4D4Life

European Commission Directorate-General For The Information Society And Media

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Framework Programme 7 (2007-2013) Research infrastructures projets 4D4Life4D4LifeSummary: A coherent classification and species checklist of the world’s plants, animals, fungi and microbes is fundamental for accessing information about biodiversity. The existing Catalogue of Life has started to provide the world with a unique taxonomic service: a dynamically updated global index of validated scientific names, synonyms Project acronym: 4D4Lifeand common names integrated within a single taxonomic hierarchy for all species of Project n°: RI-238988organisms. The 4D4Life Project will enhance the existing programme to build a state-Project type: CP-CSAof-the-art Catalogue of Life e-infrastructure that provides a classification framework Start date: 01/05/2009and species checklist for use as both taxonomic backbone and species index across Duration: 36 monthsglobal, regional and national biodiversity programmes and communities.Total budget: 3 688 571 €Funding from the EC: 3 300 000 €Objectives: The principal objectives are:Total funded effort in person-month: 553 PeM• to synthesise a significantly improved global resource, the Catalogue of Life,Web site: www.4D4Life.eu • to facilitate enhanced information exchange within the Species 2000 networks Contact person:that feed into the Catalogue, Frank Bisby• to extend the reach of these networks to inputs and to public services through email: [e-mail] centres across the world, tel.

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Framework Programme 7 (2007-2013)

Research infrastructures projets

European Commission

Information Society and Media

continued overleaf

Project acronym:

4D4Life

Project n°:

RI-238988

Project type:

CP-CSA

Start date:

01/05/2009

Duration:

36 months

Total budget:

3 688 571 €

Funding from the EC:

3 300 000 €

Total funded effort in person-month:

553 PeM

Web site:

www.4D4Life.eu

Contact person:

Frank Bisby

email: [e-mail]

tel.: [phone]

fax.: [phone]

Project participants:

UR

UK

BGCI

UK

MNHN

FR

NARODNI

CZ

ETI

NL

CU

UK

NNM

NL

SP2000

UK

VLIZ

BE

MfN Berlin

DE

NHM

UK

CABI

UK

RBGK

UK

UNIVIE

AT

UU

NL

NUI Galway

IE

IFM-GEOMAR

DE

DKFZ

DE

BSM

DE

MIZ-PAS

PL

Land OOE

AT

NMGW

UK

IRD

FR

CSIC

ES

TSJ BVBA

BE

SNSB, Munich

DE

UNIPD

IT

UVA

NL

RBINS

BE

Oxford Univ

UK

WU

NL

RBGE

UK

UCPH

DK

ITZN

UK

CAS

CN

CRIA

BR

NMNH

US

CSIRO

AU

Landcare Res.

NZ

Keywords:

Catalogue of Life, Distributed System,

Web Services, Taxonomic Hierarchy,

Species Checklist, Species 2000 Programme,

Biodiversity.

Collaboration with other EC-funded

projects:

EDIT

PESI

BHL-Europe

LifeWatch

DistributedDynamicDiversityDatabasesforLife-RI

Summary:

Acoherent classification and species checklist of the world’s plants, animals,

fungi and microbes is fundamental for accessing information about biodiversity. The

existing

Catalogue of Life

has started to provide the world with a unique taxonomic

service: a dynamically updated global index of validated scientific names, synonyms

and common names integrated within a single taxonomic hierarchy for all species of

organisms. The 4D4Life Project will enhance the existing programme to build a state-

of-the-art

Catalogue of Life

e-infrastructure that provides a classification framework

and species checklist for use as both taxonomic backbone and species index across

global, regional and national biodiversity programmes and communities.

Objectives:

The principal objectives are:

•

to synthesise a significantly improved global resource, the

Catalogue of Life

,

•

to facilitate enhanced information exchange within the Species 2000 networks

that feed into the

Catalogue

,

•

to extend the reach of these networks to inputs and to public services through

regional centres across the world,

•

to disseminate this synthesised knowledge in a new array of modern web-services

and products developed in partnership with identified user communities,

•

to renew the distributed system with improved software and an enhanced

service-based architecture,

•

to implement a business model that will take this e-infrastructure to a sustainable

future.

Action plan:

Three

Networking Work packages

will enhance information exchange among the

Users, GSD Network and the Global Multi-hub Network; contribute to improved

data supply and content in the

Catalogue of Life

; and initiate an array of new public

services.

A further two

Services Work packages

will incorporate these improvements and new

services into the enhanced production and service provision process of the Catalogue

of Life.

Finally one

Joint ResearchWork package

will create a new service-basedArchitecture

that will provide the multi-layered ecosystem of data supply services to take the

programme into a sustainable future.

Networking activities:

In its Networking Activities 4D4Life will strengthen the

development of the array of presently 66 Global Species Databases that provide the

core of the service, and extend the geographical reach of the programme beyond Europe

by designing and prototyping a Multi-Hub Network capable of integrating data from

China, New Zealand, Australia, N. America and Brazil.