Environmentdata.org Website Review

THE AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL DATA ARCHIVE (AEDA) is the direct result of a project managed by the Freshwater Biological As*ociation developed by Defra. The archive was also designed to hold data from the GHG R&D Platform (www.ghgplatform.org.uk broader remit to archive data from any and all agricultural and environmental research activities. The Archive contains many different types of information ranging from, scientific datasets, grey literature, images, video, library catalogue records and a variety of other information. All of this information is stored in an appropriate format for long-term digital curation purposes and adheres to various data standards such as those of the ISO 19100 series and EU Inspire Directive. The archive is also designed to work with the latest Open Linked Data tools and technologies, so that it can take advantage of the opportunities afforded it by the semantic web and related advances in computer science. AEDA is housed by the Freshwater Biological As*ociation who manage and develop the archive system and curate it's content. The FBA's expertise in data management and data science has a long history which begins with the creation of the FBA's library in the 1930s. Home to some extremely rare and difficult to find material the FBA houses probably the finest collection of freshwater related literature in the As the world of digital content began in earnest the FBA moved towards the future by embracing digital data and information, in the later biological sides of the project. Previous to this there was a pilot project – PondFX. This pilot was executed by Pond Action (later Pond Conservation) and funded by Syngenta (then Astra Zenneca), to investigate modelling the effects of pesticides on invertebrate communities. However, when the pilot ended, those involved realised the potential benefits of building on, and sharing the database of group of core contributors; Syngenta, Pettman and As*ociates and The Freshwater Habitats Trust (then known as Pond Action) – representing