The Canopy Database Project Tools for Research & Inforation Integration http://canopy.evergreen.edu Judy Cushing, Nalini Nadkarni Mike Finch, Anne Fiala, J. Lee Zean and others The Evergreen State College Collaborating Ecologists Van Pelt, Bond, Dial, Ishii, Kei, Parker, Shaw, Sillett, Suida, et al Collaborating Coputer Scientists Dave Maier, Lois Delcabre, Travis Brooks (PSU) Collaborating LTER Inforation Mangers Nicole, Kristin, Ken, Eda, Jonathan, Jaes Brunt and others? NSF CISE and BIO 04-0417311, 03-019309, 01-31952, 01-9309 99-75510, 9630316, 93-07771 Canopy DB Vision Teplates -- Doain Specific Data Structures Database & Coponent Technology can help: 1. Generate, aintain eta, 2. Validate, archive, 3. Increase researcher productivity, 4. Facilitate ecological synthesis. Scientific Case Study Thousand Year Chronosequence (1kcs) 1. Within-tree & -stand structure (across age classes) 2. Structure-function Synthesis 1
Collaboration with LTER IMs & Sites 1. Grasslands Data Integration JRN, SEV, SVS 2. Morpho PlugIns B. Bond (PI @ HJA PI) 3. Forest Canopy Visualization Luq 4. Eco-Inforatics for Resource Managers 5. SSDBM Panel on CS-IM Collaboration (Kristin, Peter, Matt, Aarnath, e) 6. OSU Eco-Inforatics NSF-IGERT 7. Managing Field Databases (in Access). Grasslands Data Integration Case Study Scientific outcoe -- Cross site analysis of NPP (JRN, SEV, SGS) 1. Copare production & species richness, want g/2 per species per quadrat & nuber of species per quadrat. 2. Copare bioass over bioes - su g/2 over bioes at each site. Eco-inforatics/CS outcoe published ecology integration case study 2
Grasslands Data Integration Schea LTER site veg zone LTER subsite location location NPP (weight) species date season TRT? Grasslands Data Integration Experient JRN SEV DB SGS By hand conversion is hard, Includes non-db calculations 3
Grasslands Data Integration Strategy Staged conversion easier? DataBank Coponents JRN JRN DataBank Coponents SEV SGS Data Junction? SEV SGS CLIO? DB ontology queries Canopy DataBank Researcher Support Docuentation (*.HTML) Access Database _workspace.xl (Specific to to the particular study you are working on) Includes Teplates (Includes Data entry fors) Fors Ecological Meta Language *_el.xl.cvstate File Canopy View Analysis? 4
Building a Structural & Seantic Meta Record of the Research Study eta fro the source and use iteratively, & re-use & share eta source Access Database or Excel SS Ecological Meta Language *_el.xl Ecological Meta Language *_el.xl Meta Source Table(s) Ecological Meta Language *_el.xl Local Archive Issues: 1. Sync-ing the & eta 2. XML (& EML) a transport forat 3. Morpho eant to definitively record Morpho PlugIns soe w/ B. Bond Lab (an HJA PI) 1. Meta Export to Morpho (fro DataBank, Access, Excel) 2. Source/Lookup Table for Morpho 3. Flexible profile for Morpho directory (allows source table sharing) * 4. Data package copy of Morpho packages * *not strictly speaking plug-in 5
Forest Visualization (LUQ) Canopy View Dwarf Mistletoe (Arceuthobiu) infection in a Pacific Northwest forest Data: David Shaw Foliage coverage on two Douglas Firs (Pseudotsuga enziesii). Data: Robert Van Pelt NGO University Govt Agency 17 co-authors, 27 Speakers, 47 participants Judy Cushing Tyrone Wilson The Evergreen State College USGS/NBII judyc@evergreen.edu tyrone_wilson@usgs.gov Alan Alan Borning Borning (UWa), (UWa), Lois Lois Delcabre Delcabre (PDX), (PDX), Geoff Geoff Bowker Bowker (Santa (Santa Clara), Clara), Mike Mike Frae Frae (USGS/NBII), (USGS/NBII), John John L. L. Schnase Schnase (NASA), (NASA), Willia Willia Sonntag Sonntag (EPA), (EPA), Janos Janos Fulop Fulop (Hung. (Hung. Science Science Acad.), Acad.), Carol Carol Hert Hert (UWa), (UWa), Eduard Eduard Hovy Hovy (USC), (USC), Julia Julia Jones Jones (OrSU), (OrSU), Eric Eric Landis, Landis, Charles Charles Schweik Schweik (UMass-Aherst), (UMass-Aherst), Larry Larry Brandt, Brandt, Valerie Valerie Gregg, Gregg, Sylvia Sylvia Spengler Spengler (NSF) (NSF) 6
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