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Making your data work for you: Scratchpads, publishing & the Biodiversity Data Journal

Making your data work for you: Scratchpads, publishing & the Biodiversity Data Journal. Linnean Society, UK 20 September, 2012. Vince Smith 1 , Dave Roberts 1 & Lyubomir Penev 2 1. Natural History Museum, London 2. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia, Bulgaria vince@vsmith.info.

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Making your data work for you: Scratchpads, publishing & the Biodiversity Data Journal

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  1. Making your data work for you:Scratchpads, publishing & theBiodiversity Data Journal Linnean Society, UK 20 September, 2012 Vince Smith1, Dave Roberts1 & Lyubomir Penev2 1.Natural History Museum, London 2. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia, Bulgaria vince@vsmith.info

  2. Our informatics grand challenge… “Link together evolutionary data… by developing analytical tools and proper documentation and then use this framework to conduct comparative analyses, studies of evolutionary process and biodiversity analyses” Cyndy Parr, Rob Guralnick, Nico Cellinese and Rod Page. TREE. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2011.11.001

  3. Our informatics grand challenge… • This requires data, information & knowledge to be… • Digital • Not printed paper • Openly accessible • Not behind barriers • Linked-up • Not in silos “Link together evolutionary data… by developing analytical tools and proper documentation and then use this framework to conduct comparative analyses, studies of evolutionary process and biodiversity analyses” Cyndy Parr, Rob Guralnick, Nico Cellinese and Rod Page. TREE. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2011.11.001

  4. Most of our output is not digital, open or linked • 15-20k new spp. described annually (2M total)1 • 30k nomenclatural acts (12M total) 1 • 20k phylogenies (750k total)2 • 31k taxa sequenced (360k taxa total)3 • 800k BioMed papers (40M total pp. of taxonomy)4 • Countless specimens, images, maps, keys… Typically generated by small communities for “local” research projects Figures from 1) Zhang, Zootaxa 2011 4, 1-4; 2) Web-of-Science; 3) Genbank and 4) PubMed.

  5. ScratchpadVirtual Research Environments Making taxonomy digital, open & linked

  6. 2 Uploaded & tagged 3 1 “Published” & reviewed on your site Your data What is a Scratchpad? A website for you & your community Fast Intuitive Fit for use

  7. Scratchpads • EDIT (07-11), ViBRANT / eMonocot (11-13) • Hosted websites for taxonomists • Taxonomic, regional or societal • Research & publication platform • Supports the taxonomic workflow • Modular (Drupal) & flexible • Two full time developers • Ecosystem of communities (~450) http://scratchpads.eu

  8. Categories of Scratchpads Taxa (Classifications, taxon profiles, specimens, literature, images, maps, phenotypic, genotypic & morphometric datasets, keys, phylogenies) Conservation Projects Regions Societies

  9. What can Scratchpads do? +Specimens -Creating a record -Importing from a spreadsheet -Linking specimen & location records -Linking specimen & pub. records +Tasks -Creating a tasklist +Taxonomy -Importing from a spreadsheet -Importing from ClassificationBank -Starting from scratch -Taxonomy manager -Displaying a classification -Adding names -Deleting names -Taxonomy & panels +Users -Your settings -Adding a new user -User roles and permissions -Adding and editing user profile fields -Logging in +Webform -Creating and using webforms +Administration -Change your site information -Change you front page -Change your logo -Activity and access logs +Backup -Backing up your data -Restoring your data +Bibliography -Creating a record -Importing from a ref. manager -Exporting to a reference manager +Blog -Creating and adding a blog +Custom Content -Defining a CCK -Importing from a spreadsheet -Creating a custom view +Fileshare -Creating and using a fileshare +Forum -Altering the forum settings -Creating a container for a forum -Creating a new forum -Creating a new topic inside a forum +Groups -Creating a group -Subscribing to a group +Image -Uploading & basic annotation -Linking image & location records -Linking image & specimen records -Linking image & publication records -Overlay annotations on images +Layout -Change your theme -Menus -Blocks and sidebars +Locations -Creating a record -Importing from a spreadsheet +Pages -Creating, editing, cloning & deleting -Configuring the panels template +Panels -Adding & configuring content -Creating a new panel -Citing a Panels page +Phylogeny -Adding a phylogenetic tree

  10. Summary of what Scratchpads can do • Taxon pages, generated from tagged content (plant/animal) • Bibliography management • Character matrixes • Specimen records • Distribution maps (from specimens and regional) • Images, video and sound (bulk import) • Excel spreadsheet import (dynamically generated) • Darwin Core Archive export • Tabular data editing • Custom content • User management • Custom webforms • EOL data import (taxonomy, species information) • GBIF Map integration

  11. Scratchpad v.1 usage (2007- Mar. 2012) Nodes, 430, 948 Sites 326 Users 6809 Active Users 5733 (273 w / 759 m) Users Range: 1-1049 Mean: 15 Mode: 1 Sites • Prof. scientists • Amateur naturalists • Citizen scientists SP 2 ViBRANT

  12. Scratchpad 2 – the new version of Scratchpads • Launched March 2012 • 120 sites to date • EOL Fellows • SP1 migration ongoing • More professional • Easier to… • configure (workflows) • navigate (facets) • & populate (MS Excel templates) • Greater standardisation • Still highly flexible • Project profiles (eMonocot) • Framework for integration e.g. http://ihs.myspecies.info/

