Report on Pre-Existing in Situ and Ancillary Datasets for Sites
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Project Title: BIO_SOS Biodiversity Multisource Monitoring System: from Space TO Species Contract No: FP7-SPA-2010-1-263435 Instrument: Thematic Priority: Start of project: 1 December 2010 Duration: 36 months Deliverable No: D4.1 Report on pre-existing in situ and ancillary datasets for sites Due date of 31 July 2011 deliverable: Actual submission V1 date: Version: 1st version of D4.1 Main Authors: João Pradinho Honrado, Joaquim Alonso, Carlos Guerra, Isabel Pôças, João Gonçalves, Bruno Marcos Project ref. number 263435 BIO_SOS: Biodiversity Multisource Monitoring System: Project title from Space to Species Deliverable title Report on pre-existing in situ and ancillary datasets for sites Deliverable number D4.1 Deliverable version Version 1 Previous version(s) - Contractual date of 31 July 2011 delivery Actual date of delivery 2 August 2011 Deliverable filename BIO_SOS_D41_Pre-existing_Data_vf.doc Nature of deliverable R Dissemination level PU = Public Number of pages 129 Workpackage WP4 Partner responsible Partner 9 (CIBIO/ICETA) Author(s) João Pradinho Honrado (P9), Joaquim Alonso (P9), Carlos Guerra (P9), Isabel Pôças (P9), João Gonçalves (P9), Bruno Marcos (P9), Richard Lucas (P11) Editor João Pradinho Honrado EC Project Officer Florence Beroud Abstract This report provides a synthesis of work carried out in the first six months of Task 4.1. Specifically, it provides a conceptual, legal and institutional reference framework for dataset description and quality evaluation, results from a first inventory and preliminary internal quality evaluation of pre-existing datasets across BIO_SOS sites, a methodological framework for external quality evaluation, and a first set of proposals and guidelines for data acquisition and for data quality management throughout the project. Keywords Data quality evaluation, Data quality management, Datasets inventory, Metadata, Pre-existing datasets D4.1 Report on pre-existing in situ and ancillary datasets for test sites Signatures Written by Responsibility- Company Date Signature João Pradinho Honrado Responsible of WP4, CIBIO Verified by Panayotis Dimopoulos Task 4.4 Leader, UOI Approved by Quality Assurance Plan Fifame Koudogbo Group, ALTAMIRA Palma Blonda Project Coordinator, CNR BIO_SOS FP7-SPACE-2010-1 GA 263435Page 4 of 130 D4.1 Report on pre-existing in situ and ancillary datasets for test sites Table of Contents 1. Executive summary .......................................................................................................................... 7 2. Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 9 2.1 Scope of the report ................................................................................................................. 9 2.2 D4.1 within the scope of Task 4.1. and of WP4 ...................................................................... 9 2.3 D4.1 within the broader scope of BIO_SOS (and beyond) .................................................... 10 3. Spatial data quality evaluation and management ............................................................................ 12 3.1 Initiatives, framework, legal and technical standards and references.................................... 12 3.2 Metadata and spatial data quality analysis and management ............................................... 15 3.2.1 Metadata and the management of spatial data ................................................................ 15 3.2.2 A definition of spatial data quality ..................................................................................... 15 3.2.3 Standards for metadata and (spatial) data quality ............................................................ 17 3.2.4 Methods and indicators for spatial data evaluation ........................................................... 19 3.3 Data quality, interoperability and (meta)data sharing ............................................................ 21 3.4 Data quality in BIO_SOS and the general workflow of Task 4.1 ........................................... 22 4. Internal quality evaluation of pre-existing data ................................................................................ 24 4.1 Methodological framework and workflow .............................................................................. 24 4.1.1 Collection of metadata on pre-existing datasets ............................................................... 24 4.1.1.1 Dataset typifying and identification .............................................................................. 24 4.1.1.2 Metadata profile description ........................................................................................ 24 4.1.1.3 Data collection procedure ............................................................................................ 26 4.1.2 Internal quality evaluation ................................................................................................ 26 4.2 Internal quality of pre-existing datasets ................................................................................ 28 4.2.1 Quality of global and regional datasets ............................................................................ 28 4.2.2 Quality of test-site datasets .............................................................................................. 30 4.2.2.1 Brazil sites ................................................................................................................... 30 4.2.2.2 Greece sites ................................................................................................................ 32 4.2.2.3 Italy sites ..................................................................................................................... 34 4.2.2.4 Netherlands sites ........................................................................................................ 36 4.2.2.5 Portugal sites .............................................................................................................. 38 4.2.2.6 United Kingdom sites .................................................................................................. 41 4.2.3 Comparative synthesis ..................................................................................................... 43 4.2.3.1 Comments on the ensemble of collected databases.................................................... 43 4.2.3.2 Results across Annexes of INSPIRE ........................................................................... 45 4.2.3.3 Final overarching remarks ........................................................................................... 47 5. A framework for external quality evaluation ..................................................................................... 49 BIO_SOS FP7-SPACE-2010-1 GA 263435Page 5 of 130 D4.1 Report on pre-existing in situ and ancillary datasets for test sites 5.1 Context and concepts ........................................................................................................... 49 5.2 A proposed framework for external quality evaluation of pre-existing datasets ..................... 50 5.2.1 General features of the framework ................................................................................... 50 5.2.2 Protocol for assessing external quality of datasets in BIO_SOS ...................................... 51 5.2.3 Application examples ....................................................................................................... 56 5.3 Perspectives for implementation ........................................................................................... 59 6. Synthesis, proposals and guidelines ............................................................................................... 60 6.1 Quality of pre-existing datasets: a first diagnosis .................................................................. 60 6.1.1 Considerations on the methodology ................................................................................. 60 6.1.2 Quality and relevance of pre-existing datasets ................................................................. 61 6.2 Quality-related guidelines for new dataset acquisition in BIO_SOS ...................................... 62 6.2.1 Guidelines for a general strategy ..................................................................................... 62 6.2.2 Quality evaluation across the data life cycle ..................................................................... 62 6.2.2.1 Before spatial data collection or capture ...................................................................... 63 6.2.2.2 During spatial data collection or capture and metadata development .......................... 63 6.2.2.3 After data collection or capture and spatial database management ............................. 64 6.3 Guidelines for data quality management in BIO_SOS .......................................................... 65 7. Appendices ..................................................................................................................................... 67 8. References ................................................................................................................................... 124 9. Abbreviations and acronyms ......................................................................................................... 129 BIO_SOS FP7-SPACE-2010-1 GA 263435Page 6 of 130 D4.1 Report on pre-existing