A conference theme

Schema design and data modelling

Designing typed schemas and data models (e.g. LinkML), schema validation and specification-driven data capture.

7 talks & discussions
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talk · Monday 21 September · Aula

DwC-DP Integration at GBIF

GBIF is close to supporting Darwin Core Data Packages end to end, with typed and stricter validation, while keeping Darwin Core Archives fully supported.

Federico Mendez, Mikhail Podolskiy ↗
talk · Tuesday 22 September · SAL C

A knowledge organisation system for taxonomic data

Separating taxon data into layers with immutable taxon concepts at the centre gives a practical path to implementing TCS and fixing checklist quality problems.

Niels Klazenga ↗
talk · Thursday 24 September · FORUM

Biodiversity literature as FAIR and AI-ready data by design (and how to get there)

Don't just liberate biodiversity literature, publish it liberated.

Chris Le Coquet ↗
talk · Thursday 24 September · SAL C

Causal Mosaic Schema: Encoding Causal Claims in Ecological Literature as Machine-Actionable Knowledge Graphs

Encoding how and how strongly the literature claims causation, not just what causes what, can link siloed ecological knowledge into decision-support tools for practitioners.

Tim Alamenciak ↗
talk · Thursday 24 September · SAL A

Old habits and new visions: Exploring the RECODE data model, future integration and data enhancement

Normalising decades of flat CMS data into relational entities and workflow-driven processes gives NHM a foundation for integrations and AI, but it needs institutional governance.

Steen Dupont ↗
talk · Thursday 24 September · SAL B

Robot-ready by construction: an ontology-driven, SHACL-validated submission pipeline for national ecological monitoring data

Driving both field data capture and RDF export from one semantically annotated specification makes monitoring data standards-compliant and machine-ready from the start.

Andrew Tokmakoff ↗
talk · Thursday 24 September · SAL B

The BMD Cubing Engine: Harmonizing Biodiversity and Earth Observation Data

BMD's cubing engine turns a declarative YAML recipe into reproducible, provenance-documented data cubes that harmonise GBIF occurrences with climate and Earth observation data on one grid.

Mathias Dillen ↗