GISIN Data Model Concepts

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GISIN Data Model Concepts
Enabling Invasive Species Data Interchange
GISIN technical team
GISIN Training
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Protocols

• Protocol Agreed upon language for data exchange
• File formats, HTTP, KML
• Dictates what can and cannot be exchagned
• Types of protocols
• DarwinCore Loose
• Country United States, US, Estados Unidos, etc.
• GISIN tighter
• UN Country codes

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GISIN Protocol

• Based on DarwinCore
• Added concepts for invasive species
• Provided controlled vocabularies where possible
  and needed
• Data Models
• Occurrences
• SpeciesStatus
• SpeciesResourceURLs

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GISIN data models

• Data model data type of interest
• Six data models
• Three implemented
• Species Resource URL
• Species status
• Occurrence
• Three defined, not implemented
• Management status
• Impact status
• Dispersal status
• See the GISIN protocol for more information
  http//www.gisin.org/cwis438/websites/GISINDirecto
  ry/Tech/Protocol_Home.php

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Some Definitions

• Data Models Type of data
• Concepts
• Fields
• Parameters
• Data types
• String Names, descriptions
• Enumerated Yes/No, Indigenous/Exotic
• Date 2010-11-20
• Integer Number of records to return
• Floating Point Longitude/Latitude

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Data model concepts

• Concepts elements within data model
• Common and data model specific
• Required and optional
• Free form and controlled vocabulary
• Used standards where exist

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Enumerated

• Controlled Vocabularies
• Allows interchange of data at different levels of
  detail
• Do not capture all the detail of each provider
• Intended to be mutually exclusive

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Common Field Concepts

• Descriptive
• citation
• memo
• language (r)
• Species
• scientificName (R)
• kingdom (R)
• globalUniqueIdentifier
• Dates
• modified
• endValidDate
• startValidDate

• Location
• countryCode
• stateProvince
• county
• localityName
• localityType
• locationStandard
• locationValue

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GUIDs

• Global unique identifier
• Will accept existing GUIDs, if provided
• If not provided, recommend DwC-recommended
  standard and authority for persistent and
  resolvable GUIDs
• www.gisin.org/guid will be the authority for now.
  
• GUID permalink
• gisin.org/guid/InstitutionCode/CollectionCode/
  CatalogNumber
• Example gisin.org/guid/niiss/godm/34654

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Descriptive Concepts

• Language
• Required if any text is provided
• Memo
• Additional information from providers
• Citation
• Appropriate citation for each record
• Must be maintained as data is repeated (retain
  previous provider citation)
• GUIDs also helpful for this
• Available for all data models.

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Species (Required - all)

• Scientific Name
• Specific epithet for the species
• Prefer Genus species without author
• Bromus tectorum
• Tamarix
• Kingdom (enumerated)
• Required to remove ambiguity
• Can be set for an entire file

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Date

• Date format must be YYYY-MM-DD
• Several date fields
• Specify temporal precision
• Year, month, or day
• Start and end date can
• be the same

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Location

• One required by
• SpeciesStatus
• Occurrence
• 3 Methods of specifying location in use
• Latitude/Longitude (Occurrence only)
• Locality An enumerated type with a name
• Location an enumerated standard with a code

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Locality

• countryCode
• Standard Country code (ISO 3166)
• stateProvince
• Text in countrys primary language
• county
• Text in countrys primary language
• Locality
• localityType (enumerated) Waterbody, Locality
  (city), Island, etc.
• localityName Name of the area

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Location

• locationStandad
• USA_FIPS, USA_HUC, AR_PostalCode
• locationValue
• Varies with standard
• Contact us about adding additional types or
  standards.

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Latitude/Longitude

• Required
• Decimal Latitude 40.123
• Decimal Longitude -105.23
• Optional
• geodeticDatum WGS84, HARN
• coordinateUncertaintyInMeters
• georeferenceProtocol (enumerated)
• Datum should be required

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Occurrences

• Required Concepts
• scientificName
• kingdom
• Any type of location
• Coordinates, Locality, or Location

• Optional
• startCollectionDate
• endCollectionDate
• collectionDatePrecision
• georeferenceProtocol
• coordinateUncertaintyInMeters
• Datum

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SpeciesStatus

• Required
• scientificName
• kingdom
• Locality or location
• Model specific
• harmful
• origin
• presence

• Optional
• startValidDate,
• endValidDate
• validDatePrecision
• abundance
• distribution
• persistence
• rateOfSpread
• regulartoryListing
• trend
• publicationDate
• publicationDatePrecision

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Presence

• Presence
• Unknown
• Absent
• SometimesPresent
• Present
• Reported

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Harmful and Origin

• Harmful
• Unknown
• Yes
• Potentially
• No
• Together
• Harmful Yes, Origin Exotic -gt Invasive

• Origin
• Unknown
• Indigenous
• Exotic

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SpeciesResourceURL

• Required
• scientificName, kingdom
• resourceType
• Profile, Expert list, Image, Video, Reference
  list, Identification key, Risk assessment,
  Unknown
• URL
• Full Uniform Resource Locator
• http//www.issg.org/database/species/ecology.asp?s
  i1538fr1stslangEN