Dear advisory board members,
Unfortunately, we were unable to record the presentation from the last advisory board meeting. To ensure everyone has access to the information, I am sharing a link to the presentation below, along with a summary of the key points and discussion highlights from the Q&A session.
Presentation incl. video recordings of sequence search in the UI: https://gbif.box.com/s/y1vvhfkr5wsq66foxywltd0j5yznzkst. You will also receive a separate email with a share link.
Discussion highlights:
Q: Is there a reliable way exclude metabarcoding data from searches? basisOfRecord = PreservedSpecimen?
A: We're going to be categorising the sources of data, and have a vocabulary underway: https://registry.gbif.org/vocabulary/DatasetCategory/concepts. You'll be able to filter in/out data originating from datasets on any of those categories.
Q: Are there any thoughts or concerns about the DSI language going on and ABS?
A: We have draft updates to the data user and data publisher agreement to include information on DSI. Data publishers will be required to share either country or countryCode when sharing sequences and when they know the location's origin. The requirements and recommendations will also be reflected in our technical documentation and DNA-derived and MDT guides. A news item has been drafted for a summary of the changes, which we plan to share at the next advisory board meeting. Next week, we are consulting with our node community and expect all information to go out before the GBIF Governing Board 33 in late September and the CBD-COP17 in Armenia in October.
Q: Will data providers be able to supply md5 hashes or only raw sequences that need to be sanitised?
A: We could promote a common approach to cleaning the sequences, so the MD5s will be comparable. However, the current recommendation<https://docs.gbif.org/publishing-dna-derived-data/en/#mapping-metabarcoding…> is that publishers share their own md5 in the TaxonID field, i.e. "ASV:7bdb57487bee022ba30c03c3e7ca50e1", and GBIF will populate the nucleotideSequenceID field with the md5 of the sanitised sequence, which would be identical to the TaxonID value if no cleaning was needed. Both fields will be searchable.
The next meeting will be in early October, and you will receive an invitation in August.
We look forward to connecting again in the autumn. In the meantime, we wish you all a very pleasant summer.
Kind regards
Cecilie
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Dear all SPLICE advisory board members,
The agenda for our meeting next Wednesday is as follows:
1. Intro
2. Sequence sanitisation and data quality flags
3. Sequence search
4. Filters and facets
5. FASTA download format
6. Global molecular operational taxonomic units
Point 2-5 focus on WP1: Sequence indexing and search infrastructure and point 6 relates to WP4: Develop new global molecular operational taxonomic units.
Remember the two open calls that we hope you will share with your networks if you haven’t already (both with a deadline of 3 August 2026):
* The first call is inviting organisations to develop or improve high-throughput publishing workflows for DNA-derived biodiversity data. Up to €20,000 per project is available. https://www.gbif.org/news/7guF70Z6tLLCXXt00cCHzB/call-for-proposals-buildin….
* The other call is about preparing reference databases for GBIF publication. Up to €10,000 per project is available https://www.gbif.org/news/32HzHqMJTZ9ya3Z8TmVLrE/call-for-proposals-prepari…. The aim here is wider exposure of reference databases, citation tracking, but also to make the reference database available for the continuous taxonomic reinterpretation that GBIF aim to develop
Kind regards
Thomas, Tobias, and Cecilie
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Dear all SPLICE advisory board members,
For the second meeting of the SPLICE advisory board, we will focus on the implementation of sequence search on GBIF.org as demonstrated by Thomas in our previous meeting. Sequence search is the first deliverable of the project. We may be able to share a link closer to the meeting date, so you will have time to test the feature yourself.
We are also excited to share two open calls that we hope you will share with your networks (both with a deadline of 3 August 2026):
* The first call is inviting organisations to develop or improve high-throughput publishing workflows for DNA-derived biodiversity data. Up to €20,000 per project is available. https://www.gbif.org/news/7guF70Z6tLLCXXt00cCHzB/call-for-proposals-buildin….
* The other call is about preparing reference databases for GBIF publication. Up to €10,000 per project is available https://www.gbif.org/news/32HzHqMJTZ9ya3Z8TmVLrE/call-for-proposals-prepari…. The aim here is wider exposure of reference databases, citation tracking, but also to make the reference database available for the continuous taxonomic reinterpretation that GBIF aim to develop
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Dear all,
Thank you once again for agreeing to serve on the advisory board for GBIF’s DNA work over the next two years as part of the NNF‑funded SPLICE project. We are grateful for your participation and look forward to sharing our progress with you in our quarterly online meetings.
Given the global distribution of our board members, we will alternate between meeting times that are convenient for the US West Coast and for the Australian West Coast. All sessions will be recorded and shared afterwards, and you are always welcome to provide comments or questions at any time via dna(a)gbif.org.
Our first meeting will focus on introducing the plans for the coming two years, presenting the work completed so far, and allowing time for your questions and feedback. The agenda is as follows:
1. Welcome
2. What is GBIF?
a. Overview of current DNA data in GBIF 3. Integration of DNA Data
a. SPLICE work packages and deliverables 4. Work carried out in Q1 5. Feedback and discussion
We look forward to seeing you there.
Kind regards,
Tobias, Thomas, and Cecilie
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Dear all,
Thank you once again for agreeing to serve on the advisory board for GBIF’s DNA work over the next two years as part of the NNF‑funded SPLICE project. We are grateful for your participation and look forward to sharing our progress with you in our quarterly online meetings.
Given the global distribution of our board members, we will alternate between meeting times that are convenient for the US West Coast and for the Australian West Coast. All sessions will be recorded and shared afterwards, and you are always welcome to provide comments or questions at any time via dna(a)gbif.org.
Our first meeting will focus on introducing the plans for the coming two years, presenting the work completed so far, and allowing time for your questions and feedback. The agenda is as follows:
1. Welcome
2. What is GBIF?
a. Overview of current DNA data in GBIF 3. Integration of DNA Data
a. SPLICE work packages and deliverables 4. Work carried out in Q1 5. Feedback and discussion
We look forward to seeing you there.
Kind regards,
Tobias, Thomas, and Cecilie
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Dear all,
Thank you once again for agreeing to serve on the advisory board for GBIF’s DNA work over the next two years as part of the NNF‑funded SPLICE project. We are grateful for your participation and look forward to sharing our progress with you in our quarterly online meetings.
Given the global distribution of our board members, we will alternate between meeting times that are convenient for the US West Coast and for the Australian West Coast. All sessions will be recorded and shared afterwards, and you are always welcome to provide comments or questions at any time via dna(a)gbif.org.
Our first meeting will focus on introducing the plans for the coming two years, presenting the work completed so far, and allowing time for your questions and feedback. The agenda is as follows:
1. Welcome
2. What is GBIF?
a. Overview of current DNA data in GBIF 3. Integration of DNA Data
a. SPLICE work packages and deliverables 4. Work carried out in Q1 5. Feedback and discussion
We look forward to seeing you there.
Kind regards,
Tobias, Thomas, and Cecilie
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