Peter Desmet
@peterdesmet.com
Biodiversity informatician at @oscibio.inbo.be. Passionate about open data and open science. I develop research software, maintain data standards and publish datasets, mostly for animal movement research 📡🐦/🛰🐦/🔊🐟/📸🐗. He/him
Have (tabular) datasets to describe? Or standards to maintain?
Data Package can help! 💚
I presented an introduction to this generic, simple, open and extensible standard at #LivingData2025.
speakerdeck.com/peterdesmet/...
@okfn.bsky.social @tdwg.org @gbif.org @obis.org @geobon.org
Data Package can help! 💚
I presented an introduction to this generic, simple, open and extensible standard at #LivingData2025.
speakerdeck.com/peterdesmet/...
@okfn.bsky.social @tdwg.org @gbif.org @obis.org @geobon.org
Frictionless Data 101: How to document and validate datasets or create community standards with the Data Package standard
Talk at <a href="https://livingdata2025.com/">Living Data 2025</a> in Bogota, Colombia - October 24, 2025.
Abstract: https://livingdata2025.com/progr…
speakerdeck.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Have (tabular) datasets to describe? Or standards to maintain?
Data Package can help! 💚
I presented an introduction to this generic, simple, open and extensible standard at #LivingData2025.
speakerdeck.com/peterdesmet/...
@okfn.bsky.social @tdwg.org @gbif.org @obis.org @geobon.org
Data Package can help! 💚
I presented an introduction to this generic, simple, open and extensible standard at #LivingData2025.
speakerdeck.com/peterdesmet/...
@okfn.bsky.social @tdwg.org @gbif.org @obis.org @geobon.org
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Are animals randomly distributed in the air, or is there a structure to where and when we find them? In our new paper we outline factors that shape habitat use in the air, from abiotic structure to biotic interactions. A lot of fun discussions behind this one! 🦅🦋🦇🌬
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
Animal niches in the airspace
For flying animals, including many birds, bats, and insects, the air is a crucial
arena for a range of behaviors. Technological advances, such as year-round tracking
of flight altitudes and expanded u...
www.cell.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Are animals randomly distributed in the air, or is there a structure to where and when we find them? In our new paper we outline factors that shape habitat use in the air, from abiotic structure to biotic interactions. A lot of fun discussions behind this one! 🦅🦋🦇🌬
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
"Bright, big-brained birds boldly breaking boundaries" 😂👌
This excellent title and more in @gbif.org's latest report on how GBIF data are used for research: www.gbif.org/science-review
This excellent title and more in @gbif.org's latest report on how GBIF data are used for research: www.gbif.org/science-review
Science Review
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Free and Open Access to Biodiversity Data.
www.gbif.org
September 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
"Bright, big-brained birds boldly breaking boundaries" 😂👌
This excellent title and more in @gbif.org's latest report on how GBIF data are used for research: www.gbif.org/science-review
This excellent title and more in @gbif.org's latest report on how GBIF data are used for research: www.gbif.org/science-review
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📦 We just released a new version (0.4.0) of our R package movepub.
🌟 This release improves the conversion of animal tracking data to Darwin Core and EML, making it easier to publish this type of data to @gbif.org and @obis.org.
👉 oscibio.inbo.be/blog/movepub...
#rstats #biologging
🌟 This release improves the conversion of animal tracking data to Darwin Core and EML, making it easier to publish this type of data to @gbif.org and @obis.org.
👉 oscibio.inbo.be/blog/movepub...
#rstats #biologging
movepub 0.4.0
We released a new version of our R package movepub.
oscibio.inbo.be
September 2, 2025 at 8:40 AM
📦 We just released a new version (0.4.0) of our R package movepub.
🌟 This release improves the conversion of animal tracking data to Darwin Core and EML, making it easier to publish this type of data to @gbif.org and @obis.org.
👉 oscibio.inbo.be/blog/movepub...
#rstats #biologging
🌟 This release improves the conversion of animal tracking data to Darwin Core and EML, making it easier to publish this type of data to @gbif.org and @obis.org.
👉 oscibio.inbo.be/blog/movepub...
#rstats #biologging
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📦 We just released a new version (0.4.0) of our R package camtrapdp.
🌟 This release includes lots of new functionality, such as merging and writing Camera Trap Data Packages, updating taxa or rounding coordinates, and conversion to EML.
👉 oscibio.inbo.be/blog/camtrap...
#rstats #cameratrapping
🌟 This release includes lots of new functionality, such as merging and writing Camera Trap Data Packages, updating taxa or rounding coordinates, and conversion to EML.
