iMarine data platform for collaborations,

7th March 2014, FAO (Rome)

The Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VME-DB) factsheet workflowiMarine Reports Manager as a content management for fact sheets

Aureliano Gentile (FAO) – VME-DB fact sheets workflow – iMarine data platform for collaborations , 7th March 2014, FAO (Rome)

Background

• Understanding the impacts of bottom contact gears used by deep-sea fisheries on the

seafloor is of the utmost priority.

• The United Nations General Assembly adopted resolutions that inspired FAO to

coordinate the development of The International Guidelines for the Management of

Deep-Sea Fisheries on the High Seas.

• Since 2006, RFMO/As have developed measures to protect benthic VMEs and their

coral and sponge communities.

• This has generated a large amount of dispersed and difficult to access information that

Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems database (VME-DB)

• This has generated a large amount of dispersed and difficult to access information that

is now being entered on to a VME database to assist in informed decision making and

the development of further measures to increase sustainability and reduce impacts.

• The VME database is also aiming to facilitate partnerships and create networks among

the community of users, information contributors and those working on the

protection of VMEs in the high seas.

VME-DB components: Maps & Fact Sheets

Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems database (VME-DB)

Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems database (VME-DB)

The problemEnsure a sustainable maintenance (delegating authority, distributing the efforts)

• Get a Content Management System (CMS) to handle the VME data

In a given data structure

In a specific workflow

Within a limited funds availability!

The solution

The iMarine Reports ManagerThe iMarine Reports Manager

� A flexible CMS for reading content in whatever database schema

� User friendly interface

� Role-based workflow

� Real time integration

� Short development (three months)

� Delivered on time and on budget

Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems database (VME-DB)

Updating the VME database through the iMarine Reports Manager

VME-DBReports Manager

Fact sheet editing

HTTPS

Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems database (VME-DB)

iMarine Terms of Use applied to VME-DB

• The Reports Manager application is instantiated in a dedicated Virtual Research

Environment (VRE) for the VME database

• A private VRE with restricted access to selected users is foreseen in the iMarine Terms

of Use

• The VRE is not exposing data directly to the public nor sharing with other VREs hence

no specific license is required

Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems database (VME-DB)

Other services

• The iMarine distributed e-infrastructure provides the VME community with a

collaborative workspace through a Virtual Research Environment (VRE) for

information sharing and analysis.

• The community can take advantage of the e-Infrastructure to access

Biodiversity, Environmental and Fisheries data from other VREs.