hands-on hacking session TDWG

[jhpoelen]

@tpoisot suggested to organize a hands-on hacking session in Ottawa during TDWG to establish or explore data exchanges between existing species interaction datasets/ platforms. I am hoping that "quick and dirty" exchanges will lead to ideas on better ways to exchange species interaction data in the future.

Looks like we have a slot for talks and a workshop at TDWG. However, I feel that a hacking session is perhaps a little out-scope for both. I am happy to reserve one or two day parts for this.

[zedomel]

Great ideia @jhpoelen and @tpoisot! Mangal.io and GlOBI already have some data standardized in their own formats, and I think we could explore it to evaluate the levels of exchanges between those systems, enumerating similarities and differences and discussing how to address them.
Let's discuss here what actions we can explore to optimize our hacking session :-)

[tpoisot]

I will be teaching just before and after the day of the session, so I won't attend the entire meeting. But we can maybe take an hour or two after the session with @SteveViss to discuss better ways to make the data format interact. With a bit of luck, you'll be able to see the demo of mangal v2.

[jhpoelen]

Sounds good to me. Seems like your talk ends at 5:30p on Tuesday, so perhaps something to combine with a drink and some food.

[tpoisot]

Sounds lovely

[zedomel]

Should we bring this idea to the TDWG 2021 Conference?
We can ask people to bring their own interaction datasets and guide the mapping to DwC.

[jhpoelen]

@zedomel very much like the idea to review existing interaction datasets and compare different approaches, so that authors can make informed decisions on how to best represent their interaction data in DwC.

[jhpoelen]

fyi @seltmann

[seltmann]

@jhpoelen count me in to bring a dataset, opinions and ideas

[zedomel]

Hi all,

I just prepared a document describing the objectives and activities which we are planning for the hands-on session:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rvgXpAZC2ADiRb-j954z0zbZiCST6R7b7jXY6l8cyPg/edit?usp=sharing.

Everyone is invited to contribute with opinions, ideas and critics. The document is open for commenting and making suggestions.

thank you.