Open Soil Data Platform
Lead Research Organisation:
Rothamsted Research
Department Name: UNLISTED
Abstract
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Technical Summary
Our aim is to develop an open data platform, combining metadata from a broad range of sources, creating a searchable catalogue using a semantic data framework. This will enable linking of activities and outputs via common themes (within controlled vocabularies) and searches across constituent databases using mappings over standard web interfaces, or through application programme interfaces (APIs) to the underlying data. This architecture will be readily extensible to other information resources and databases via continual semantics development. oSDP users will benefit rapidly from new information resources as soon as they become available.
Planned Impact
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Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Mike Brown (Principal Investigator) | |
| John Watkins (Co-Investigator) |
| Description | We have developed and implemented an Open Soils data Platform that enables the storage and searching of multiple information sources on soils e.g. soil samples and support materials such as reports for sub-Saharan Africa. The platform uses an agreed set of metadata and controlled vocabularies needed for integrating a range of data. Prototype metadata integration for several data collections has been achieved enabling searching of the catalogue for datasets containing related-information on soils information.The architecture developed is easily extensible to other information resources and databases as soon as they become viable. |
| Exploitation Route | Issues emerged regarding access to data from African sources e.g OFRA but discussions with these and others are ongoing. The continuing objectives are to engage with stakeholders to populate the catalogue with additional datasets so it becomes a valued repository of data for soil health for Africa |
| Sectors | Agriculture Food and Drink Chemicals Education Environment Government Democracy and Justice |
| URL | http://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/osdp/documents |
| Title | AfSISdb |
| Description | This is a database of African Soils data developed by QED with funding mainly from Bill and Melinda Gates foundation but also through BBSRC |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2014 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | New data has been added based on chemical analysis at Rothamsted |
| URL | https://afsisdb.qed.ai/about/ |
| Title | AfSISdb metadata endpoint |
| Description | This is JSON format endpoint providing the schema and metadata for the AfSIS databases. It is used to populate metadata into the open soils data platform. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | It is part of the infrastructure of the oSDP and is a technical result only. |
| URL | https://afsisdb.qed.ai/cabinet/api/schema/ |
| Title | Registry of AfSIS data in AWS Open Data Repository |
| Description | The project has published a curated dataset containing soil infrared spectral data and paired soil property reference measurements for georeferenced soil samples that were collected through the Africa Soil Information Service (AfSIS) and this project. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This is significant development because it is a very visible exemplar of a public open access soils dataset on the AWS portal. This potentially puts the data in the hands of a major international community who are able to develop new computational methods to interrogate the data. Practical outcomes at end user level in the agriculture and farming community are not available yet, but the international reach of the AWS portal is a major outcome for the project |
| URL | https://registry.opendata.aws/afsis/ |
| Title | Open Soils Data Platform portal |
| Description | We have developed and implemented an Open Soils data Platform that enables the storage and searching of multiple information sources on soils e.g. soil samples and support materials such as reports for sub-Saharan Africa. |
| Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Impact | This portal can integrate metadata across data collections and enable searching of the catalogue. |
| URL | http://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/osdp/documents |
| Description | GoalKeepers 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | William Wu (of QED) was one of two presenters in Bill Gates' technology session during Goalkeepers 2018 conference. This is a live and streamed event highlighting the beneficial impact of technology in advance of the UN General Assembly meeting in New York and a part of the wider Goalkeepers COnference. It was a live presentation about digital soil mapping in Africa and the AfSIS project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb9R0CnPMkc |