2011-12-08 conference call¶

BIEN3.0 development timeline:¶

• Brad's commented version: attachment:BIEN_Milestone_–_feedback.docx
• Martha's commented version: BIEN3_Milestones_and_Development_Timeline_MLN2.docx
• Brad's initial version: BIEN3_milestones.doc

Aaron's feedback on the timeline¶

• Do we want to do the web interface last? Does that mean easy access to the database (both for importing and exporting data) isn't important?
• Do we need 3 months to revise schemas?
• Do we want to devote 2 months to data provider feedback?
• What is involved with "Additional data"?
  • Acquiring and mapping data from many additional data sources will take time, maybe more than 2 months (part of which are dedicated to the web interface)
• "Build and test BIEN3 database and import utilities" is an overarching task that will be worked on throughout the BIEN project, rather than just in the first few months
  • There will always be new features we want to add

Martha's feedback on the timeline (added by Martha)¶

• Do web services for georeferencing and geovalidation exist? If not, these bullet items may be problematic dependencies.
• Will Aaron develop the web site (interface)?

To do¶

• Brad's meeting notes: BIEN_db_meeting_20111208.docx

• Brad will find plot data source provider to work with Aaron
• Need DwC dumps from each data provider, rather than using BIEN 2 data
• VegX a superset of DwC
• work with Nick Spencer to revise VegX
  • handle pushing DwC straight through
• get Bob and Nick's input on VegBank/VegX mappings

• Brad will provide benchmark queries for NYBG data
• e-mail Bob the mappings to review

From Brad¶

• New VegBank schema, in particular remodeling relationship between stems and individual trees (Bob)
• Additional comments on mappings by Bob and Nick. Aaron will extract or highlight only those elements where comment is required (Aaron, Bob, Nick)
• Validation scripts for NYBG specimen data (Brad)
• Identify and provide additional DwC-compliant specimen data (Brad)
• RAINFOR data, with commitment by someone familiar with DB to work with Aaron on (a) evaluating mappings, and (b) developing validation scripts. If RAINFOR isn't available, I will try to find other source. Perhaps Steve and the CTFS database? (Brad)
• TurboVeg data, with commitment by someone familiar with DB to work with Aaron on (a) evaluating mappings, and (b) developing validation scripts (Bob)
• Mapping from NVS to VegX and VegBIEN. Will require finding someone at NVS willing to work with Aaron and mappings and validations (Aaron and ?)
• Request new data dump of specimen data from GBIF, this time in DwC format. Hard to believe GBIF, of all sources, didn't give us DwC the first time. (Brad)
• Try to find source of DwCA (DwC Archives) data. I'm hoping GBIF will be willing to work with us on this. Possibly approach Remsen directly (Brad).

• Direct mapping from native salvias_plots MySQL database to VegBIEN (Aaron, Brad to help evaluate)