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* All implementations provide working fully functional redirection mechanisms for both human-readable and machine-readable representations of physical collection objects. | * All implementations provide working fully functional redirection mechanisms for both human-readable and machine-readable representations of physical collection objects. | ||
* Each of the institutions publish the identifiers prominently on their respective collection data portals. | * Each of the institutions publish the identifiers prominently on their respective collection data portals. | ||
| − | * The BGBM demonstrated that (if properly mapped via the BioCASE provider software) the identifiers are correctly displayed on the GBIF portal. | + | * The BGBM demonstrated that (if properly mapped via the BioCASE provider software) the identifiers are correctly displayed on the GBIF portal. In addition the BGBM implemented a RDF-sitemap function which provides a central access point for data aggregators. |
* RBGE presented the "Wallich Catalogue Project" which builds an interactive website helping researchers understand the Wallich Catalogue* and interpret the herbarium specimens Nathaniel Wallich distributed on behalf of the British East India Company between 1829 and 1847 (http://wallich.rbge.info/). The system links to specimens held by distributed collection institutions via HTTP-URIs. | * RBGE presented the "Wallich Catalogue Project" which builds an interactive website helping researchers understand the Wallich Catalogue* and interpret the herbarium specimens Nathaniel Wallich distributed on behalf of the British East India Company between 1829 and 1847 (http://wallich.rbge.info/). The system links to specimens held by distributed collection institutions via HTTP-URIs. | ||
* It was agreed that | * It was agreed that | ||
| − | + | ** The Wallich Catalogue provides an excellent use case for demonstrating the usefullness of HTTP-URIs and Linked Open Data. | |
| + | ** The CETAF ISTC identifier initiative should align their activities to improve the LoD-capabilities of the Wallich Catalogue and results should be presented at the General Meeting in Budapest (May 2016). | ||
| + | ** A minimal set of agreed (RDF) elements implemented consistently accross CETAF organisations would greatly help to facilitate preview functions in portals. The ISTC should make the specification of such a minimal set a priority. | ||
| + | ** The implementation of RDF-sitemap functions is not a priority because existing DwC-Archives can be used by aggregator systems for retrieving complete lists of HTTP-URIs published by institutions. | ||
== Priorities == | == Priorities == | ||
Revision as of 08:29, 15 October 2015
CETAF ISTC Stable Identifier Initiative - Geneva Meeting
October 12, 2015, 9:00 - 17:00
Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève
Venue
Meeting rooms: La Console – 192 Rue de Lausanne, Geneva
Villa le Chêne (reception building) – in the centre of the Garden – access via the main entrance at Place Albert-Thomas (near the bus stop “Jardin botanique” and opposite the World Trade Organisation).
Getting here
Bus nos. 1 & 25 (via the main station), Bus no. 28 (from the airport) – stop “Jardin botanique.”
Participating CETAF member institutions
- Berlin - BGBM
- Paris
- Edinburgh
- KEW
- Berlin - MfN
- Vienna
- Stockholm
- Geneva
- ...
Expected outcome
Agree on clear implementation steps to be taken by participating partners until the spring 2016 CETAF general meeting and ISTC meeting.
Potential implementation steps:
- LOD catalogue functions.
- Ensuring that biodiversity portals such as GBIF link appropriately to specimen-URIs provided by CETAF institutions.
- Improving LOD capabilities by harmonizing RDF metadata and linking out to external information resources (e.g. persons, geographic features, scientific names).
- ...
Draft agenda
- Welcome / introduction /scope
- State of the play: each member summarises the state of identifier implementations in their institution (<= 5' per presentation)
- The Wallich Catalogue project: a potential target use case showing the potential of HTTP-URI identifiers for specimens (Roger Hyam).
- A tool to propagate identifiers into remote datasets (Nicky Nicolson)
- Discussion 1: can we identify and agree on targets / use cases which i) can be achieved within 6 months and ii) nicely demonstrate the potential of HTTP-URIs and LOD?
- Discussion 2: What's needed to achieve agreed target(s)?
- Discussion 3: Agree on roadmap and homework for each partner.
- Summary
Minutes
Participants
- Dominik Röpert (Berlin - BGBM)
- Anton Güntsch (Berlin - BGBM)
- Falko Glöckner (Berlin - MfN)
- Thomas Pfuhl (Berlin - MfN)
- Roger Hyam (Edinburgh)
- Ernst Vitek (Vienna)
- Simon Chagnoux (Paris)
- Thierry Bourgoin (Paris)
- Apologies: Nichy Nicholson (Kew)
Updates
- BGBM, MNHN, RBGE, and MfN gave an update on their existing implementations of HTTP-URI identifiers.
- All implementations provide working fully functional redirection mechanisms for both human-readable and machine-readable representations of physical collection objects.
- Each of the institutions publish the identifiers prominently on their respective collection data portals.
- The BGBM demonstrated that (if properly mapped via the BioCASE provider software) the identifiers are correctly displayed on the GBIF portal. In addition the BGBM implemented a RDF-sitemap function which provides a central access point for data aggregators.
- RBGE presented the "Wallich Catalogue Project" which builds an interactive website helping researchers understand the Wallich Catalogue* and interpret the herbarium specimens Nathaniel Wallich distributed on behalf of the British East India Company between 1829 and 1847 (http://wallich.rbge.info/). The system links to specimens held by distributed collection institutions via HTTP-URIs.
- It was agreed that
- The Wallich Catalogue provides an excellent use case for demonstrating the usefullness of HTTP-URIs and Linked Open Data.
- The CETAF ISTC identifier initiative should align their activities to improve the LoD-capabilities of the Wallich Catalogue and results should be presented at the General Meeting in Budapest (May 2016).
- A minimal set of agreed (RDF) elements implemented consistently accross CETAF organisations would greatly help to facilitate preview functions in portals. The ISTC should make the specification of such a minimal set a priority.
- The implementation of RDF-sitemap functions is not a priority because existing DwC-Archives can be used by aggregator systems for retrieving complete lists of HTTP-URIs published by institutions.
