Essential Annotation Schema for Ecology (EASE)-A framework supporting the efficient data annotation and faceted navigation in ecology

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 12; no. 10; p. e0186170
• Main Authors: Pfaff, Claas-Thido, Eichenberg, David, Liebergesell, Mario, König-Ries, Birgitta, Wirth, Christian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 12.10.2017; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Analysis; Annotations; Biodiversity; Biology and Life Sciences; Carbon; Classification; Computer and Information Sciences; Consolidation; Data Curation - methods; Data processing; Earth Sciences; Ecology; Ecology and Environmental Sciences; Full text; Information retrieval; Internet; Meta-analysis; Metadata; Navigation; Research and Analysis Methods; Retrieval performance measures; Reuse; Search methods; Studies; Tagging; Textbooks; Vocabulary, Controlled

Ecology has become a data intensive science over the last decades which often relies on the reuse of data in cross-experimental analyses. However, finding data which qualifies for the reuse in a specific context can be challenging. It requires good quality metadata and annotations as well as efficie...