Darwin Cloud: Mapping real-world data to Darwin Core

By

Wieczorek, John
Morris, Paul J
Hanken, James
Lowery, David
Ludäscher, Bertram
Macklin, James
Mcphillips, Timothy
Morris, Robert
Zhang, Qian

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017-8-21

Original Publication

Metabarcoding and metagenomics

Volume

1

Pages

1--2

Subjects

biodiversity informatics , Darwin Core , data quality

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 2017-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20486

 

Abstract

Since its ratification as a TDWG standard in 2009, data publishers have had to struggle with the essential step of mapping fields in working databases to the terms in Darwin Core Wieczorek et al. 2012 in order to publish and share data using that standard. Doing so requires a good understanding of both the data set and Darwin Core. The accumulated knowledge about these mappings constitutes what we call the 'Darwin Cloud.' We will explore the nature of data mapping challenges and the potential for semi-automated solutions to them. Specifically, we will look at the 'Darwinizer' actor and its usage in related workflows within the Kurator data quality framework and the implications for community-managed vocabularies.