WP 3: Standardization of the data and metadata (Month 1 – Month 24)

RBINS (5.5 PM) (in-kind 3.5 PM), RMCA (Leader) (6 PM) (in-kind 2 PM), CETAF (in-kind 1.1 PM), Meise BG (in-kind 1.1 PM), Belgian Biodiversity Platform (in-kind 3 PM), ULiège (in-kind 0.1 PM), UMons (in-kind 0.1 PM)

The technologies used in the DiSSCo infrastructure must be kept up to date. Standards and techniques are constantly evolving and the tools we develop for collection management and referencing must be adapted. The research and development will focus on:

Persistent identifiers for the collections: Both CETAF collections dashboard and DiSSCo Prepare specialization plan propose a hierarchy of the main DiSSCo collections and sub-collections. This hierarchy will be linked to the GrSciColl inventory and its Collection identification system. Thanks to the diversity of the Belgian collections, it will be possible to develop and test a standardized identification of the collections.
Collection descriptors and the use of the Latimer Core: The CETAF and RBINS developed a tool for the description of the collection. A new standard for the description was recently proposed by TDWG. The goal of this task is to align the Collection registry with the Latimer Core.
Standardization of multimedia files: The digitization of the collection and specimens produce many different file formats. DiSSco recommends a standardized protocol only for 2D images (IIIF). The goal of this task is to evaluate and propose a way of standardization for most of the digitized files produced by the digitization programs.

T.3.1.	The Collections persistent identifiers (Month 1 – Month 12)
	RBINS (Leader) (0.5 PM) (in-kind 0.5 PM), RMCA (0.5 PM) (in-kind 0.5 PM), CETAF (in-kind 0.5 PM), Meise BG (in-kind 0.5 PM), Belgian Biodiversity Platform (in-kind 2 PM), ULiège (in-kind 0.1 PM), UMons (in-kind 0.1 PM),
	This task will focus on the persistent identifier (PID) of collections. Both CETAF collections dashboard and DiSSCo Prepare specialization plan propose a hierarchy of the main DiSSCo collections and sub-collections. This hierarchy must be linked to the GrSciColl inventory and its Collection identification system. The goal is to use the diversity of the Belgian collections to develop and test a standardized identification of the collections, and to propose a dedicated strategy and tailored tools to the DiSSCo community. This task is related to the Task 3.2 of DiSSCo Transition: Advancement of end-user Services through integration with core infrastructure and continued e-services development and WP4 of DiSSCo Transition: International Collaboration on (data) Standards.





D.3.1.1	The Collection Registry hierarchy and Belgian collections (Month 9)
D.3.1.2	The GrSciColl Registry and/or Index herbarium for proposed standardized collection id for the Belgian collections (Month 12)

T.3.2.	The Collection descriptors and the use of the Latimer Core (Month 1 – Month 18)
	RBINS (Leader) (1 PM) (in-kind 1 PM), RMCA (0.5 PM) (in-kind 0.5 PM), CETAF (in-kind 0.5 PM), Meise BG (in-kind 0.5 PM), Belgian Biodiversity Platform (in-kind 1 PM), ULiège (in-kind 0 PM), UMons (in-kind 0 PM),
	The CETAF and RBINS developed a tool for the description of the collection. A new standard for the description was recently proposed by TDWG. The goal of this task is to align the Collection registry with the Latimer Core. This task is related to the Task 3.2 of DiSSCo Transition: Advancement of end-user Services through integration with core infrastructure and continued e-services development and WP4 of DiSSCo Transition: International Collaboration on (data) Standards.





D.3.2.1	Analysis of the data model of the existing Collection registry (Month 12)
D.3.2.2	Alignment with the Latimer Core (Month 18)

T.3.3	The standardization of the Multimedia files (Month 1 – Month 24)
	RBINS (4 PM) (in-kind 2 PM), RMCA (Leader) (5 PM) (in-kind 1 PM), CETAF (in-kind 0.1 PM), Meise BG (in-kind 0.1 PM), Belgian Biodiversity Platform (in-kind 0 PM), ULiège (in-kind 0 PM), UMons (in-kind 0 PM),
	The digitization of the collection and specimens produce many different file formats (2D images, 2D+ images, multispectral, 3d surface scans, 3D internal structures, sounds, etc...). DiSSco recommends a standardized protocol only for the 2D images (IIIF). The goal of this task is to evaluate and propose a way of standardization for most of the digitized files produced by the digitization programs. This task is related to the Task 3.2 of DiSSCo Transition: Advancement of end-user Services through integration with core infrastructure and continued e-services development and WP4 of DiSSCo Transition: International Collaboration on (data) Standards.







D.3.3.1	Compatibility with IIIF standard (Month 3)
D.3.3.2	Extension to other types of files (3d, CT, Multispectral, Sounds, etc) (Month 12)
D.3.3.3	Setup of a multimedia file server compatible with machine to machine and/or machines to human accesses following DiSSCo requirements (Month 18)
D.3.3.4	Setup of visualization tools for the different multimedia files running with the Multimedia server (Month 18)
D.3.3.5	Integration in Collection Management Systems and Institution/Aggregator websites (Month 20)