Video Annotation and Reference System (VARS) database

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Nancy Jacobsen Stout, Linda Kuhnz, Lonny Lundsten, Kyra Schlining, Susan von Thun

Publication_Date: 2002

Title: Video Annotation and Reference System (VARS) database

Edition:

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Database

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Year 2000

Issue_Identification:

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Moss Landing, California USA

Publisher: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Other_Citation_Details:

http://www.mbari.org/vars

Online_Linkage: http://obisusa.nbii.gov

Description:

Abstract:

The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) uses high-resolution video equipment to record hundreds of remotely operated vehicle (ROV) dives per year. In the first 20 years of ROV diving since 1988, over 16,000 hours of video tapes have been archived and managed as a centralized institutional resource. This unique video library contains footage of the biological, chemical, geological, and physical aspects of the Monterey Bay submarine canyon and other areas including the Pacific Northwest, Santa Barbara basin, Central California seamounts, Northern California, Oregon, Hawaii, and the Gulf of California. MBARI has developed a software and hardware system, Video Annotation and Reference System (VARS), to facilitate the creation, storage, and retrieval of video annotations based on ROV dive tapes. The VARS components reference a knowledge database of over 4,000 biological concepts as well as relevant descriptive, geological and technical terms. This hierarchical information allows for consistent and rapid classification, description, and complex querying of objects observed on video. Over three million observations, along with ancillary data from the time of collection, exist in this database. After decades of collecting, cataloguing, and analyzing these data MBARI has amassed a unique, visual time series that supports a growing number of internal and external research publications and projects. The resulting database represents an evolution of knowledge and serves as a tool for studying descriptive and quantitative attributes of the ocean environment and ultimately measuring biodiversity deep in the Monterey Bay and extended regions of study. Recognizing the intellectual value of the extensive collection of the video captured by ROVs, MBARI continues to develop applications for internal and public access to this video database.

Purpose:

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Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Schlining B, Jacobsen Stout N. 2006. MBARI’s video annotation and reference system. In: Proceedings of the Marine Technology Society/Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Oceans Conference, Boston, MA, p 1–5.

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -130.436

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -119.916

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 45.936

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.154

Keywords:

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Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD INSTRUMENT

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: PROJECT

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ANCILLARY KEYWORDS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY

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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > ABYSSAL HILLS/PLAINS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > CONTINENTAL MARGINS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > FRACTURE ZONES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE VOLCANISM > HYDROTHERMAL VENTS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > SEAMOUNTS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > SUBMARINE CANYONS

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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > BIOGENIC SEDIMENTS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > PARTICLE FLUX

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE VOLCANISM > MID-OCEAN RIDGES

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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > BRYOZOANS/MOSS ANIMALS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > COMB JELLIES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > FLATWORMS/FLUKES/TAPEWORMS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ARROW WORMS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > PEANUT WORMS

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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > RIBBON WORMS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > LAMP SHELLS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > CNIDARIANS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ECHINODERMS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > MOLLUSKS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > SEGMENTED WORMS (ANNELIDS)

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > SPONGES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > BACTERIA/ARCHAEA > CYANOBACTERIA (BLUE-GREEN ALGAE)

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > FUNGI

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PLANTS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON > ZOOPLANKTON

