Contributing and publishing datasets to OBIS (self-paced)

Training Course

02 October 2023 - 16 February 2024

Location

Organizer & Staff

  • Organizer
    • Mr. Ward Appeltans
    • Dr Elizabeth Lawrence

    Participation

    Summary

    The Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) is the most comprehensive gateway to the world’s ocean biodiversity and biogeographic data and information. OBIS provides open access to this quality-controlled data that adhere to biodiversity standards (Darwin Core, EML). This course will teach you step by step the basics for how to format and publish datasets according to these standards so that you may contribute to OBIS, and adopt best practices in the management of marine life data.

    Learning goals

    At the end of this training, learners should be able to:
    • Understand Darwin Core (DwC) standards 
    • Format datasets following DwC standards
    • Publish datasets to OBIS using an IPT
    • Access data that has been published to OBIS

    Target audience

    Anyone with marine biodiversity data interested in publishing data to OBIS, OBIS nodes, or those who need to review specific steps in the data publication process.

    Course content
    Module 1. Introduction to data publishing and Darwin Core
    Module 2. Introduction to data formatting
    Module 3. Formatting data tables
    Module 4. DNA Derived Data
    Module 5. Controlled Vocabulary
    Module 6. Conducting Quality Control
    Module 7. Publishing your Data
    Module 8. Accessing Data from OBIS
     
    (~ 32 hours workload, asynchronously)
     
    Instructors/Trainers

    Language

    • English

    This training course has been developed with financial support from NORAD and LifeWatch ERIC.