1. iMarine data platform
for collaborations
7 March 2014
iMarine achievements:
the story so far
Donatella Castelli
(CNR)

2. iMarine Objective
Launch an Initiative aimed at establishing and
operating a data Infrastructure supporting the
implementation of the principles of the
Ecosystem Approach
to Fisheries Management and Conservation ofto Fisheries Management and Conservation of
Marine Living Resources

3. Background info
DILIGENT D4Science-IIDILIGENT
D4Science
D4Science-II
iMarine

4. Capacity & Diversity
1. Multidisciplinary & multifacets collaboration
– at the local, national, regional and international levels
2. Knowledge generation
– Access to large amount of heterogeneous, across-domain data
– Rich data mining, analysis and processing capabilities
Physical and
chemical
features
Inventories of
biological
information
Habitat types
Socio-
economic
aspects
Marine
resource
assessment
Fishery
operation,
processingand
trade
Marine
Planning

5. iMarine contribution
Establish the
Community
Enhance &
operate the e-
infrastructure

6. iMarine Community of Practice
Extended
IEO (Spanish Institute of Oceanography)
SFPA (Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority)
SFP (Sustainable Fisheries Organisation)
ATZI-Tecnalia
CI (Conservation International)
SEAFO (South East Atlantic Fisheries Org.)
NEAFC, IUCN, Wageningen Univ.,
DG-MARE, MEDDE, Univ. of
Amsterdam, UKMarine Mgmt
Or†√ganization, VLIZ, ICES, ESTAT,
TBTI (Too Big To Ignore)
Science Europe
NAFO (Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation)
Agrocampus OUEST
IOTC (Indian Ocean Tuna Commission)
GRID-Arendal
CCAMLR (Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources)
ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic
Development)
UNEP WCMC (World Conservation Monitoring Centre)
FAO FIRF (Marine and Inland Fisheries Service)
MEDPAN (Network of Marine Protected Area Managers in the Mediterranean)
Or†√ganization, VLIZ, ICES, ESTAT,
IODE-UNESCO, FAO, FIN, CRIA,
IRD, TerraDue

7. e-Infrastructure
Elecronic platform operated by a responsible entity offering
an open set of basic enabling facilities “as-a-service”

8. e-infrastructure benefits
Economy of
scale
Reduced
time to
market
Established
quality of
service
Harmoniz.&
standardiz.

9. Joint effort
Economy of
scale
Reduced
time to
market
Established
quality of
service
Harmoniz.&
standardiz.
• Openness & flexibility
• Low cost of operation &
maintenance
• Standards support
• Fit for purpose
• Standards support
• High QoS
Mediators
Technologists
CoP members

10. iMarine basic services
Fromsciencetopolicymaking
Services
• Collaboration
• Sharing
• Visualization
• Publication
• Storage
• Processing
Fromsciencetopolicymaking
Fromsciencetopolicymaking
• Processing
• Analysis
• Modeling
• Integration
• Enrichment
• Transformation
• Validation
• Access
• Discovery
Fromsciencetopolicymaking

11. Exploiting services programmatically

12. Virtual Research Environments
VRE
VRE
VRE
VRE = A flexible and secure Web-based working environment designed to serve the
application needs of a community working for a specific goal

13. 3b: The iMarine catalogue of services
Dr. Pasquale Pagano, CNR-ISTI