Towards a data publishing framework for primary biodiversity data: Challenges and potentials for the biodiversity informatics community

TY - JOUR

T1 - Towards a data publishing framework for primary biodiversity data

T2 - Challenges and potentials for the biodiversity informatics community

AU - Ingwersen, Peter

AU - Chavan, Vishwas S

PY - 2009

Y1 - 2009

N2 -   BackgroundCurrently primary scientific data, especially that dealing with biodiversity, is neither easily discoverable nor accessible. Amongst several impediments, one is a lack of professional recognition of scientific data publishing efforts. A possible solution is establishment of a ‘Data Publishing Framework' which would encourage and recognise investments and efforts by institutions and individuals towards management, and publishing of primary scientific data potentially on a par with recognitions received for scholarly publications.  DiscussionThis paper reviews the state-of-the-art of primary biodiversity data publishing, and conceptualises a ‘Data Publishing Framework' that would help incentivise efforts and investments by institutions and individuals in facilitating free and open access to biodiversity data. It further postulates the institutionalisation of  a ‘Data Usage Index (DUI)', that would attribute due recognition to multiple players in the data collection/creation, management and publishing cycle.  ConclusionsWe believe that institutionalisation of such a ‘Data Publishing Framework' will facilitate expedited discovery and mobilisation of an exponential increase in quantity of ‘fit-for-use' primary biodiversity data, much of which is currently invisible.  Udgivelsesdato: 10 November 2009

AB -   BackgroundCurrently primary scientific data, especially that dealing with biodiversity, is neither easily discoverable nor accessible. Amongst several impediments, one is a lack of professional recognition of scientific data publishing efforts. A possible solution is establishment of a ‘Data Publishing Framework' which would encourage and recognise investments and efforts by institutions and individuals towards management, and publishing of primary scientific data potentially on a par with recognitions received for scholarly publications.  DiscussionThis paper reviews the state-of-the-art of primary biodiversity data publishing, and conceptualises a ‘Data Publishing Framework' that would help incentivise efforts and investments by institutions and individuals in facilitating free and open access to biodiversity data. It further postulates the institutionalisation of  a ‘Data Usage Index (DUI)', that would attribute due recognition to multiple players in the data collection/creation, management and publishing cycle.  ConclusionsWe believe that institutionalisation of such a ‘Data Publishing Framework' will facilitate expedited discovery and mobilisation of an exponential increase in quantity of ‘fit-for-use' primary biodiversity data, much of which is currently invisible.  Udgivelsesdato: 10 November 2009

KW - Publicering af datasæt

KW - Biodiversitet

KW - Informatik

KW - Datasæt, brugsindikator

KW - Data set publication framework

KW - Biodiversity

KW - Informatics

KW - Data Usage Index

U2 - 10.1186/1471-2105-10-s14-S2

DO - 10.1186/1471-2105-10-s14-S2

M3 - Journal article

SN - 1471-2105

VL - 10

JO - B M C Bioinformatics

JF - B M C Bioinformatics

IS - Suppl 14

ER -