LTER InfoBase

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LTER InfoBase LTER Europe Conference January
2008, Spain
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LTER InfoBase the reasons behind a complex
process Johannes Peterseil (UBA) johannes.peter
seil_at_umweltbundesamt.at
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Aim of the session

• LTER InfoBase the reason behind
• Process so far
• Next steps
• discuss the concept
• Metadata collection

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LTER InfoBase the reason

• Data is the currency of science
• Metainformation is needed on the question what
  is where
• There always exist different level of available
  information on sites/platforms

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LTER InfoBase the reason

• Why a next attempt?
• To provide a framework
• which allows you to integrate information on
  different levels
• which can be extended if new information is
  available (e.g. new research projects, sites,
  platforms, )

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LTER InfoBase the reason

• Provide a toolkit to fulfil this requirements

• structure information
• access information

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LTER InfoBase the steps

• Development of a data structure which allow to
  integrate metadata of different sites and
  platforms
• Design of a questionnaire to collect the
  information wanted
• Presentation of the data collected

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Goal of the questionnaire

• to gather information for the LTER InfoBase
• to develop a standardized and common usable
  questionnaire for LTER networks

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Goal of the questionnaire

• to provide an input for the development of domain
  ontologies within the WP I6
• to provide a basis for a discussion regarding the
  definition of minimum criteria for the selection
  of LTSER sites

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The team

• Peterseil, Johannes
• Magagna, Barbara
• Schentz, Herbert
• Ayromlou, Minu
• van der Werf, Bert
• Adamescu, Mihai
• Cazacu, Constantin
• Dactu, Sabina

• Frenzel, Mark
• Kertész, Miki
• van Daele, Toon
• Bertrand, Nic
• Borovec, Jakub
• Karasti, Helena
• Lieskovský, Juraj
• Neuner, Angelika

• contributors within the ALTER-Net network

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The interviews

• Check the existing information
• Update the information
• Complete the information
• Add information about the entities observed

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The Experimental Unit
Conceptual model for identification of woodland
and forest ecosystems
Ecosystem scale
Conceptual model for identification of aquatic
ecosystems (modified after Vadineanu, 2001)
Ecosystem types Grassland, Heathland and scrub,
Wetlands, Constructed Systems , Sparsely
vegetated or un-vegetated ecosystems,
Agricultural Ecosystems, Forest Ecosystems,
Marine Ecosystems, Coastal Ecosystems.
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Hierarchical approach
LTER InfoBase - approach

• LTSER / LTER Site
• General info

landscape level
Ecosystem level

• Compartment level/group level
• with the corresponding (describing) parameters

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LTER InfoBase - structure
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LTER InfoBase - structure
Identification Name, etc. Structure simple
site, complex of ecosystems/ platform Location
coordinates of the central point, map of the LTER
site (LTSER site) Administration funding,
management, public relation, institutional
framework, etc. Networks / Projects Research
questions Research activities and
infrastructures Etc. Information blocks are
extendable according to the user needs!
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Data presentation

• https//secure.umweltbundesamt.at/eMORIS/
• User sise
• Password sise