

• Modeling

• Integration

• Enrichment

• Transformation

• Validation

• Access

• Discovery

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Exploiting services programmatically

Virtual Research Environments

VREVRE VRE

VRE = A flexible and secure Web-based working environment designed to serve the

application needs of a community working for a specific goal

3b: The iMarine catalogue of services

Dr. Pasquale Pagano, CNR-ISTI