The Atlas of Living Australia Infrastructure for biodiversity research Donald Hobern [email protected]Melbourne, 29 July 2011 The Atlas is funded by the Australian Government under the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy and further supported by the Super Science Initiative of the Education Investment Fund
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The Atlas of Living AustraliaInfrastructure for biodiversity research
The Atlas is funded by the Australian Government under the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategyand further supported by the Super Science Initiative of the Education Investment Fund
Sharing biodiversity knowledge to shape our future www.ala.org.au
ALA - current investment
• Australian Government funding to June 2012– NCRIS 2006-2012: $8.2M– EIF Super Science 2009-2012: $30.0M– ALA partner in-kind contributions: $26.5M
• Mission– To develop an authoritative, freely accessible, distributed
and federated biodiversity data management system
• Partners• Government: – CSIRO – lead agent– Department of the Environment,
Water, Heritage and the Arts– Department of Agriculture, Fisheries
and Forestry• Universities:– Southern Cross University– University of Adelaide
• State museums:– Australian Museum– Museum and Art Gallery of the
Northern Territory– Museum Victoria– Queensland Museum– South Australian Museum– Tasmanian Museum and Art
Gallery– Western Australian Museum
• Representative bodies: – Council of Heads of Australasian
Herbaria– Council of Heads of Australian
Faunal Collections– Council of Heads of Australian
Entomological Collections– Council of Heads of Australian
Collections of Microorganisms– Council of Australasian Museum
Directors
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Building on the work of others
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International partners - GBIF
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International partners - EOL
China
Australia
Dutch
South Africa
Costa Rica
Mexico
Pan-Arab
Version 2Coming in Autumn
2011!
Version 2Coming in Autumn
2011!
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International partners - CoL
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International partners - BOLD
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CHALLENGES: DATA VALUES
Names & classifications
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What species occur in Australia?
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National species lists
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National species lists
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CHALLENGES: DATA VALUES
Specimens & observations
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Where is each species found?
NT
Gossypium sturtianum
Sturt's Desert Rose
SA
Swainsona formosaSturt Pea
WA
Anigozanthos manglesiiMangles'
Kangaroo Paw
TAS
Eucalyptus globulusBlue Gum
VIC
Epacris impressaCommon Heath
NSW
Telopea speciosissima
Waratah
ACT
Wahlenbergia gloriosa
Royal Bluebell
QLD
Vappodes phalaenopsis
Cooktown Orchid
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Botanical specimens
ScientificName: Derwentia derwentianaFamily: ScrophulariaceaeLocality: 0.4 km E of Coryah Gap...State: NSWDateCollected: 1998-12-12Latitude: -30.3Longitude: 150.1CoordinatePrecision: 200mCoordinateMethod: Paper mapTypeStatus: None
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Challenges: Data values
• Agreed standard data elements– ScientificName– DecimalLatitude– Decimal Longitude– CoordinatePrecision
• Standard data formats for values– New South Wales vs. NSW vs. N.S.W.– Australia vs. Australien vs. AU– 2008-05-15 vs. 05/15/2008 vs. 15 May 2008– Specimen vs. S vs. Voucher