👉 oscibio.inbo.be/blog/camtrap...
#rstats #cameratrapping
camtrapdp 0.4.0
We released a new version of our R package camtrapdp.
oscibio.inbo.be
June 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
📦 We just released a new version (0.4.0) of our R package camtrapdp.
🌟 This release includes lots of new functionality, such as merging and writing Camera Trap Data Packages, updating taxa or rounding coordinates, and conversion to EML.
👉 oscibio.inbo.be/blog/camtrap...
#rstats #cameratrapping
🌟 This release includes lots of new functionality, such as merging and writing Camera Trap Data Packages, updating taxa or rounding coordinates, and conversion to EML.
👉 oscibio.inbo.be/blog/camtrap...
#rstats #cameratrapping
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Join us today at 16:00 CEST for a @wildlabs.bsky.social webinar! We'll be discussing an exchange standard for bioacoustic data. Register here: wildlabs.net/event/standa...
With @peterdesmet.com, @bencretois.bsky.social and Julia Wiel
With @peterdesmet.com, @bencretois.bsky.social and Julia Wiel
wildlabs.net
June 5, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Join us today at 16:00 CEST for a @wildlabs.bsky.social webinar! We'll be discussing an exchange standard for bioacoustic data. Register here: wildlabs.net/event/standa...
With @peterdesmet.com, @bencretois.bsky.social and Julia Wiel
With @peterdesmet.com, @bencretois.bsky.social and Julia Wiel
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📢 B-Cubed has launched its revamped Guides and Tutorials platform, offering a clearer structure and improved usability for #biodiversitydata users. Access step-by-step guidance on tools, workflows, and policy support ⚙️
🔦 Explore the updated platform: b-cubed.eu/news/b-cubed...
@gbif.org @ipbes.net
🔦 Explore the updated platform: b-cubed.eu/news/b-cubed...
@gbif.org @ipbes.net
May 9, 2025 at 8:25 AM
📢 B-Cubed has launched its revamped Guides and Tutorials platform, offering a clearer structure and improved usability for #biodiversitydata users. Access step-by-step guidance on tools, workflows, and policy support ⚙️
🔦 Explore the updated platform: b-cubed.eu/news/b-cubed...
@gbif.org @ipbes.net
🔦 Explore the updated platform: b-cubed.eu/news/b-cubed...
@gbif.org @ipbes.net
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🔔 Mark your calendar for the upcoming practical training session on 14 May hosted by @gbif.org 📊
#DataOccurrenceCubes #DataCubes #BiodiversityData #DataUseClub @inbo.be
#DataOccurrenceCubes #DataCubes #BiodiversityData #DataUseClub @inbo.be
🧊 Looking for some out-of-the-box thinking?
Register for our next #DataUseClub practical session focused on deep-diving on GBIF species occurrence cubes! 🐝
📍14 May 9:00 (UTC+2)
🔗gbif.link/DUC-May25
@b-cubed.eu @
Register for our next #DataUseClub practical session focused on deep-diving on GBIF species occurrence cubes! 🐝
📍14 May 9:00 (UTC+2)
🔗gbif.link/DUC-May25
@b-cubed.eu @
April 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
🔔 Mark your calendar for the upcoming practical training session on 14 May hosted by @gbif.org 📊
#DataOccurrenceCubes #DataCubes #BiodiversityData #DataUseClub @inbo.be
#DataOccurrenceCubes #DataCubes #BiodiversityData #DataUseClub @inbo.be
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An outcome of years of collaboration among ecologists, meteorologists and open science developers, working together to support a broader research community #ornithology and radar aeroecology. Supported by eCOST, @biodiversaplus.bsky.social and more.
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
April 9, 2025 at 12:38 PM
An outcome of years of collaboration among ecologists, meteorologists and open science developers, working together to support a broader research community #ornithology and radar aeroecology. Supported by eCOST, @biodiversaplus.bsky.social and more.
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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We're working on a common standard for Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) data! 📡🎙️ Hopefully this will boost data sharing, FAIR access & large-scale studies. 🧪 Read about our proposed standard & join our May webinar via @wildlabs.bsky.social
More: wildlabs.net/discussion/s...
More: wildlabs.net/discussion/s...
Safe and Sound: a standard for bioacoustic data | WILDLABS
BackgroundThanks to the Boring Fund, we are developing a common standard for Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) data.Why it’s important: PAM is rapidly growing, but a core bottleneck is the lack of acc...
wildlabs.net
April 8, 2025 at 6:41 AM
We're working on a common standard for Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) data! 📡🎙️ Hopefully this will boost data sharing, FAIR access & large-scale studies. 🧪 Read about our proposed standard & join our May webinar via @wildlabs.bsky.social
More: wildlabs.net/discussion/s...
