Additional services

  • Join Table

    This e-service allows users to integrate multiple tables by joining them on user-defined key columns, ensuring correct record matching across datasets. By supporting one-to-many relationships, the service enables the combination of biological, environmental, and trait data into a single harmonised table, facilitating consistent data alignment across heterogeneous sources. The resulting “master table” provides a unified structure for downstream analyses and supports complex analytical workflows. The Join Tables service is implemented as an additional and independent e-Service and can be integrated within all workflows.

  • Join traits

    This e-Service extends the Join Tables functionality by generating a functional trait matrix for phytoplankton based on a user-provided taxonomic list. The service assigns categorical functional traits and presence–absence (0/1) trait information to each taxon by linking the taxonomic input to a curated reference trait database. The Join Traits service is implemented as an additional and independent e-Service and can be integrated within all workflows.

  • Taxonomic checker
    This e-Service supports the harmonisation and standardisation of taxonomic names by using the GBIF database as a taxonomic backbone, ensuring consistency and interoperability across datasets. The service enriches input data by validating scientific names and adding taxonomic hierarchy information, including taxon rank, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species. The Taxonomic checker is implemented as an additional and independent e-Service and can be integrated within all workflows.
  • Geographic Checker
    This e-Service visualises geographic coordinates on an interactive map to support the validation and quality control of spatial data. It enables users to identify potential errors in coordinate values, such as misplaced points or spatial inconsistencies, and to verify the geographic location of sampling sites. By providing a clear spatial representation of monitored locations, the service facilitates the detection of outliers and improves the reliability of georeferenced data prior to integration and analysis. The Geographic Checker is implemented as an additional and independent e-Service and can be integrated within all workflows.
  • Unit Converter

    This service enables the conversion of measurement units for both biotic and abiotic parameters to support data harmonisation and interoperability across datasets. It allows users to standardise variables expressed in different units, ensuring consistency prior to data integration and analysis. The service also supports the conversion and standardisation of spatial information, including geographic coordinates of monitored sampling points, enabling alignment across different reference systems. The Unit Converter is implemented as an additional and independent e-Service and can be integrated within all workflows.

  • Data Template Builder
    This e-Service supports the generation of standardised data templates by assigning descriptive labels and harmonising parameter names, ensuring consistency across datasets by applying controlled vocabularies and SKOS-based thesauri. The service produces a standardised Excel spreadsheet as output, in which variable names and associated metadata are aligned with the corresponding terms retrieved from SKOS thesauri and Darwin Core standards, preserving semantic consistency and interoperability. This service facilitates the harmonisation and integration of phytoplankton and others datasets by generating analysis-ready files compliant with VRE standards. The output templates can be directly used as input for analytical workflows. The Data Template Builder is implemented as an additional and independent e-Service and can be integrated within all workflows.