Poster presented at TDWG 2009,  Montpellier (France). 9 - 13 Nov 2009

Arnaud, Elizabeth

Gaisberger, H.

Greco, A. del

Hazekamp, T.

Skofic, M.

Stabile, L.

Thormann, I.

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The projectThe goal of an ongoing project, “Collective Action for the Rehabilitation of Global Public Goods in the CGIAR Genetic Resources System” phase 2 (GPG2), funded by the World Bank, is to ensure the quality, security, accessibility, and sustainability of the public crop collections, including information systems.The storyPart of the accessions stored in the CGIAR genebanks was collected during Bioversity supported collecting missions.Information on these missions is accessible through the System-wide Information Network for Genetic Resources (SINGER, http://www.singer.cgiar.org/) that contains summary information on the species collected and on where the samples have been sent for long-term conservation.Valuable additional information, called “passport data” (such as site information, collecting source, etc.), is recorded in mission reports and collecting forms in paper format, which restricts access to these sources.The outcomeAccessibility and usability of crop collections requires that detailed data is available to the users. As the information is currently at species level only, passport data is being extracted and transferred from collecting mission documents to a sample level database. Activities include:•	 Scanning of Bioversity’s collecting mission reports, collecting forms, and related documents;   Mission documents of 109 collecting missions scanned•	 Storing of scanned reports into a safe document repository with metadata;  pdf-repository of 109 mission reports created•	 Extraction of passport information and input on sample level data in the Collecting Mission Database;   Passport Information of 5400 samples (from 21 collecting missions) extracted and integrated•	 Integration of corresponding records in SINGER.The new data extracted from the mission documents will be used to develop a method to assess gaps in diversity conserved due to loss of samples.Scanning and Data Extraction from Crop Collecting Mission DocumentsBioversity supported more than 560 crop collecting missions since 1976, which harvested a total of 221.077 germplasm samples that were subject to severe and acute threats of genetic erosion, documenting 4300 species in 137 countries, safely stored in genebanks to remain available to users worldwide.Hannes Gaisberger, Imke Thormann, Milko Skofic, Lorenzo Stabile, Tom Hazekamp, Aixa Del Greco, Elizabeth ArnaudBioversity InternationalBioversity InternationalVia dei Tre Denari, 472a00057 MaccareseRome, ItalyFurther information:Hannes Gaisbergerh.gaisberger@cgiar.org

Scanning and data extraction from crop collecting mission documents

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Scanning and data extraction from crop collecting mission documents

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