Title :
A Computational- and Storage-Cloud for Integration of Biodiversity Collections
Author :
Matsunaga, Andrea ; Thompson, Andrew ; Figueiredo, R.J. ; Germain-Aubrey, Charlotte C. ; Collins, Michael ; Beaman, Reed S. ; MacFadden, Bruce J. ; Riccardi, Giuseppe ; Soltis, Pamela S. ; Page, Lawrence M. ; Fortes, Jose A. B.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Abstract :
A core mission of the Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio) project is the building and deployment of a cloud computing environment customized to support the digitization workflow and integration of data from all U.S. non-federal biocollections. iDigBio chose to use cloud computing technologies to deliver a cyber infrastructure that is flexible, agile, resilient, and scalable to meet the needs of the biodiversity community. In this context, this paper describes the integration of open source cloud middleware, applications, and third party services using standard formats, protocols, and services. In addition, this paper demonstrates the value of the digitized information from collections in a broader scenario involving multiple disciplines.
Keywords :
biology computing; cloud computing; data integration; middleware; protocols; public domain software; U.S. nonfederal biocollections; biodiversity collection integration; biodiversity community; cloud computing environment; computational-cloud; cyber infrastructure; data integration; digitization workflow; iDigBio project; integrated digitized biocollections project; open source cloud middleware; standard formats; standard protocols; standard services; storage-cloud; third party services; Biodiversity; Cloud computing; Communities; Home appliances; Media; Portals; Standards; appliances; biocollections infrastructure; biodiversity; cloud computing; data access; data store; digitization;
Conference_Titel :
eScience (eScience), 2013 IEEE 9th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
DOI :
10.1109/eScience.2013.48
