The following table lists some fundamental BSS requirements and ways data providers can prepare to get ready for easy sharing of bio data.
| BSS Requirements | Actions / Questions for data providers |
|---|---|
| Species abundance descriptors need to be standardized nationally through agreed vocabularies | Check internal usage of abundance descriptors and categories with a view to have a instututional standard |
| Taxa name need to be standardized nationally through a national register | Develop a in-house standard taxa list everybody needs to use and is in all workflows Get ready to link to New Zealand Organisms Register: add nzor_id in your in-house taxa list. Have a look at nzor.org.nz, demo.nzor.org.nz Goto http://demo.nzor.org.nz/matches, there you can match your taxa list against NZOR! |
| All spatial coordinates for a occurrence observation need to be described consistently and unambiguously | Are you sure you know your coordinate system used for all observations? |
| All dates / times for a occurrence observation need to be described consistently and unambiguously | Are you sure all your date / time recorded are unambiguous (time zones, daylight saving)? |
| Some records require site identifiers | How do you record site identifiers for occurrence observation at the moment? Do you have a well maintained site register? |
| General data management | Do you know where all your bio observation data is? Consider establish data catalog Consider establish an institutional bio-data archive Consider doing a maturity assessment for your data management system Biodata Management Guide developed through dataversity: http://dataversity.org.nz/guide/ |