Knowledge Base – Species Interaction Data Workshop

Key Points

Getting Interaction Data	GloBI has interaction data that can be accessed as a full dataset Better to use the full or whole dataset than the APIs
Working with the Whole Dataset	There is a lot of interaction data available and shell is one helpful tool to reduce the size of the dataset. Sharing code helps everyone.
Exploring Ixodes (tick) Records By Pointing and Clicking	Web tools are for exploring indexed data and providing feedback Web tools facilitate communication within biodiversity data community Web tools are dynamic and subject to change
Working with Data Sources	GloBI is built using existing data sources Data sources are continously and automatically indexed by GloBI GloBI provides automated reviews of data sources
Data Sources: Taxonomic Name Review	Taxonomic name linking facilitates discovery, review, and interpretation, of interaction records GloBI uses a versioned taxonomic name map to map verbatim names into known taxonomic schemes GloBI attempts to provide reasonable links using a controlled and iterative process GloBI taxonomic name linking process is likely imperfect and subjective
Data Sources: Interaction Data Record Review	There are many ways to access GloBI reviews. GloBI reviews can help data managers better understand their data and how GloBI interprets it.