Welcome to the Tests and Assertions Task Group

Charter

• Task Group 2 - Biodiversity Data Quality Tests and Assertions

Draft of the BDQ standard

• Draft BDQ Standard (or view on GitHub)
• Draft standard Quick Reference Guide to the tests

Link to github issues used to develop the tests:

• Closed Issues labeled CORE adopted into the BDQ Standard Test Term List
• Closed Issues labeled DO NOT IMPLEMENT
• Issues labeled IMMATURE/INCOMPLETE
• Issues labeled SUPPLEMENTARY also Supplementary Tests

Outcomes

TG2 has been working for over 10 years to evaluate, refine and develop new tests that evaluate 'data quality'/'fitness for use' of biodiversity coded using the Darwin Core Standard. TG2 has developed a framework for describing, running and evaluating a standard suite of tests, test data and comprehensive vocabularies.

We acknowledge the use of tests in use by

• The Atlas of Living Australia (ALA)
• The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• iDigBio
• Ocean Biogeographic Information Facility (OBIS)
• Centro de Referência em Informação Ambiental (CRIA)
• Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation (BISON)
• Vertnet