Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy and the Super Science Initiative.
Eco-informatics
Eco-informatics is providing technical infrastructure for storing and sharing plot-based ecological data and information. It is developing ways to integrate and deliver databases of environmental information, and developing a common structured description model to enable different datasets to be combined and used to answer research questions. The focus is on developing a system (ÆKOS – the Australian Ecological Knowledge and Observation System) to manipulate, store, distribute and display ecological information, thereby improving communication, understanding and management of the information so it supports scientific or policy-making processes.
The Eco-informatics Facility does not answer specific science questions; it provides the necessary functionality for researchers and other users to find, access and use the data they need to answer their questions with confidence. The aim is to provide a framework for data and information management and discovery for Australian ecosystems data, and to broker access and incorporate into the system datasets from various sources to create a ‘one stop shop’ for ecosystem data.
Ecological data types being collected and distributed by Eco-informatics
Facility Director:
Mr Craig Walker
University of Adelaide
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W: www.aekos.org.au
If you are in Adelaide on Tuesday 27 March, you might be interested in attending The ACEAS Great Debate as a prelude to the TERN Symposium.
Registration to the 3rd TERN Annual National Symposium is now open. Program and registration information are on the symposium webpage.
TERN's AusCover Facility is holding a Data Users Workshop in Brisbane on 8 March. Visit the web page for links to the program and information on how to register.
TERN's AusPlots Sub-Facility is holding a Field Method Training workshop at the Renmark and Calperum Station Supersite in South Australia, 4-9 March. Limited places available, so get in quick!
In our December newsletter the TERN Director summarises — and celebrates — the huge effort that has gone into creating the TERN network so far. We introduce you to the complex world of the Australian Supersite Network. At workshops in Adelaide and Perth, TERN facilities work with various collaborators; we invite you to get involved in TERN; and there's some wild talk. You'll have to read the newsletter to find out more.
New research supersite will tell woodlands climate story (media release)
What would it take to get you to share (both deposit and use) data in TERN facility portals? If this question interests you join our discussion on LinkedIn.
