baecb84e-2e56-4275-826f-a33b1d7e32ec Not available Belgian LifeWatch eLab 2021 One of the virtual laboratories developed by LifeWatch Belgium is the Belgian LifeWatch eLab. This online application allows users to standardise, analyse and visualise their data, making use of web services built on top of internal and external reference databases. The ultimate goal of LifeWatch is to set up a network for data exchange and data analysis through web services. Web services are systems that allow communication between two computers over the web, and allow the user to access the most recent and up-to-date information directly from within other applications. Within LifeWatch Belgium, several web services are available to standardise, analyse and visualise your data, and to extract additional data from several sources. The user can select several data services (taxonomic, geographic, thematic, etc.) and run them successively through a straightforward online user interface. You can also use the LifeWatch.be web services in a concatenated way, i.e. the output of one web service is the input for the next web service. Establishing such workflows helps solving (complicated) biological questions. Several use cases demonstrate the use of the LifeWatch web services. So as to facilitate the use of the LifeWatch web services, several applications and tools were documented in use cases and tutorials. These can be found on the links below, as well as on the specific websites of software packages and Github repositories. <br> Belgian LifeWatch E-Lab team Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) info@lifewatch.be https://metadatacatalogue.lifewatch.eu/geonetwork/srv/api/records/baecb84e-2e56-4275-826f-a33b1d7e32ec/attachments/LWBE_eLab.png virtual laboratory data analysis data visualization The Belgian LifeWatch eLab uses the web services from different projects. Please mind the licenses of each of these projects when using the Belgian LifeWatch eLab. Data validation and QC services The LifeWatch Belgium portal uses a specific standard data format based on Darwin Core and the OBIS scheme. This service checks if the uploaded data file matches this standard LifeWatch data format. https://www.lifewatch.be/e-lab/ Geographical services The services return a series of geographical information starting from the lat/lon in the uploaded file (administrative boundaries, bathymetry, biogeographical classification, environmental data, features, protected areas, total biological valuation). https://metadatacatalogue.lifewatch.eu/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/19839773-f53f-4e29-90b3-6c73626c383f Taxon match and observations - WoRMS Web Services The service matches your taxon list with the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), based on the ScientificName. The service can also verify if the coordinates of the taxon observation in the uploaded data file are located within a distribution record of that taxon in WoRMS/Aphia. https://metadatacatalogue.lifewatch.eu/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/85bd283d-f6a1-4871-827e-e7cc5bb964e5 Tidal services The service calculates tidal heights in NAP (Normaal Amsterdams Peil), GLLWS (Gemiddeld Laag Laagwater bij Springtij) and TAW (Tweede Algemene Waterpassing), based on Latitude, Longitude and EventDate in the uploaded data file. The calculations are based on the M2 tidal reduction algorithm and the water levels measured by the monitoring network Flemish Banks. https://meetnetvlaamsebanken.be MarineRegions gazetteer services The service returns: (1) Latitude and longitude of the centroid and the preferred gazetteer name of a Marine Regions ID (MRGID), (2) latitude, longitude, matched name and the Marine Regions ID (MRGID) of a given gazetteer name, (3) the Marine Regions gazetteer name and the Marine Regions ID (MRGID) of the bounding box (radius 3) based on given Latitude and Longitude, and (4) latitude, longitude, accepted gazetteer name and the Marine Regions ID (MRGID) of a given gazetteer name. https://metadatacatalogue.lifewatch.eu/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/ce6bc0c7-2ef6-4f4d-b991-0c4ad353374e https://lifewatch.github.io/elab-documentation/ https://www.lifewatch.be/e-lab/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Link to the VRE https://www.lifewatch.eu/catalogue-of-virtual-labs/belgian-lifewatch-e-lab/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Info page