1. TDWG Conference, Jönköping 2014 Florian Tobias Wetzel 1, Yde de Jong 2, Falko Glöckler 1, Günther Korb 1, Alexander Kroupa 1, Anke Hoffmann 1, Anton Güntsch 3, Andreas Kohlbecker 3, Andreas Müller 3, Christoph Häuser 1, Gregor Hagedorn 1 1 Museum für Naturkunde Berlin - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science 2 University of Eastern Finland Joensuu 3 Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum - Freie Universität Berlin Fauna Europaea Future Perspectives for the faunistic European Taxonomic Database

2. TDWG Conference, Jönköping 2014 Main goals: Taxonomic register/checklist, making scientific names available (all Europe up to the Ural region, except the Caucasus) Distributions of all living, currently known, multicellular, European land and freshwater animals Integrating the scientific taxonomic (zoological) community in Europe Fauna Europaea: Current Statistics Some recent numbers on Fauna Europaea (10/2014) International Code of Zoological Nomenclature applied number of species: 132,077 number of subspecies: 14,191 number of synonyms (species): 41,556 number of synonyms (subspecies) 5,630 references 5,997 web usage: 637,535 unique visitors (2013) referenced in nearly 5,000 wiki pages

3. TDWG Conference, Jönköping 2014 Fauna Europaea – Coverage + Gaps

4. TDWG Conference, Jönköping 2014 Fauna Europaea – New Species – Knowledge Gaps Coverage of Fauna Europaea: At the end of the first project phase: 99,3% Current estimated coverage: 97,5%

5. TDWG Conference, Jönköping 2014 Fauna Europaea – Time Delay + Information Gaps

6. TDWG Conference, Jönköping 2014 First phase 2000-2012 (5th EU FP5, Yde de Jong et. al + Zoological Museum Amsterdam) New Phase of Fauna Europaea, adjustments and revitalisation: Hosting of database by MfN since September 2013 + participation in the administration Early 2014: Initial work for moving to CDM platform in collaboration with BGBM Supported by EU BON Fauna Europaea – Current State FUB-BGBM MfN

7. TDWG Conference, Jönköping 2014 Overview Papers Fauna Europaea and Publication of Data Papers - Biodiversity Data Journal by PENSOFT Stimulates experts to hand over descriptive details New ways of activating the community, networking & participation Motivates experts – citations Help for the next phase of Fauna Europaea, adjustments and revitalisation needed Publication of an API by Pensoft for the Writing Tool: import complex and data-rich manuscripts, which include text, data, images, in-text citations, references Contributions on Fauna Europaea - Data papers for all 56 major taxonomic groups Fauna Europaea – Current State Gibson et al. 2014 de Jong et al. 2014

8. TDWG Conference, Jönköping 2014 Hosting by MfN since September 2013 Early 2014: Initial work preparing the migration: FaEu Data Model (Oracle DB) -> Common Data Model (MySQL DB) Application of stable identifiers (name based) + URI: Linking to PESI: http://www.eu- nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:305289 Linking to GBIF:URL: http://data.gbif.org/species/305289/resource/13560 Fauna Europaea ID = 305289, GBIF source = 13560 Migration to Common Data Model – Cybertaxonomy Platform URI als stable identifiersscientificName http://faunaeur.org/t/305289 Canis lupus (Linnaeus 1758)

9. TDWG Conference, Jönköping 2014 Webpage: Test-Webpage based on Drupal 7 to develop new web access of the webpage. User Management: Data Manager delegates the access rights for specialists/associated specialists (ROLE_USER_MANAGER). Taxonomic Editor: Light version of the Tax Editor / Web Version Annotation: Planned for establishing a workflow. Handling of different concepts Migration to Common Data Model – Cybertaxonomy Platform

10. TDWG Conference, Jönköping 2014 2. Editing of the FaEu Data in the CDM: access to Tax. Editor via Citrix XenDesktop / XenApp Tax Light via Remote Desktop https://webapp.mfn-berlin.de/

11. TDWG Conference, Jönköping 2014 EU BON: European Biodiversity Observation Network (FP7 project) focuses on standardising and integrating biodiversity information as well as facilitating its access serves as the European contribution to the information infrastructure of the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON) Fauna Europaea and EU BON Task 1.2 (Lead BGBM Berlin): A unified taxonomic backbone for the EU BON Data portal, built on Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure (PESI, www.eu-nomen.eu) Harmonized with ongoing attempts towards a global Catalogue of Life (CoL).  This task will integrate Fauna Europaea and Euro+Med Plantbase

12. TDWG Conference, Jönköping 2014 Expert Network aims for high quality data 316 Taxonomic Specialists 117 Associated Specialists, 57 Group Coordinators validation of data import: distribution on country level (presence / absence, doubtful, no data) taxonomic names (species, higher groups…) country-specific focal point network

13. TDWG Conference, Jönköping 2014 Future appoaches Reactivating the network of specialists Updating datasets Link to national, regional and expert databases Offer Web-services and use external services Define workable Work- Flows

14. TDWG Conference, Jönköping 2014 Future appoaches Prioritization: Webportal online Start early 2014 (taxa search, export taxonomic & distribution information) Involvement of taxonomists (MfN + FaEu community + other interested partners) advanced workbenches, annotation services ( Filtered Push, AnnoSys), validation tools Extending the geographic scope ('Flora/Fauna west. Palearctica')

15. TDWG Conference, Jönköping 2014 Global Names-based Architecture FaEu  PESI  Global Databases (e.g. Global Names Project) 80 formal licenses for downloads since the Fauna Europaea initial release(GBIF Checklist Bank & PESI Focal Points) Roadmap Global Names-based Architecture: Establishing further information exchange (e.g. intensified communication of PESI, Catalogue of Life and others Multi-layered approach keeping the strengths of the projects Create a Consortium Link it to the needs of GBIF and other data aggregators, e.g.: comprehensive pan-nomenclator, service and tools, open-licence checklist for all taxonomic groups, best- consenus placement of a name

16. TDWG Conference, Jönköping 2014 Global Names-based Architecture Potential work- and dataflows in a next generation linked open data names architecture.

17. TDWG Conference, Jönköping 2014 Global Names-based Architecture Position of PESI as Euro-Hub in the Catalogue of Life initial architecture, proceeding from the EuroCat project.

18. TDWG Conference, Jönköping 2014 Main goals Secure sustainability, integration of (new) data, open access Implement the needs of stakeholders. Integration of data from local to European level Contribute to a (global) names-based architecture/ enhance global approaches Implement relevant services for e-Science application (unifying the service layers) Optimise the sharing of resources (persistent IDs, data standards, cross-platform operability, cross-referencing, etc.). Secure synergy with major biodiversity informatics initiatives (EU BON, LifeWatch and GBIF) -> board, periodic meetings… Further improve the taxonomic community involvement + expertise networks of pan-European checklists + Focal Points

19. TDWG Conference, Jönköping 2014 THANK YOU! If you are interested to join the FaEu Community, please contact us at faunaeur.org Join the LinkedIn Group and Mailinglist for Updates ! Mail: Florian Wetzel: florian.wetzel@mfn-berlin.de