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### Dataflow: the _big picture_

![data flow](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/33662631/143939604-93eec246-bd33-48c0-b500-2abd6af1d455.png)
![data flow](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/33662631/144014672-1da9a7b4-e3a6-4841-bb75-3facfefae7fb.png)

We can clearly separate the dataflow shown above into a _left part_ and a _right_ part. The left part accounts for estabilishing data flows to the [Global Biodiversity Information Facility](https://www.gbif.org/) (GBIF), _an international network and data infrastructure funded by the world's governments and aimed at providing anyone, anywhere, open access to data about all types of life on Earth_ (source: ["What is GBIF?"](https://www.gbif.org/what-is-gbif) webpage). Notice that some data providers such as [iNaturalist](https://inaturalist.org/) and observations.be/waarnemingen.be publish their data on GBIF about alien species on a regular basis and so no mapping is needed in the context of LIFE RIPARIAS. The right part accounts for retrieving the standardized data from GBIF and so regularly maintain the RIPARIAS aggregated database. The early alert system is built upon it.

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### RIPARIAS aggregated database and early warning system (Action A.1.2)

We automatically harvest observations of alien species from GBIF and import them in an aggregated RIPARIAS database at each night. Above the database, an early warning system is built, manageable via a website: https://dev-alert.riparias.be/ (development version). Alerts can be set up by the user after the log-in by a combination of taxonomic and/or geographic filters. The creation of an alert results in periodic email notifications at the desired frequency. We provide an [early alert system mock-up](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1axpzA7atQgIpoqcgrxY1tShL77pPQ5ZCFnLYft4Lmo8/edit?usp=sharing) to show the goal we would like to reach at the end of the development process.
We automatically harvest observations of alien species from GBIF and import them in an aggregated RIPARIAS database at each night. Above the database, an early warning system is built, manageable via a website: https://dev-alert.riparias.be/ (development version). Alerts can be set up by the user after the log-in by a combination of taxonomic and/or geographic filters. An alert results in configurable periodic email notifications. We provide an [early alert system mock-up](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1axpzA7atQgIpoqcgrxY1tShL77pPQ5ZCFnLYft4Lmo8/edit?usp=sharing) to show the goal we would like to reach at the end of the development process.

Software development repository: https://github.com/riparias/early-warning-webapp/
Early alert system website (dev version): https://dev-alert.riparias.be/

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