More: wildlabs.net/discussion/s...
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📢 News from our @b-cubed.eu consortium includes the launch of a simple, easy-to-use service for creating & downloading #species #occurrence cubes based on @gbif.org!
📹 Hear more about it from @cabbageleek.bsky.social (Meise Botanic Garden) and Andrew Rodrigues ( @gbif.org) in this short video:
📹 Hear more about it from @cabbageleek.bsky.social (Meise Botanic Garden) and Andrew Rodrigues ( @gbif.org) in this short video:
March 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM
📢 News from our @b-cubed.eu consortium includes the launch of a simple, easy-to-use service for creating & downloading #species #occurrence cubes based on @gbif.org!
📹 Hear more about it from @cabbageleek.bsky.social (Meise Botanic Garden) and Andrew Rodrigues ( @gbif.org) in this short video:
📹 Hear more about it from @cabbageleek.bsky.social (Meise Botanic Garden) and Andrew Rodrigues ( @gbif.org) in this short video:
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🎥 Better than the original: New SQL-based service enables download of occurrence data cube
GBIF has enabled an easy-to-use service for creating and downloading species occurrence cubes based on GBIF-mediated data.
Collaborators: @b-cubed.eu led by @inbo.be
gbif.link/data-cubes
GBIF has enabled an easy-to-use service for creating and downloading species occurrence cubes based on GBIF-mediated data.
Collaborators: @b-cubed.eu led by @inbo.be
gbif.link/data-cubes
March 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🎥 Better than the original: New SQL-based service enables download of occurrence data cube
GBIF has enabled an easy-to-use service for creating and downloading species occurrence cubes based on GBIF-mediated data.
Collaborators: @b-cubed.eu led by @inbo.be
gbif.link/data-cubes
GBIF has enabled an easy-to-use service for creating and downloading species occurrence cubes based on GBIF-mediated data.
Collaborators: @b-cubed.eu led by @inbo.be
gbif.link/data-cubes
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🙌🏾 Next week we'll be discussing the future of #FrictionlessData from the perspective of #TheTechWeWant initiative – @okfn.bsky.social's ambitious effort to reimagine how technology is built and used.
👉🏾 Check the programme and register now: buff.ly/BqZQgyF
#DataPackage
#OpenData
👉🏾 Check the programme and register now: buff.ly/BqZQgyF
#DataPackage
#OpenData
March 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
🙌🏾 Next week we'll be discussing the future of #FrictionlessData from the perspective of #TheTechWeWant initiative – @okfn.bsky.social's ambitious effort to reimagine how technology is built and used.
👉🏾 Check the programme and register now: buff.ly/BqZQgyF
#DataPackage
#OpenData
👉🏾 Check the programme and register now: buff.ly/BqZQgyF
#DataPackage
#OpenData
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Weather radars continuously register the movements of billions of animals in the air! We have now published datasets covering large parts of Europe, providing an overview of the aerial habitat in a way no other method can.
Data is available on Alofdata.eu , see our blogpost:
go.nature.com/3F0wQ0L
Data is available on Alofdata.eu , see our blogpost:
go.nature.com/3F0wQ0L
European data on animals aloft now publicly available
Weather radars detect more than weather, they also continuously register the movements of billions of animals (birds, bats, insects) in the air. Those data are now publicly available for large parts o...
go.nature.com
March 5, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Weather radars continuously register the movements of billions of animals in the air! We have now published datasets covering large parts of Europe, providing an overview of the aerial habitat in a way no other method can.
Data is available on Alofdata.eu , see our blogpost:
go.nature.com/3F0wQ0L
Data is available on Alofdata.eu , see our blogpost:
go.nature.com/3F0wQ0L
Reposted by Peter Desmet
Like two peas in a pod - The Legume Data Portal 🤝GBIF
This portal is a one-stop-shop for sharing information on legumes, updates on the taxonomy of Leguminosae (ChecklistBank updates), and communications via their newsletter - BeanBag.
🔗 www.legumedata.org/ #HostedPortal
This portal is a one-stop-shop for sharing information on legumes, updates on the taxonomy of Leguminosae (ChecklistBank updates), and communications via their newsletter - BeanBag.
🔗 www.legumedata.org/ #HostedPortal
February 24, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Like two peas in a pod - The Legume Data Portal 🤝GBIF
This portal is a one-stop-shop for sharing information on legumes, updates on the taxonomy of Leguminosae (ChecklistBank updates), and communications via their newsletter - BeanBag.
