Proposed trait extension of data model #158
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Hi @sydnerecord, Thanks for the heads up on these proposed data model changes. What's the leading candidate for these changes at the moment? It would be great to eventually see how these would look in the model documentation (the webpage rendered from this R Markdown file), but it might be too early to mock that up just yet? Thanks! |
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We propose a trait extension of the Ecological Community Data Design Pattern (ecocomDP), which was developed for harmonizing community ecology biodiversity data (O’Brien et al., 2021). The original ecocomDP model is extended with two features: 1) reconfiguring the table for mapping variables to external dictionaries to allow any variable attribute (e.g., a trait) to be recorded and linked to an external dictionary of concepts, such as ontologies, and 2) adding additional descriptive fields to the dataset summary table. Because ecocomDP already accommodates community-level analyses, this extension would enable researchers to ask questions across levels of biological organization (e.g., from individuals to populations to communities). Another advantage of incorporating trait data into ecocomDP is that existing NEON and Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network data from various taxa are already harmonized with ecocomDP, making it a good candidate for the future incorporation of traits. We are working on testing this new trait extension with Metagenome-derived Reference Genomes and Traits for microbes in collaboration with the EMERGENT LTER working group, plant phenological traits with the Environmental Science Innovation and Inclusion Laboratory Macrophenology group, and NEON beetle traits in collaboration with the Imageomics Institute.
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