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON > PHYTOPLANKTON

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC HABITAT

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > COASTAL HABITAT

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > DEMERSAL HABITAT

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PELAGIC HABITAT

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Theme_Keyword: SHIPS

Theme_Keyword: ROV > REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES

Theme_Keyword: VIDEO CAMERA

Theme_Keyword: CAMERA

Theme_Keyword: ESIP > EARTH SCIENCE INFORMATION PARTNERS PROGRAM

Theme_Keyword: VARS > VIDEO ANNOTATION AND REFERENCE SYSTEM

Theme_Keyword: Video

Theme_Keyword: Image

Theme_Keyword: Observation

Theme_Keyword: Annotation

Theme_Keyword: Bryozoa

Theme_Keyword: Porifera

Theme_Keyword: Hemichordata

Theme_Keyword: Annelida

Theme_Keyword: Platyhelminthes

Theme_Keyword: Echinodermata

Theme_Keyword: Brachiopoda

Theme_Keyword: Sipuncula

Theme_Keyword: Mollusca

Theme_Keyword: Chaetognatha

Theme_Keyword: Chordata

Theme_Keyword: Animalia

Theme_Keyword: Echiura

Theme_Keyword: Nemertea

Theme_Keyword: Ctenophora

Theme_Keyword: Cnidaria

Theme_Keyword: Eubacteria

Theme_Keyword: Sarcomastigophora

Theme_Keyword: Plantae

Theme_Keyword: Fungi

Theme_Keyword: Rov Tiburon

Theme_Keyword: Rov Ventana

Theme_Keyword: R/v Point Lobos

Theme_Keyword: R/v Western Flyer

Theme_Keyword: BIOTA

Theme_Keyword: OCEANS

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Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Place_Keyword: OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN

Place_Keyword: OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN > HAWAIIAN ISLANDS

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Place_Keyword: OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN

Place_Keyword: OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > MONTEREY BAY

Access_Constraints: Not Available

Use_Constraints:

IMPORTANT Notes Regarding Data Data Use Policy: MBARI provides these data "as is", with no warranty, express or implied, of the data quality or consistency. It is provided without support and without obligation on the part of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute to assist in its use, correction, modification, or enhancement. For use in publication, authors should obtain written permission from MBARI's Director of Information and Technology Dissemination, Judith Connor, conn@mbari.org. Authors should acknowledge MBARI as the data source in those publications and provide reprints to the MBARI library. Also, it is generally expected that any science publication relying heavily on information or interpretation from one or more MBARI scientists or technicians will acknowledge those scientists, typically by including them as collaborators and co-authors when their contribution has been significant. Exclusions: MBARI typically embargoes annotation and related data for two years for internal quality control and analysis. In addition, extensions to this period are sometimes granted for specific data sets, which are still undergoing review and analysis for publication. In general, most of the annotations and related data older than two years are made available through data providers such as OBIS-USA as well as via the VARS Public Query system, but it should not be assumed that these data are representative of the entire MBARI video annotation database. Quality Control: Due to the nature of ROV video data collection and analysis, identifications of marine organisms may change over time based on new research findings, expanded collection ranges, or technological advances such as higher-resolution camera systems. Further, the data provided in MBARI's video annotation database are continuously undergoing updates to reflect quality control and other improvements. For these reasons, no specific data sets obtained from the VARS Query system (or via secondary data providers such as OBIS-USA) should be considered for scientific publication without first obtaining appropriate written verification from MBARI. If you wish to contribute to (e.g., to suggest enhancements or corrections) or to use this data for scientific publication, we encourage you to contact MBARI to arrange any necessary data review and distribution.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: JUDITH CONNOR

Contact_Position: INVESTIGATOR

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: 7700 Sandholdt Road

City: Moss Landing

State_or_Province: California

Postal_Code: 93940

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (831) 775-1728

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: conn@mbari.org

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

This data set has been used extensively for over 20 years by multiple researchers, both internal and external to MBARI, and has resulted in over 200 peer-reviewed publications thus far as well as countless exploratory, educational and public outreach projects.

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Contact_Organization: MBARI > Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Contact_Person: JUDITH CONNOR

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: 7700 Sandholdt Road

City: Moss Landing

State_or_Province: California

Postal_Code: 93940

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (831) 775-1728

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: conn@mbari.org

Resource_Description: MBARI_VARS_2000

Distribution_Liability:

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http://www.mbari.org/

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DATA CENTER URL

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http://obisusa.nbii.gov

Access_Instructions:

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http://www.mbari.org/vars

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Fees: Not Available

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20090708

Metadata_Review_Date: 20091203

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GCMD User Support Office

Contact_Organization: NASA Global Change Master Directory

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: Not Available

City: Lanham

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20706

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: Not Available

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gcmduso@gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time