Dataset Identification:
Resource Abstract:
- description: OBIS-USA provides aggregated, interoperable biogeographic data collected primarily from U.S. waters and oceanic
regions--the Arctic, the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and the Great Lakes. It provides access
to datasets from state and federal agencies as well as educational and research institutions. OBIS-USA handles both specimen-based
data and survey results. Survey data come from recovered archives and current research activities. The datasets document where
and when species were observed or collected, bringing together marine biogeographic data that are spatially, taxonomically,
and temporally comprehensive. The public OBIS-USA site (http://www.usgs.gov/obis-usa) provides actual data contents as well
as summary data about what is contained in each dataset to assist users in evaluating suitability for use. Current functionality
allows the user to locate, view, and aggregate the datasets and FGDC compliant metadata as well as to view and search the
taxonomic, geographic, and temporal extent. To promote data interoperability, the data are available in accordance with the
marine-focused implementation of the Darwin Core data standard. In addition to basic download functions (tab-delimited), OBIS-USA
offers web services for query flexibility and a wide range of output formats, such as kml, NetCDF, MATLAB, json, and graph
or map output, to enable diverse types of scientific and geospatial data use and analysis platforms and products. OBIS-USA's
two web services (ERDDAP and GeoServer) enable integration of OBIS-USA biogeographic data with other data types, such as seafloor
geology, physical oceanography, water chemistry, and climate data. The NOAA Environmental Research Division Data Access Program(ERRDDAP)
enables users to query scientific data by flexible parameters and obtain output in many formats. Access can be found at http://www1.usgs.gov/erddap/tabledap/AllMBG.html
. OBIS-USA uses the tabledap component of ERDDAP to access Darwin-Core-type tabular spatial data; tabledap is a superset of
the OPeNDAP DAP constraint protocol. OBIS-USA offers an ESRI REST Service with access to Darwin-Core-type point data at http://gis1.usgs.gov/arcgis/rest/services/OBISUSA/OBIS_USA_All_Marine_Biogeographic_Records/MapServer/
and an OGC compliant Web Mapping Service (wms) http://gis1.usgs.gov/arcgis/services/OBISUSA/OBIS_USA_All_Marine_Biogeographic_Records/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS.
OBIS-USA and collaborators are further deploying the Darwin Core standard to capture richer information, such as absence and
abundance, observations on effort, individual tracking, and more advanced biogeography capabilities. Data are accepted into
OBIS-USA from the data originator or holder, minimizing the burden on the participant. OBIS-USA works with data providers
to understand the best process to transfer the data, review the data prior to their release, gather comprehensive metadata,
and then allow public access to this information. Becoming part of the OBIS-USA network is intended to have tangible benefits
for participants, for example, freeing the participant from responding to requests for data and alleviating security concerns
since users do not directly access the participant's computers.; abstract: OBIS-USA provides aggregated, interoperable
biogeographic data collected primarily from U.S. waters and oceanic regions--the Arctic, the Atlantic and Pacific oceans,
the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and the Great Lakes. It provides access to datasets from state and federal agencies as well
as educational and research institutions. OBIS-USA handles both specimen-based data and survey results. Survey data come from
recovered archives and current research activities. The datasets document where and when species were observed or collected,
bringing together marine biogeographic data that are spatially, taxonomically, and temporally comprehensive. The public OBIS-USA
site (http://www.usgs.gov/obis-usa) provides actual data contents as well as summary data about what is contained in each
dataset to assist users in evaluating suitability for use. Current functionality allows the user to locate, view, and aggregate
the datasets and FGDC compliant metadata as well as to view and search the taxonomic, geographic, and temporal extent. To
promote data interoperability, the data are available in accordance with the marine-focused implementation of the Darwin Core
data standard. In addition to basic download functions (tab-delimited), OBIS-USA offers web services for query flexibility
and a wide range of output formats, such as kml, NetCDF, MATLAB, json, and graph or map output, to enable diverse types of
scientific and geospatial data use and analysis platforms and products. OBIS-USA's two web services (ERDDAP and GeoServer)
enable integration of OBIS-USA biogeographic data with other data types, such as seafloor geology, physical oceanography,
water chemistry, and climate data. The NOAA Environmental Research Division Data Access Program(ERRDDAP) enables users to
query scientific data by flexible parameters and obtain output in many formats. Access can be found at http://www1.usgs.gov/erddap/tabledap/AllMBG.html
. OBIS-USA uses the tabledap component of ERDDAP to access Darwin-Core-type tabular spatial data; tabledap is a superset of
the OPeNDAP DAP constraint protocol. OBIS-USA offers an ESRI REST Service with access to Darwin-Core-type point data at http://gis1.usgs.gov/arcgis/rest/services/OBISUSA/OBIS_USA_All_Marine_Biogeographic_Records/MapServer/
and an OGC compliant Web Mapping Service (wms) http://gis1.usgs.gov/arcgis/services/OBISUSA/OBIS_USA_All_Marine_Biogeographic_Records/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS.
OBIS-USA and collaborators are further deploying the Darwin Core standard to capture richer information, such as absence and
abundance, observations on effort, individual tracking, and more advanced biogeography capabilities. Data are accepted into
OBIS-USA from the data originator or holder, minimizing the burden on the participant. OBIS-USA works with data providers
to understand the best process to transfer the data, review the data prior to their release, gather comprehensive metadata,
and then allow public access to this information. Becoming part of the OBIS-USA network is intended to have tangible benefits
for participants, for example, freeing the participant from responding to requests for data and alleviating security concerns
since users do not directly access the participant's computers.
Citation
- Title Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) - USA Dataset Collection.
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- creation Date
2017-12-13T14:59:42.943436
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on a transform by Damian Ulbricht. Run on 2018-08-06T20:49:27Z
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CINERGI Metadata catalog
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Metadata standard for this record:
ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
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2007
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Metadata record format is ISO19139 XML (MD_Metadata)