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.
Contacts
Ward Appeltans
w.appeltans@unesco.org
Pieter Provoost
p.provoost@unesco.org
Stephen Formel
steve@thedatapatch.com
Mithona Prak
m.prak@unesco.org
Silas Principe de Souza
s.principe@unesco.org
Elizabeth Lawrence
e.lawrence@unesco.org
Celia Marlowe
celia@clariteos.com
Emilie Boulanger
e.boulanger@unesco.org
Saara Suominen
s.suominen@unesco.org
Laurent Chmiel
l.chmiel@unesco.org
Lisa Benedetti
l.benedetti@unesco.org
| Field | Missing | Invalid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| basisOfRecord | 7,976,868 |
|
|
| coordinateUncertaintyInMeters | 25,807,365 | 244,722 |
|
| decimalLatitude | 1,627,628 | 2 |
|
| decimalLongitude | 1,627,598 | 6 |
|
| eventDate | 3,350,945 | 89,996 |
|
| maximumDepthInMeters | 13,002,879 | 1,005,610 |
|
| minimumDepthInMeters | 12,903,691 | 1,005,606 |
|
| occurrenceStatus | 22,415,848 |
|
|
| scientificName | 135,027 |
|
|
| scientificNameID | 17,928,726 | 36,600 |
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The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.
| Flag | Dropped | Records | |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO_DEPTH | 13,797,058 |
|
|
| NO_MATCH | 6,645,308 |
|
|
| ON_LAND | 3,619,241 |
|
|
| NO_COORD | 1,627,691 |
|
|
| MARINE_UNSURE | 1,627,132 |
|
|
| NO_ACCEPTED_NAME | 1,602,662 |
|
|
| DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH | 380,071 |
|
|
| NOT_MARINE | 291,047 |
|
|
| WORMS_ANNOTATION_UNRESOLVABLE | 48,325 |
|
|
| MIN_DEPTH_EXCEEDS_MAX | 15,159 |
|
|
| WORMS_ANNOTATION_RESOLVABLE | 10,100 |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| DATE_BEFORE_MIN | 10 |
|
|
| LON_OUT_OF_RANGE | 6 |
|
|
| LAT_OUT_OF_RANGE | 2 |
|