Information on long-term in-situ data is provided via multiple platforms ranging from local offline data descriptions to national network scale metadatabases. Thus, in-situ datasets are not ubiquitously available but must be made findable and accessible, yet conserving associated data rights and licenses. In addition, information on the observation context needs to be provided in order to plan and conduct scientific analysis or plan targeted observation. This also includes to provide sufficient and comprehensive information on relevant long term data sources and observation sites across different domains and biogeographic gradients as well as to provide access to easily retrievable, localised (=site-based), and standardised validated biodiversity and ecosystem data. In order to address these challenges, DEIMS-SDR has been developed to document long-term observation facilities and datasets as well as EcoSense as a visualisation and access interface to support the user needs. |