Name | SGN – Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung – Leibniz Institute, Frankfurt |
|---|
URL | https://www.senckenberg.de/ |
|---|
| Description | The MS SQL based collection database SeSam is run by the SGN IT Department as part of the central Senckenberg IT infrastructure. SeSam is the core database for managing collection and observation data. It is supplemented by the Apache Solr based AQUiLA, providing a full text search service through a web-frontend. The SGN IT Department is in close collaboration with the data and modelling centre of the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F). Scientific data curation services (incl. taxonomic services) The taxonomic expertise and interest is that of the SGN with its research departments. Special expertise in various groups of invertebrates GBIF Node Invertebrates III (Crustaceae, Porifera, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Tunicata and Bryozoa) Participating in international cooperation projects such as DiSSCo and IPBES or EUdaphobase and also involved in the international LTER network (Long-Term Ecosystem Research). The SGN has a special interest in data on specimens curated at the SGN. The SGN has a special interest in data on research projects with scientists of the SGN involved. |
|---|
| Data domains (scope) | SGN has various interests in different data domains, including: Collection data, molecular data, observational data, environmental data, series of measurements and trait data. |
|---|
| Target group |
|
|---|
Service Description | Data archiving for research projects is focusing on botanical, zoological and anthropological data, according to our profile description. | Type 1a | Collection data, together with the deposit of physical objects, referenced multimedia objects. |
IT services Data submission and accession - Collection Management System SeSam/AQUiLA
- Data hosting and import for Partner institutions
- Senckenberg provides persistent identifiers (DOIs) to support data archiving and access to research data.
- Senckenberg hosts a data repository for earth, environmental and ecological research data
Data backup and archiving - SGN has implemented an effective backup and archiving workflow
Data publication User services Helpdesk and Workshops on demand |
|---|
| Service Levels | Data Set x | Data Package x | Data management x | Research Objects x |
|---|
| Data Formats |
|---|
Data Submission Formats | Data | Flexible; Preferably standardized formats like ABCD, EML; Spreadsheets (CSV) Example templates for data submission can be found in the GFBio collection of recommended data submission templates |
|---|
| Metadata | EML, ABCD, DarwinCore |
Data Accessibility | Public access points | GFBio, BioCASe Data Access Services at the SGN, Institutional landing pages of citable stable URIs, BioCASE, GBIF, SeSam/AQUiLA |
|---|
| Standardised exchange formats | XML-files in ABCD, DarwinCore, EML standard |
| Data formats | Text, CSV, XML |
| Long-term availability | Unlimited (minimum guaranteed time period of 10 years) |
Data Publication Services | Data Citation | Yes, citation for each individual data set |
|---|
| DOI | DOIs are issued via GBIF publication and via DataCite publication
|
| Archiving (RAW-data ingest, data, media) |
|
|---|
| Licenses / Terms of Use | Metadata |
|
|---|
Data |
|
| Documentation |
|
|---|
Computing center, external service provider name of the associated computing center(s), (commercial) service provider(s) and services provided |
|
|---|
| Backup |
|
|---|
