UC Santa Barbara Invertebrate Zoology Collection (UCSB-IZC) Data Archive and Biodiversity Dataset Graph

A biodiversity dataset graph: UCSB-IZC

The intended use of this archive is to facilitate (meta-)analysis of the UC Santa Barbara Invertebrate Zoology Collection (UCSB-IZC). UCSB-IZC is a natural history collection of invertebrate zoology at Cheadle Center of Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, University of California Santa Barbara.

This dataset provides versioned snapshots of the UCSB-IZC network as tracked by Preston [2,3] on 2021-10-08 using [preston track "https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/search/?datasetKey=d6097f75-f99e-4c2a-b8a5-b0fc213ecbd0"].

This archive contains 14137 images related to 33730 occurrence/specimen records. See included sample-image.jpg and their associated meta-data sample-image.json [4].

The archive consists of 256 individual parts (e.g., preston-00.tar.gz, preston-01.tar.gz, ...) to allow for parallel file downloads. The archive contains three types of files: index files, provenance files and data files. Only two index and provenance files are included and have been individually included in this dataset publication. Index files provide a way to links provenance files in time to establish a versioning mechanism.

To retrieve and verify the downloaded UCSB-IZC biodiversity dataset graph, first download preston-*.tar.gz. Then, extract the archives into a "data" folder. Alternatively, you can use the Preston [2,3] command-line tool to "clone" this dataset using:

$ java -jar preston.jar clone --remote https://archive.org/download/preston-ucsb-izc/data.zip/,https://zenodo.org/record/5557670/files

After that, verify the index of the archive by reproducing the following provenance log history:

$ java -jar preston.jar history
<urn:uuid:0659a54f-b713-4f86-a917-5be166a14110> <http://purl.org/pav/hasVersion> <hash://sha256/d5eb492d3e0304afadcc85f968de1e23042479ad670a5819cee00f2c2c277f36> .

To check the integrity of the extracted archive, confirm that each line produce by the command "preston verify" produces lines as shown below, with each line including "CONTENT_PRESENT_VALID_HASH". Depending on hardware capacity, this may take a while.

$ java -jar preston.jar verify
hash://sha256/ce1dc2468dfb1706a6f972f11b5489dc635bdcf9c9fd62a942af14898c488b2c    file:/home/jhpoelen/ucsb-izc/data/ce/1d/ce1dc2468dfb1706a6f972f11b5489dc635bdcf9c9fd62a942af14898c488b2c    OK    CONTENT_PRESENT_VALID_HASH    66438    hash://sha256/ce1dc2468dfb1706a6f972f11b5489dc635bdcf9c9fd62a942af14898c488b2c
hash://sha256/f68d489a9275cb9d1249767244b594c09ab23fd00b82374cb5877cabaa4d0844    file:/home/jhpoelen/ucsb-izc/data/f6/8d/f68d489a9275cb9d1249767244b594c09ab23fd00b82374cb5877cabaa4d0844    OK    CONTENT_PRESENT_VALID_HASH    4093    hash://sha256/f68d489a9275cb9d1249767244b594c09ab23fd00b82374cb5877cabaa4d0844
hash://sha256/3e70b7adc1a342e5551b598d732c20b96a0102bb1e7f42cfc2ae8a2c4227edef    file:/home/jhpoelen/ucsb-izc/data/3e/70/3e70b7adc1a342e5551b598d732c20b96a0102bb1e7f42cfc2ae8a2c4227edef    OK    CONTENT_PRESENT_VALID_HASH    5746    hash://sha256/3e70b7adc1a342e5551b598d732c20b96a0102bb1e7f42cfc2ae8a2c4227edef
hash://sha256/995806159ae2fdffdc35eef2a7eccf362cb663522c308aa6aa52e2faca8bb25b    file:/home/jhpoelen/ucsb-izc/data/99/58/995806159ae2fdffdc35eef2a7eccf362cb663522c308aa6aa52e2faca8bb25b    OK    CONTENT_PRESENT_VALID_HASH    6147    hash://sha256/995806159ae2fdffdc35eef2a7eccf362cb663522c308aa6aa52e2faca8bb25b

Note that a copy of the java program "preston", preston.jar, is included in this publication. The program runs on java 8+ virtual machine using "java -jar preston.jar", or in short "preston".

Files in this data publication:

--- start of file descriptions ---

-- description of archive and its contents (this file) --
README

-- executable java jar containing preston [2,3] v0.3.1. --
preston.jar

-- preston archive containing UCSB-IZC (meta-)data/image files, associated provenance logs and a provenance index --
preston-[00-ff].tar.gz

-- individual provenance index files --
2a5de79372318317a382ea9a2cef069780b852b01210ef59e06b640a3539cb5a

-- example image and meta-data --
sample-image.jpg (with hash://sha256/916ba5dc6ad37a3c16634e1a0e3d2a09969f2527bb207220e3dbdbcf4d6b810c)
sample-image.json (with hash://sha256/f68d489a9275cb9d1249767244b594c09ab23fd00b82374cb5877cabaa4d0844)

--- end of file descriptions ---

References

[1] Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration (2021). University of California Santa Barbara Invertebrate Zoology Collection. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/w6hvhv accessed via GBIF.org on 2021-10-08 as indexed by the Global Biodiversity Informatics Facility (GBIF) with provenance hash://sha256/d5eb492d3e0304afadcc85f968de1e23042479ad670a5819cee00f2c2c277f36.
[2] https://preston.guoda.bio, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1410543 .
[3] MJ Elliott, JH Poelen, JAB Fortes (2020). Toward Reliable Biodiversity Dataset References. Ecological Informatics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2020.101132
[4] Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration (2021). University of California Santa Barbara Invertebrate Zoology Collection. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/w6hvhv accessed via GBIF.org on 2021-10-08. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/3323647301 . hash://sha256/f68d489a9275cb9d1249767244b594c09ab23fd00b82374cb5877cabaa4d0844 hash://sha256/916ba5dc6ad37a3c16634e1a0e3d2a09969f2527bb207220e3dbdbcf4d6b810c