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= CETAF Strategy & Strategic Development Plan 2015 - 2025 =

== Focus Area #4 - Biodiversity informatics and information technologies ==

=== ACTIONS ===

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| '''''Moving taxonomy into the digital world''''' 
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| i. Supporting shared database infrastructure and open access policies || There are no agreed CETAF open access policies. Is this adressed in one of the DiSSCo projects? || Existing shared database infrastructures with strong CETAF involvement are for example JACQ, DINA, and Diversity Workbench || xx || JACQ, DINA, Diversity Workbench
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| ii. Making taxonomy data digitally interpretable and retrievable || Relates to DiSSCo OpenDS and ISTC LOD activities as well as stable and standardised (web) services in general. || LOD activities in SYNTHESYS+ and MOBILISE, OpenDS specification and implementation in DiSSCoPrepare, Botany pilot LOD system; TDWG - BSC-IG (Biodiversity and Clients Interest Group) || xx || xx
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| iii. Increasing the use of collection data || ISTC ID initiative works towards this goal, we need more streamlined services for integrating collection data in research workflows || Botany pilot, Wikidata activities (Mobilise) || xx || xx
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| '''''Ensuring retrievable, connected and interoperable biodiversity data''''' 
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| i. Using commonly agreed ‘stable identifiers’ for the natural history collections || Clearly CETAF IDs || CETAF/ISTC ID initiative, activities in SYNTHESYS+ || ID Registry, standard (RDF) metadata || xx
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| ii. Implementing recognised collection metadata descriptions || Unclear, where this will be defined and implemented; relates to CETAF passports and other (TDWG) attempest to standardise collection descriptions || Global Collections Catalogue (workshop and consultation organised by GBIF)|| xx || xx
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| iii. Linking European, national and regional collections of specimens and data (checklists or databases) || Extend LOD-approach to "other" data types || SYNTHESYS+ standards work package, DiSSCo Prepare standards / common resources activities|| xx || xx
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| '''''Disseminating data and data processing standards, thesauri and controlled vocabularies''''' 
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| i. Continuing the development of compatible data standards || Much progress with regard to collection data (ABCD, DwC, etc.), more work needed for establishing agreed vocabularies and standards for "other" data types || SYNTHESYS+ standards work package, MOBILISE, DiSSCo Prepare Data Model || xx || ABCD; DwC; GGBN; MOD-CO
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| ii. Adopting and implementing guidelines on standards || Adoption of standards can be measured by the number of standards compliant service implementations (e.g. collection provider software, LOD services, etc.). "Implementing guidelines" does not really differ from iii. || SYNTHESYS+ ID/LOD activities || xx || xx
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| iii. Collating and distributing interoperable standards for biodiversity data and natural history specimen databasing || Should be a dynamic documentation (e.g. wiki page) linking to actively maintained standardisation efforts || SYNTHESYS+, MOBILISE || DiSSCo prepare || xx
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| iv. Establishing and promoting specimen data and database citation standards (source recognition) || Is this addressed in CETAF or one of the DiSSCo projects?, MOBILISE WG for data publication || xx || xx || xx
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| '''''Safeguarding long-term data storage, curation and longevity'''''
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| i. Organising the maintenance of a supported system for data storage || xx ||MOBILISE WG for data archiving || xx || xx
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| ii. Adopting processes for orphan databases or digital information || Not yet a CETAF activity. There is a national (German) system dealing with orphaned databases (https://rebind.bgbm.org/), which could be used as a basis for a European activity. There is also a CODATA Interest Group "data at risk" || xx || xx || xx
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=== TARGETS ===

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| CETAF interoperable standards for biodiversity data and natural history specimen databasing are adopted in 80% of CETAF institutions || Probably already fulfilled if we count the number of CETAF institutions with working (GBIF) provider software installations. || yellow/green
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| CETAF standard identifiers are adopted in 80% of CETAF institutions || The number can easily be monitored once the ID registry is functioning. Broadening the implementations is part of the SYNTHESYS+ project. || yellow
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| Digital data curation guidelines are produced and adopted || Needs to be coordinated with DiSSCo || red/yellow
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| Digital storage capacity infrastructure is established within the consortium || MOBILISE WG for data archiving || red/yellow
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== Focus Area #3 - Natural history collection management and access to collections ==

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| '''''Promoting the physical or digital accessibility to collections''''' 
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| v. Collaborating with major initiatives on specimen data sharing, data annotation and data-flow || DiSSCo and related projects, as well as other national and international initiatives || DWG partners in all the DiSSCo-related projects and sharing information|| More collaboration with international initiatives and more sharing information about national initiatives|| xx
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| '''''Digitising and databasing collections''''' 
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| i.  Exploring methods and best practices in data storage and data curation || Need to clarify DWG and ISTC roles here || xx || xx || xx
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| ii. Supporting the development of digitisation policies, techniques and technology || Need to bring in SYNTHESYS3 work on the Management Plan on Digital Collections (MPDC)|| [https://synthesys3.biowikifarm.net/syn3/NA2/objective1/task1/cmp]|| xx || xx
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| iii. Exploring the development of storage and digitisation infrastructures || Need to clarify DWG and ISTC roles here|| DiSSCo related activities|| xx || xx
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=== TARGETS ===

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| 10% of our 1.5 billion natural history collections are databased, digitised and digitally available and scientific collection visits increase by 10% || Collaborating on the development of MIDS and looking at GBIF|| xx
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| CETAF best practice and common collections policies are implemented in the majority of member institutions || xx || xx
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