  13. Getting data in and out of Scratchpads 2

  14. Sustainable training, support & development • Wiki • Training manuals, videos & glossary • In-site Support • One click help within your site • Training Courses (12 in 2012) • UK (6), Sweden, (2) Greece (1), Bulgaria (1), South Africa (1), Brazil (1) • Ambassadors Programme • Enthusiastic experienced users • Local support • Embedded Issues Queue • Bug reports • Feature requests • Sandbox Site • http://sandbox.scratchpad.eu • Open Source Development • http://scratchpad.eu/develop http://scratchpad.eu/help

  15. Online community revision • Taxonomy is in perpetual beta • Constantly evolving • Changing contributors • Small granular contributions • Sustainability • A permanent space to work • Guaranteed access (2016) • Easy ways to get the data out • Open science • Beyond Open Access • New ways of working • Data management plans • Need incentives to use • More efficient (functions & reuse) • Attribution & provenance • Credit via citation • New forms of publication Freeloader flies http://milichiidae.info

  16. Publishing observations & taxon data http://scratchpads.eu > http://gbif.org & http://eol.org Pushed to GBIF & EOL (requires site registration with GBIF & EOL) Specimen records & species pageson Scratchpads Darwin Core Archive (DwCA) >19K specimen records > 122k species pages >377M specimen records GBIF > 1 M species pages in EOL

  17. Experiments with article publishing XML HTML PDF http://scratchpads.eu > http://pensoft.net Paper assembled from Scratchpad database XML submission, peer review & marked-up publication by Pensoft doi:10.3897/zookeys.50.539 5-step workflow for selecting data, adding metadata & previewing Published in Zookeys & Phytokeys (worldwide coverage)

  18. Example papers via Scratchpads… Blagoderov V, Hippa H, Nel A (2010). ZooKeys 50: 79–90. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.50.506 Faulwetter S, Chatzigeorgiou G, Galil BS, Nicolaidou A, Arvanitidis C (2011. ZooKeys 150: 327–345. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.150.1877 Brake I, von Tschirnhaus M (2010). ZooKeys 50: 91–96. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.50.505 http://sciaroidea.info/node/44428 http://polychaetes.marbigen.org/node/35 http://milichiidae.info/node/14995 Live (updated) versions of these papers

  19. But… • Limited uptake in 2 years • 1 genus • 6 n. spp • 11 re-descriptions • Software bugs • Pushing the boundaries of SP1 • Fixed in SP2 • Focused on synthetic papers • Not suited to small papers • Less emphasis on data • Hard to properly link in the data • More effort than MS Word • Especially for new SP users

  20. BDJThe Biodiversity Data Journal Making small data big!

  21. Why do we need another new journal!!! Taxonomy needs less fragmentation, not more! • BUT… • We need to encourage taxonomists to mobilize & describe their data • This takes considerable effort (e.g. Scratchpads) • “Arguably” this is best rewarded through credit • This means papers and citations • Process must be very easy for authors • Process must facilitate data reuse • Meet “Open Data” policy commitments • The Biodiversity Data Journal is very different…

  22. Biodiversity Data Journal (BDJ) • All data matters: No lower or upper limit of manuscript size! • Multiple publishing routes (not just Scratchpads) • ALL within a single online collaborative platform, including the writing of the manuscript! • New collaborative article authoring tool • Community peer review with “open” &“public” options • This is in addition to conventional peer-review • Online editorial process and version control • Standards-compliant (Darwin Core, Dublin Core, NLM etc.) • Pre-defined Code-compliant article templates

  23. BDJ publication & dissemination workflow

  24. Pensoft manuscript writing tool • Collaborative online editing • Rich text capabilities • Various templates for taxon treatments • Identification keys builder • Assembling plates from single figures • References import • (CrossRef, PubMed Central, etc.) • Species occurrence data import (Darwin Core compliant) • Smart citation for figures, tables, references & automated positioning

  25. Testing screenshots of the writing tool Manuscript preview Multi-figure plates Plate layout ID Key preview ID Key builder

  26. Why publish in the BDJ? • Joining (small) data into a large data pool • Open-access, archiving and re-using your data through data aggregators • Providing citation record and creditability for data in the form of peer-reviewed publications • Facilitating online article authoring and editorial process for authors, reviewers and editors • Using a truly innovative dissemination of atomized content • Very low-cost. Free in the launch phase, thereafter at fee that anyone can afford!

  27. What will BDJ publish? • Single taxon treatments and nomenclatural acts • Local or regional checklists • Sampling reports and occasional inventories • Habitat-based checklists and inventories • Ecological and biological observations of species and communities? • Single identification keys • ANY KIND of biodiversity-related database, including genomic, ecological and environmental data (data papers) • Biodiversity-related software tools Recruiting editors now Starting late 2012, early 2013

  28. Acknowledgements • Scratchpad technical development • Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Ed Baker, Alice Heaton, Katherine Boulton, • Scratchpad outreach • Irina Brake, Laurence Livermore, Dimitris Koureas • E-Monocot • Paul Wilkin &the Kew team, Charles Godfray & the Oxford team • ViBRANT • Dave Roberts, Lucy Reeve & many many more • Pensoft • Lyubomir Penev, Teodor Georgiev & colleagues • Our 7,000+ users

  29. Why we need new methods of publishing… RE-USE of CONTENT Publishing and sharing of primary data Primary data Drawings: Slavena Peneva

  30. Source: Wikipedia

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