SCAR-MarBIN and ANTABIF are open access biodiversity data portals for Antarctic species. They provide taxonomic and geospatial data for over 50 million records through their websites and web services. The portals aim to build an open ecosystem for sharing Antarctic biodiversity data through standardization and community involvement. Upcoming products will include georeferenced genetic data and interactive atlases.

1. Biodiversity Information
Networks
Free and Open Access to Antarctic Biodiversity data
SCAR-MarBIN and ANTABIF
www.scarmarbin.be
www.biodiversity.aq

2. SCAR-MarBIN & ANTABIF
• www.scarmarbin.be: marine biodiversity information
network
• www.biodiversity.aq: biodiversity information facility
• Core funding: BELSPO.be (until June 2012)
• International Polar Year 2007/08
• Census of Antarctic Marine Life
• Ocean Biogeographic Information System

3. SCAR-MarBIN & ANTABIF
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility
• AntECO and AntETR

4. General philosophy
• Build an electronic ecosystem
• Offer free and open access to data and technology
• Expose all the (biodiversity) data and metadata, in
multiple contexts
• Remain community-driven, and collaborative
• Adopt strong standardization
• Work for science, conservation, management

5. Who’s in?

6. [results]: webportal (s)
taxonomy, biogeography
vizualisation
open access
900,188 visitors
8,011,935 hits
>50,000,000 dld records
ANTABIF coming up

7. [results]: taxonomic data
• The first RAMS
all taxa
• Board of 60+ editors
all species • Feeds WoRMS, CoL and EoL
valid species
• 17,098 taxa (RAMS)
• Building a dynamic RAS
• 24,248 taxa (RAS)
0 3,750 7,500 11,250 15,000

8. [results]: geospatial data
1,288,441 records
198 datasets
119 geodatasets
5,235 taxa
Feeds OBIS, GBIF
Downloadable
WebGIS
Webservices

9. [results]: webportal (s)
Terrestrial
Marine Biodiversity Biodiversity
Webrepository Field Guides
Metadata catalogue Blog
IPT instance Data metrics

19. Antarctic Field Guides
afg.biodiversity.aq
afg.scarmarbin.be
• Identification aid
• Best available pictures
• Descriptions
• Dynamically built from various sources

20. Antarctic Field Guides

26. Products... coming up
Georeferenced genetic data: CAML barcoding
Polar Macroscope working group: BiPolar analyses
Princess Elisabeth Station Data Management
Microbes...
Biogeography Atlas: interactive Atlas

27. Hedgpeth 1969’s Folio

28. Gaps in our knowledge
BENTHOS
PLANKTON

30. ANTABIF:100% Open Source
Language: Ruby
Design patterns: MVC-ORM
Nuts and bolts
Framework: Rails(ActiveRecord) and YUI
Search engine: Full text (Elasticsearch-Lucene)
Database: PostGresql
GIS server: Geoserver
Spatial database: PostGIS
Mapping client: OpenLayers
Web services: RESTish (all resources)
Protocols: DIF, dwcore, dwc archive, Tapir…etc
GBIF tools : HIT,IPT
OS: FreeBSD
Hosting: BBPF (ULB/VUB joint IT Center)
Metadata systems: GCMD API
Code on GoogleCode page

32. Thanks
• find out more on
• www.slideshare.net/scarmarbin
• www.biodiversity.aq or www.antabif.be