Information System for Marine Alien Species Observation, the pilot SINANET application of citizen science in the biodiversity field

SMA, the information system for Marine Alien Species, was designed and developed as a I&CT tool for managing reports from citizen (mainly fishermen) on sighting of supposed marine aliens. Besides an APP developed for mobiles, SMA system features a workflow for validation by experts of information collected. At the end of validation steps, information related to sighting, and studies carried on them by experts, can be made publicly available on a web site and through standard OGC data services.

SMA is the pilot SINAnet application of the Citizen Science paradigm in the field of biodiversity.

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