Assessing the FAIR Digital Object Framework for Global Biodiversity Research
In the first decades of the 21st century, there has been a global trend towards digitisation and the mobilisation of data from natural history museums and research institutions. The development of national and international aggregator systems, which focused on data standards, made it possible to acc...
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| author | Sharif Islam James Beach Elizabeth R. Ellwood Jose Fortes Larry Lannom Gil Nelson Beth Plale |
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| description | In the first decades of the 21st century, there has been a global trend towards digitisation and the mobilisation of data from natural history museums and research institutions. The development of national and international aggregator systems, which focused on data standards, made it possible to access millions of museum specimen records. These records serve as an empirical foundation for research across various fields. In addition, community efforts have expanded the concept of natural history collection specimens to include physical preparations and digital resources, resulting in the Digital Extended Specimen (DES), which also includes derived and related data. Within this context, the paper proposes using the FAIR Digital Object (FDO) framework to accelerate the global vision of the DES, arguing that FDO-enabled infrastructures can reduce barriers to the discovery and access of specimens, help ensure credit back to contributors and increase the amount of research that incorporates biodiversity data. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-06890ab49ba4468e9b79dc60017db5aa2023-09-14T08:11:05ZengPensoft PublishersResearch Ideas and Outcomes2367-71632023-09-01911310.3897/rio.9.e108808108808Assessing the FAIR Digital Object Framework for Global Biodiversity ResearchSharif Islam0James Beach1Elizabeth R. Ellwood2Jose Fortes3Larry Lannom4Gil Nelson5Beth Plale6DiSSCoUniversity of KansasFlorida Museum of Natural HistoryUniversity of FloridaCorporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI)Florida Museum of Natural HistoryIndiana University BloomingtonIn the first decades of the 21st century, there has been a global trend towards digitisation and the mobilisation of data from natural history museums and research institutions. The development of national and international aggregator systems, which focused on data standards, made it possible to access millions of museum specimen records. These records serve as an empirical foundation for research across various fields. In addition, community efforts have expanded the concept of natural history collection specimens to include physical preparations and digital resources, resulting in the Digital Extended Specimen (DES), which also includes derived and related data. Within this context, the paper proposes using the FAIR Digital Object (FDO) framework to accelerate the global vision of the DES, arguing that FDO-enabled infrastructures can reduce barriers to the discovery and access of specimens, help ensure credit back to contributors and increase the amount of research that incorporates biodiversity data.https://riojournal.com/article/108808/download/pdf/FAIR dataFDOnatural history museumsnatural s |
| spellingShingle | Sharif Islam James Beach Elizabeth R. Ellwood Jose Fortes Larry Lannom Gil Nelson Beth Plale Assessing the FAIR Digital Object Framework for Global Biodiversity Research Research Ideas and Outcomes FAIR data FDO natural history museums natural s |
| title | Assessing the FAIR Digital Object Framework for Global Biodiversity Research |
| title_full | Assessing the FAIR Digital Object Framework for Global Biodiversity Research |
| title_fullStr | Assessing the FAIR Digital Object Framework for Global Biodiversity Research |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing the FAIR Digital Object Framework for Global Biodiversity Research |
| title_short | Assessing the FAIR Digital Object Framework for Global Biodiversity Research |
| title_sort | assessing the fair digital object framework for global biodiversity research |
| topic | FAIR data FDO natural history museums natural s |
| url | https://riojournal.com/article/108808/download/pdf/ |
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