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Deliverable 2.1 (D2.1) Architectural design, review and guidelines for using standards M14 Project acronym: EU BON Project name: EU BON: Building the European Biodiversity Observation Network Call: ENV.2012.6.2-2 Grant agreement: 308454 Project duration: 01/12/2012 – 31/05/2017 (54 months) Co-ordinator: MfN, Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity, Germany Delivery date from Annex I: M14 (January 2014) Actual delivery date: M14 (January 2014) Lead beneficiary: UEF, University of Eastern Finland Authors: Hannu Saarenmaa (UEF, University of Eastern Finland) Antonio García Camacho (CSIC, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Scientificas, Spain) Éamonn Ó Tuama (GBIF, Secretariat of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility) Donat Agosti (PLAZI, Plazi Inc., Switzerland) Nicolas Bailly (FIN, Fishbase Information & Research Group, Inc., Philippines) Marco Calderisi (TerraData, Italy) Debora Drucker (FDB-INPA, Fundação Amazônica de Defesa da Biosfera, Brazil) Anton Güntsch (BGBM, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany) Kim Jacobsen (MRAC, Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale, Belgium) Matúš Kempa (IBSAS, Botanicky Ustav Slovenskej Akademie Vied) Urmas Kõljalg (UTARTU, University of Tartu, Estonia) Patricia Mergen (MRAC, Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale, Belgium) Israel Peer (GlueCAD, GlueCAD Ltd. – Engineering IT, Israel) Lyubomir Penev (Pensoft Publishers Ltd., Bulgaria) Nils Valland (NBIC, Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre) Aaike de Wever (RBINS, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences) This project is supported by funding from the specific programme 'Cooperation', theme 'Environment (including Climate Change)' under the 7th Research Framework Programme of the European Union. Dissemination Level: PU Public P PP Restricted to other programme participants (including the Commission Services) RE Restricted to a group specified by the consortium (including the Commission Services) CO Confidential, only for members of the consortium (including the Commission Services) All intellectual property rights are owned by the EU BON consortium members and protected by the applicable laws. Except where otherwise specified, all document contents are: “© EU BON project“. This document is published in open access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0 (CC-BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Deliverable report (D2.1) EU BON FP7 - 308454 Executive summary Introduction The goal of the Deliverable is to provide direction for the data integration and interoperability work of the EU BON project. It makes recommendations on the design of the EU BON and GEO BON network as a system of systems, following the GEOSS agenda. It reviews state of the art in data standards, charting the way forward in integrating biodiversity and ecosystem data, and addresses better use of data standards by the various biodiversity monitoring networks. Progress towards objectives The objectives of EU BON work package 2 “Data Integration and Interoperability” are the following: • Establish an information architecture for the EU BON project that will be compatible with the global GEO BON, INSPIRE, other European projects, and the LifeWatch research infrastructure • Develop data integration and interoperability between the various networks, and, with the new generation of data sharing tools, enhance linking between observational data, ecosystem monitoring data, and remote sensing data • Develop new web service interfaces for data holdings using state-of-the-art standards and protocols. Register the networks on the GEOSS Common Infrastructure (GCI) using harmonised metadata • Develop a new portal to enable fast access to EU BON integrated data and products by researchers, decision makers and other stakeholders • Ensure global coordination of development efforts through an international data interoperability task force and adoption of the results through helpdesk and a comprehensive training programme The current deliverable presents a review and design that form the basis for fulfilling each of these objectives. Achievements and current status This document consists of two parts. The first part is concerned with review of the various biodi- versity e-infrastructures. Importance to EU BON of major European networks (e.g., ALTERNet, EBONE, LifeWatch, SeaDataNet, EModnet), and international ones (GBIF and DataONE), is summarised. As guiding use scenarios for user needs, the Essential Biodiversity Variables and EU and Aichi Targets are being used. Elements of the information architecture are then identified. Data sharing is already well advanced in the biodiversity domain, but the use of an enhanced repository infrastructure, data publishing, and development of a community specific portal are suggested as mechanisms to further advance data sharing. With particular reference to the European context, the report outlines the reporting obligations relating to biodiversity under the INSPIRE directive and highlight key EU projects and frameworks relevant for EU BON. Taking a mixed thematic approach, a state-of-the-art summary is provided in several key areas, referencing appropriate standards from bodies such as TDWG, OGC, BioCASE, GBIF, LTER-Europe, and PESI. Gaps in the available standards are highlighted, and recommendations are made for their use in the platform under development by EU BON for integrating different data layers (e.g., genetic data, primary occurrence data, monitoring data, ecological measurements, remote sensing data). In the conclusion, we identify some of the main reasons for heterogeneity of biodiversity data and suggest how it may be overcome. Future developments This document will guide further work into detailed planning and construction of the biodiversity observation system of systems. Several milestones are due in the next 1-2 years to provide detailed construction plans. Outreach and training will be needed in order to promote wider use of data standards, in particular, in ecological research. Page 3 of 88 Deliverable report (D2.1) EU BON FP7 - 308454 Table of Contents Executive summary ............................................................................................................................... 3 1. Information architecture .................................................................................................................. 7 1.1. Background and the description of work ...................................................................................... 7 1.2. Use scenarios ................................................................................................................................ 9 1.2.1. Data requirements for the EU and Aichi Targets................................................................... 9 1.2.2. Essential Biodiversity Variables .......................................................................................... 10 1.2.3. Data sharing through a common platform ........................................................................... 12 1.3. Requirements vis-à-vis existing networks .................................................................................. 13 1.3.1. GEO BON ............................................................................................................................ 13 1.3.2. ALTER-Net ......................................................................................................................... 13 1.3.3. DataONE ............................................................................................................................. 14 1.3.4. LifeWatch ............................................................................................................................ 15 1.3.5. GEOSS Common Infrastructure .......................................................................................... 16 1.3.6. GBIF .................................................................................................................................... 19 1.3.7. Marine projects and networks .............................................................................................. 20 1.4. General requirements for the architecture .................................................................................. 23 1.5. Functional requirements of EU BON components ..................................................................... 24 1.5.1. Requirements for the EU BON Portal ................................................................................. 24 1.5.2. Requirements for the registry and semantic mediation ........................................................ 25 1.5.3. Requirements for data/metadata providers and their services ............................................. 26 1.6. Component architecture ............................................................................................................. 28 1.7. Application architecture ............................................................................................................. 29 1.8. Runtime architecture .................................................................................................................. 30 2. Review of data standards ............................................................................................................... 31 2.1. Introduction ...............................................................................................................................