🔗 www.legumedata.org/ #HostedPortal
This portal is a one-stop-shop for sharing information on legumes, updates on the taxonomy of Leguminosae (ChecklistBank updates), and communications via their newsletter - BeanBag.
🔗 www.legumedata.org/ #HostedPortal
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We create #opensource code, but what is its impact?
Luckily, Raphaël Nussbaumer wrote a blog post describing how he used our software to build a data standard for #geolocator data: oscibio.inbo.be/blog/geoloca... Couldn't be more proud! 🥹
Luckily, Raphaël Nussbaumer wrote a blog post describing how he used our software to build a data standard for #geolocator data: oscibio.inbo.be/blog/geoloca... Couldn't be more proud! 🥹
How I built Geolocator DP using open source code
New standard and software for geolocator data was inspired by tools developed by the Open science lab of biodiversity.
oscibio.inbo.be
January 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We create #opensource code, but what is its impact?
Luckily, Raphaël Nussbaumer wrote a blog post describing how he used our software to build a data standard for #geolocator data: oscibio.inbo.be/blog/geoloca... Couldn't be more proud! 🥹
Luckily, Raphaël Nussbaumer wrote a blog post describing how he used our software to build a data standard for #geolocator data: oscibio.inbo.be/blog/geoloca... Couldn't be more proud! 🥹
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Come do some exciting migratory insect and bird research with us! - Two more weeks until application deadline.
#entomology #radar #ornithology #phenology #ecology
#entomology #radar #ornithology #phenology #ecology
Come work with us - PostDoc on characterizing insect migration 🦋🪲🪰 using vertical-looking radars 📡
Deadline: 31 January
Please Share!
my.jobalino.ch/job/en/6cd50...
Deadline: 31 January
Please Share!
my.jobalino.ch/job/en/6cd50...
Post-doctoral researcher (100%) in 'Characterizing insect migration using vertical-looking radars' | 100%
The Swiss Ornithological Institute is a non-profit foundation dedicated to ornithology and the protection of birds. It monitors native birds, researches their way of life and advocates for threatened...
my.jobalino.ch
January 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Come do some exciting migratory insect and bird research with us! - Two more weeks until application deadline.
#entomology #radar #ornithology #phenology #ecology
#entomology #radar #ornithology #phenology #ecology
I released a new version of ✨Petridish✨, the free Jekyll theme for research project websites. 🧫
It removes the Twitter feed from the homepage, allows you to add Bluesky and LinkedIn to socials and uses the latest version of Font Awesome. For all updates, see github.com/peterdesmet/...
It removes the Twitter feed from the homepage, allows you to add Bluesky and LinkedIn to socials and uses the latest version of Font Awesome. For all updates, see github.com/peterdesmet/...
Release petridish 3.1 · peterdesmet/petridish
Homepage
Breaking! The Twitter feed (tweets_on_home: true) is no longer supported. This functionality no longer worked with the change from Twitter to X.
With the removal of the Twitter feed, the ...
github.com
January 13, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I released a new version of ✨Petridish✨, the free Jekyll theme for research project websites. 🧫
It removes the Twitter feed from the homepage, allows you to add Bluesky and LinkedIn to socials and uses the latest version of Font Awesome. For all updates, see github.com/peterdesmet/...
It removes the Twitter feed from the homepage, allows you to add Bluesky and LinkedIn to socials and uses the latest version of Font Awesome. For all updates, see github.com/peterdesmet/...
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New Perspective:
Establishing bio-logging data collections as dynamic archives of animal life on Earth rdcu.be/d5ril
Davidson et al discuss the importance of standardization, long-term archiving and sharing of bio-logging data, and outline a roadmap to achieve these goals.
Establishing bio-logging data collections as dynamic archives of animal life on Earth rdcu.be/d5ril
Davidson et al discuss the importance of standardization, long-term archiving and sharing of bio-logging data, and outline a roadmap to achieve these goals.
January 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
New Perspective:
Establishing bio-logging data collections as dynamic archives of animal life on Earth rdcu.be/d5ril
Davidson et al discuss the importance of standardization, long-term archiving and sharing of bio-logging data, and outline a roadmap to achieve these goals.
Establishing bio-logging data collections as dynamic archives of animal life on Earth rdcu.be/d5ril
Davidson et al discuss the importance of standardization, long-term archiving and sharing of bio-logging data, and outline a roadmap to achieve these goals.