Knowledge Organization for Biodiversity Research Survey

Knowledge Organization for Biodiversity Research

1. Introduction

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF, http://gbif.org) has commissioned a report to advise it on future directions for the development and deployment of Knowledge Organization Systems, KOS, in the service of biodiversity research. "KOS" encompasses various semantic approaches to labeling and interpreting digital data-- using controlled vocabularies, metadata specifications, gazetteers, thesauri, and ontologies, etc., along with standards-based tools, to provide advanced technology services that are compatible with the Semantic Web. In the area of biodiversity informatics, these approaches might provide powerful and efficient ways of representing and exchanging biological taxonomies and other types of biodiversity-relevant information over the Internet.

As part of reporting to GBIF about semantic technologies, we hope to survey the expertise, resources, and activities in KOS already present within the biodiversity science community, and identify where synergies and gaps exist among these. Your participation in this survey, which should take no longer than 10 minutes, will greatly assist in informing GBIF about future directions for developing semantic solutions for accessing biodiversity data. Thank you!

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	Completely unfamiliar with any examples	Vaguely familiar with one or more examples	Familiar with one or more examples	Very familiar with one or more examples
Controlled Vocabularies	*Please assess your level of awareness with the following categories of KOS concepts: Controlled Vocabularies Completely unfamiliar with any examples	Controlled Vocabularies Vaguely familiar with one or more examples	Controlled Vocabularies Familiar with one or more examples	Controlled Vocabularies Very familiar with one or more examples
Ontologies	Ontologies Completely unfamiliar with any examples	Ontologies Vaguely familiar with one or more examples	Ontologies Familiar with one or more examples	Ontologies Very familiar with one or more examples
Thesauri	Thesauri Completely unfamiliar with any examples	Thesauri Vaguely familiar with one or more examples	Thesauri Familiar with one or more examples	Thesauri Very familiar with one or more examples
Gazetteers	Gazetteers Completely unfamiliar with any examples	Gazetteers Vaguely familiar with one or more examples	Gazetteers Familiar with one or more examples	Gazetteers Very familiar with one or more examples
Concept Maps	Concept Maps Completely unfamiliar with any examples	Concept Maps Vaguely familiar with one or more examples	Concept Maps Familiar with one or more examples	Concept Maps Very familiar with one or more examples
Linked Data	Linked Data Completely unfamiliar with any examples	Linked Data Vaguely familiar with one or more examples	Linked Data Familiar with one or more examples	Linked Data Very familiar with one or more examples

	Completely unfamiliar	Vaguely familiar with one or more	Familiar with one or more	Very familiar with one or more
Ontology editors	*How familiar are you with these KOS tools: Ontology editors Completely unfamiliar	Ontology editors Vaguely familiar with one or more	Ontology editors Familiar with one or more	Ontology editors Very familiar with one or more
Ontology visualizers	Ontology visualizers Completely unfamiliar	Ontology visualizers Vaguely familiar with one or more	Ontology visualizers Familiar with one or more	Ontology visualizers Very familiar with one or more
Reasoners	Reasoners Completely unfamiliar	Reasoners Vaguely familiar with one or more	Reasoners Familiar with one or more	Reasoners Very familiar with one or more
Data mining tools	Data mining tools Completely unfamiliar	Data mining tools Vaguely familiar with one or more	Data mining tools Familiar with one or more	Data mining tools Very familiar with one or more

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Good documentation	*Please rank these attributes of knowledge organization technologies in the order you think your organization will regard them. 1 is highest. You may assign the same rank, or no rank, to several attributes. Good documentation 1	Good documentation 2	Good documentation 3	Good documentation 4	Good documentation 5	Good documentation 6	Good documentation 7	Good documentation 8
Online training	Online training 1	Online training 2	Online training 3	Online training 4	Online training 5	Online training 6	Online training 7	Online training 8
Face-to-face training	Face-to-face training 1	Face-to-face training 2	Face-to-face training 3	Face-to-face training 4	Face-to-face training 5	Face-to-face training 6	Face-to-face training 7	Face-to-face training 8
Good UI	Good UI 1	Good UI 2	Good UI 3	Good UI 4	Good UI 5	Good UI 6	Good UI 7	Good UI 8
Availability of APIs	Availability of APIs 1	Availability of APIs 2	Availability of APIs 3	Availability of APIs 4	Availability of APIs 5	Availability of APIs 6	Availability of APIs 7	Availability of APIs 8
Programming ease	Programming ease 1	Programming ease 2	Programming ease 3	Programming ease 4	Programming ease 5	Programming ease 6	Programming ease 7	Programming ease 8
Expressiveness	Expressiveness 1	Expressiveness 2	Expressiveness 3	Expressiveness 4	Expressiveness 5	Expressiveness 6	Expressiveness 7	Expressiveness 8
Wide adoption	Wide adoption 1	Wide adoption 2	Wide adoption 3	Wide adoption 4	Wide adoption 5	Wide adoption 6	Wide adoption 7	Wide adoption 8

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1. Introduction

1. What are your primary areas of thematic interest related to the biodiversity sciences?

2. Please select your primary areas of expertise and interest. You can choose more than one category.

3. Please assess your level of awareness with the following categories of KOS concepts:

4. How familiar are you with these KOS tools:

5. Aside from yours, what other roles are represented in your organization? One individual may hold several roles.

6. What are the main functionalities you or your group/project hope to attain from using semantic (KOS) solutions?

7. What KOS activities presently are undertaken by your organization. There may be more than one.

8. What standards are you and your organization currently considering or using for semantic solutions?

9. What are the impediments to adoption of KOS tools in your organization? Choose as many as apply.

10. Please rank these attributes of knowledge organization technologies in the order you think your organization will regard them. 1 is highest. You may assign the same rank, or no rank, to several attributes.

11. Please add any additional comments you have. If you wish, these could include the name of your organization, the URLs of any semantically-based biodiversity information projects it currently has underway, or areas not touched upon that you think GBIF should consider.

12. May we contact you for followup or clarification of your answers? If yes, please provide an email address below.

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1. Introduction

1. What are your primary areas of thematic interest related to the biodiversity sciences?

2. Please select your primary areas of expertise and interest. You can choose more than one category.

3. Please assess your level of awareness with the following categories of KOS concepts:

4. How familiar are you with these KOS tools:

5. Aside from yours, what other roles are represented in your organization? One individual may hold several roles.

6. What are the main functionalities you or your group/project hope to attain from using semantic (KOS) solutions?

7. What KOS activities presently are undertaken by your organization. There may be more than one.

8. What standards are you and your organization currently considering or using for semantic solutions?

9. What are the impediments to adoption of KOS tools in your organization? Choose as many as apply.

10. Please rank these attributes of knowledge organization technologies in the order you think your organization will regard them. 1 is highest. You may assign the same rank, or no rank, to several attributes.

11. Please add any additional comments you have. If you wish, these could include the name of your organization, the URLs of any semantically-based biodiversity information projects it currently has underway, or areas not touched upon that you think GBIF should consider.

12. May we contact you for followup or clarification of your answers? If yes, please provide an email address below.

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