http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/genetics/natcord.html This presentation by Fabio Grita was held at the Global Workshop for National Coordinators for the Management of Animal Genetic Resources, from 4-5 July 2016 in Rome, Italy. © FAO: http://www.fao.org

1. New DAD-IS
OVERVIEW OF THE NEW SOFTWARE PLATFORM
AND SYSTEM SETUP
Fabio Grita
System support officer, FAO
and
Nicola Selleri
FAO Consultant

2. What is FENIX
A collection of software tools, methods and
standards to facilitate acquisition,
management and analysis of large, diversified
and distributed sets of data.

3. What’s the aim of FENIX
• Avail data as “public good”
• Ensure interoperability between IT
systems
• Respond to users’ requirements
• Strengthen the international, regional and
national institutional networks

4. Key features
• Based on Open Source software; no licensing constraints and full
redistribution rights
• Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA): extensible software  ability to plug-in
new functionalities and applications
• Enhanced data sharing, e.g. through web services (APIs)
• Ability to handle different type of data
• Data search system based on metadata
• Analytical capacities through embedded statistical packages

5. Key features… in a few words
Move from pure data dissemination to analysis and data management
Specifically:
• Build user-specific interfaces
• Implement analytical modules called “thematic modules” (e.g. monitoring of
environmental indicators, trend analyses, real-time display and analysis of data
from mobile devices, etc.)
• Use multiple resources (e.g. datasets and maps) in a desktop-like page
• Flexible configuration of the dashboards and visualization pages
• Link to other FENIX and non-FENIX applications

7. FENIX Metadata Standards
Metadata: Information about data (the ID of the data)
Metadata standards used in FENIX:
• Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange (SDMX)
• ISO 19115
• Data Documentation Initiative (DDI)
• Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI)

8. Data Synchronization
• Metadata alignment
• Codelist conversion tables and tools
• 2-way transfer of data and metadata
• Definition of a clear data management and updating policy

9. Future opportunities for DAD-IS
Promote data and metadata consistency across national and regional nodes
and define a set of data standards
Create a network for data sharing and ensure a data flow from national to
the regional and global nodes and vice versa
Provide services availing geospatial information and real-time data for
monitoring environmental parameters and derive breed-related indicators
from remote sensing, GIS and other geo-referenced data