The OBIS secretariat, hosted at the UNESCO/IOC project office for IODE in Oostende (Belgium), provides training and technical assistance to its data providers, guides new data standards and technical developments, and encourages international cooperation to foster the group benefits of the network.
Elizabeth Lawrence
e.lawrence@unesco.org
Ward Appeltans
w.appeltans@unesco.org
Pieter Provoost
p.provoost@unesco.org
Steve Formel
sk.formel@unesco.org
Silas C. Principe
s.principe@unesco.org
Saara Suominen
s.suominen@unesco.org
Lisa Benedetti
l.benedetti@unesco.org
Emilie Boulanger
e.boulanger@unesco.org
Laurent Chmiel
l.chmiel@unesco.org
| Field | Missing | Invalid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| basisOfRecord | 200 |
|
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| coordinateUncertaintyInMeters | 26,339,858 | 244,722 |
|
| decimalLatitude | 1,627,628 | 2 |
|
| decimalLongitude | 1,627,598 | 6 |
|
| eventDate | 3,350,945 | 89,996 |
|
| maximumDepthInMeters | 12,962,817 | 1,019,159 |
|
| minimumDepthInMeters | 12,863,629 | 1,019,155 |
|
| occurrenceStatus | 22,988,940 |
|
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| scientificName | 135,027 |
|
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| scientificNameID | 18,130,140 | 36,611 |
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The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.
| Flag | Dropped | Records | |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO_DEPTH | 13,770,545 |
|
|
| NO_MATCH | 6,286,757 |
|
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| ON_LAND | 3,657,574 |
|
|
| NO_ACCEPTED_NAME | 1,913,425 |
|
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| MARINE_UNSURE | 1,682,278 |
|
|
| NO_COORD | 1,627,691 |
|
|
| DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH | 380,767 |
|
|
| NOT_MARINE | 291,478 |
|
|
| WORMS_ANNOTATION_UNRESOLVABLE | 48,325 |
|
|
| MIN_DEPTH_EXCEEDS_MAX | 15,159 |
|
|
| WORMS_ANNOTATION_RESOLVABLE | 10,189 |
|
|
| WORMS_ANNOTATION_REJECT_AMBIGUOUS | 5,931 |
|
|
| DEPTH_OUT_OF_RANGE | 2,185 |
|
|
| WORMS_ANNOTATION_REJECT_HABITAT | 1,710 |
|
|
| WORMS_ANNOTATION_RESOLVABLE_LOSS | 1,165 |
|
|
| ZERO_COORD | 279 |
|
|
| WORMS_ANNOTATION_REJECT_FOSSIL | 115 |
|
|
| DATE_IN_FUTURE | 12 |
|
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| DATE_BEFORE_MIN | 10 |
|
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| LON_OUT_OF_RANGE | 6 |
|
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| LAT_OUT_OF_RANGE | 2 |
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