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The Diversity Workbench database framework consists of single application components collaborating through agreed software interfaces. The task of '''IBF DiversityMobile and Data Synchronisation''' is the organisation of the gathering of data in the field by setting up DiversityMobile. This component is set up to enter, modify, or – if necessary – delete ecological and biological monitoring data in the field via a mobile device. The data model developped for DiversityMobile is fully compatible with the data model of DiversityCollection which is the component for the storage of collection and observation data within the Diversity Workbench. The field data retrieved via the mobile device using the DiversityMobile client are stored in a database on this device. This local database contains a set of definitions, e.g., lists of taxonomic names and project-specific settings. Moreover, the user can choose to download field data from DiversityCollection, already stored there. Furthermore, it is planned to allow data import directly from web services e.g. for taxonomic or other biological backbone data. As soon as the user starts gathering data in the field, additional data are added to the mobile database. This includes the option that the mobile database contains subsets of data from the central DiversityCollection database. Hence, the upload of field data to the central database and the dataflow to and from DiversityMobile, e.g. to avoid duplicates, needs to be strictly organized by a complex synchronization process. The user can access the synchronization component via a special interface which is installed on his personal computer. This component connects the mobile database with a data repository e.g. via the internet. The synchronization data are stored in a separate database. This database is linking the data items on the client-side with data items on the server-side using Global Unique Identifiers (GUIDs). The data are stored in the local master database DiversityCollection. For a further consistent data flow it is crucial that the database is set up at an institutional data repository which acts as GBIF data provider like the IT Center of the Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns. There the GUID is connected with a persistent Uniform Resource Identifier (URI). The latter is published and accessed by global networks like GBIF.
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The Diversity Workbench database framework consists of single application components collaborating through agreed software interfaces.  
  
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The goal of '''IBF DiversityMobile and Data Synchronisation''' is the organisation of the gathering of data in the field by setting up '''DiversityMobile'''. This component is developped to enter, modify, or – if necessary – delete ecological and biological monitoring data in the field via a mobile device. The whole process is very complex and modelled by [[IBF Mobile Process Modeling]]. In the concept which is realised within the IBF context the data model of DiversityMobile is held fully compatible with the data model of DiversityCollection. This is the component for the storage of collection and observation data within the Diversity Workbench and fulfill the ABCD standard of TDWG.
  
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The concrete approach is as follows: The field data retrieved via the mobile device using the DiversityMobile client are stored in a database on this device. The central database DiversityCollection will eventually offer a set of definitions, e.g., lists of taxonomic names and project-specific settings to be uploaded. Moreover, the user might choose to download field data from DiversityCollection, already stored there. Furthermore, it is planned to allow data import directly from web services e.g. for taxonomic or other biological backbone data. As soon as the user starts gathering data in the field, additional data are added to the mobile database. Hence, the upload of field data to the central database and the dataflow to and from DiversityMobile, e.g. to avoid duplicates, needs to be strictly organised by a complex '''synchronisation process'''. This also concerns GPS and multimedia data. The user will access a synchronisation component via a special interface which will be installed on his personal computer. This component is installed at a data repository and is connected by the user, e.g. via the internet. The synchronization data are stored in another database. This database will be linking the data items on the client-side with data items on the server-side using Global Unique Identifiers (GUIDs).
  
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The data processing at the data repository is picked out as a central theme of
  
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* [[IBF Diversity Workbench and Data Repository]].
  
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A freely accessible online repository will offer
  
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*[[DiversityMobile Information Models]]
  
[[IBF Mobile Process Modeling]]
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*[[DiversityMobile Applications]]
  
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*Information on [[Possible Devices for DiversityMobile]].
  
  
Scientists in this workpackage: Prof. Dr. S. Jablonski, T. Schneider, B. Volz
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Scientists in this workpackage: Prof. Dr. S. Jablonski, G. Rollinger, T. Schneider, Dr. B. Volz
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The DFG funded project IBF expired in 2014.
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[http://www.ai4.uni-bayreuth.de/de/index.html Applied Computer Science IV, University of Bayreuth]
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[[IBF DiversityMobile - Internal Sites]]
 
[[IBF DiversityMobile - Internal Sites]]

Latest revision as of 09:28, 30 March 2015

The Diversity Workbench database framework consists of single application components collaborating through agreed software interfaces.

The goal of IBF DiversityMobile and Data Synchronisation is the organisation of the gathering of data in the field by setting up DiversityMobile. This component is developped to enter, modify, or – if necessary – delete ecological and biological monitoring data in the field via a mobile device. The whole process is very complex and modelled by IBF Mobile Process Modeling. In the concept which is realised within the IBF context the data model of DiversityMobile is held fully compatible with the data model of DiversityCollection. This is the component for the storage of collection and observation data within the Diversity Workbench and fulfill the ABCD standard of TDWG.

The concrete approach is as follows: The field data retrieved via the mobile device using the DiversityMobile client are stored in a database on this device. The central database DiversityCollection will eventually offer a set of definitions, e.g., lists of taxonomic names and project-specific settings to be uploaded. Moreover, the user might choose to download field data from DiversityCollection, already stored there. Furthermore, it is planned to allow data import directly from web services e.g. for taxonomic or other biological backbone data. As soon as the user starts gathering data in the field, additional data are added to the mobile database. Hence, the upload of field data to the central database and the dataflow to and from DiversityMobile, e.g. to avoid duplicates, needs to be strictly organised by a complex synchronisation process. This also concerns GPS and multimedia data. The user will access a synchronisation component via a special interface which will be installed on his personal computer. This component is installed at a data repository and is connected by the user, e.g. via the internet. The synchronization data are stored in another database. This database will be linking the data items on the client-side with data items on the server-side using Global Unique Identifiers (GUIDs).

The data processing at the data repository is picked out as a central theme of

A freely accessible online repository will offer


Scientists in this workpackage: Prof. Dr. S. Jablonski, G. Rollinger, T. Schneider, Dr. B. Volz

The DFG funded project IBF expired in 2014.


Applied Computer Science IV, University of Bayreuth


IBF DiversityMobile - Internal Sites