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MBON Data Mobilization Workshop 2025 |
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Coordinators: Casey Godwin, Connie Kot, Felimon Gayanilo, Katherine Silliman, Kathleen Pitz, Laura Brenskelle, Luke Thompson, Mathew Biddle, Ana Peralta Brichtova, Stephen Formel, Frank Muller-Karger, Daniel Otis, Tylar Murray, Michael Lonneman, Dylan Pugh
08:30 - 16:30 EDT April 7th, 2025
08:30 - 11:30 EDT April 8th, 2025 Optional
Memorial Union Building
University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824
3rd Level - Rooms 330-340
This workshop is intended to be a small hands-on, interactive in-person workshop focused on mobilizing marine biological observation datasets to the Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) by helping data providers standardize their data using Darwin Core including species observations from any type of sampling methodologies (e.g. visual surveys, net tows, microscopy, fish trawls, imaging, 'omics, acoustics, telemetry).
What this workshop will cover:
- Darwin Core and the required terms for OBIS and GBIF.
- Typical data cleaning tasks needed to standardize the data.
- Getting your data into a final Darwin Core format.
- Common QA/QC steps, data enhancement, and validation tools.
- Required metadata information.
- How to get your data into the Integrated Publishing Toolkit.
- Tools that will help in all of the above processes.
The goal is that by the end of the workshop you will have a dataset in a final standardized state and shared to OBIS. We are hoping to address some of the blockers that you identified, including: lack of time, training, and specific formatting questions.
We have a short time together therefore our focus will be hands-on work using the dataset you bring to the workshop. We will not have many presentations and they will be relatively short. Instead we will have large portions of time for you to work on your data and ask questions when you hit a stumbling block. Therefore, if you do not have a dataset to work on you may not find this workshop a good use of your time.
What this workshop will not cover:
- What is OBIS?
- Rationale for sharing data with OBIS.
- Using data that is already in OBIS.
- Data analysis.
- Use of programs or software.
If you would like to learn more about OBIS and a short rationale for sharing data to it, please watch this two minute video and this two minute video and share them with those you want to work with to share data.
Requirements:
- Must have a dataset to work on. See data setup for details on what minimum requirements your data should meet at the time of the workshop.
- Must have some R or Python experience.
- Must have a basic knowledge of GitHub.
- Participants must bring a laptop with R and RStudio or Python software installed.
Accessibility: We are dedicated to providing a positive and accessible learning environment for all. Please notify the instructors in advance of the workshop if you require any accommodations or if there is anything we can do to make this workshop more accessible to you.
Contact: Please visit https://obis.org/contact/ for more information.
All times are in EDT.
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 08:30 - 09:00 | Arrival Light continental breakfast |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Introductions to you and your data |
| 09:30 - 10:30 | Occurrence Core Working Session |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | Break Coffee and tea |
| 10:45 - 11:00 | Occurrence Core Q&A / Wrap-up |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Event Core Working Session |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch Provided |
| 13:00 - 13:15 | Event Core Q&A / Wrap-up |
| 13:15 - 14:30 | Extensions Working Session |
| 14:30 - 14:45 | Break Coffee and tea |
| 14:45 - 15:00 | Extensions Q&A / Wrap-up |
| 15:00 - 16:00 | Observation Method-Specific Recommendations |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Final Q&A / Wrap-up |
Note: There is no provided breakfast this morning.
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 08:30 - 11:30 | Data Social Hour Optional time for further data discussions |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Lunch Holloway Commons Dining Hall - ticketed |
| 13:00 - onward | MBON All Hands Meeting |