Leveraging hybrid data infrastructure for ecological niche modelling: the EUBrazilOpenBio experience

Ecological niche models are essential instruments in the development of strategies and policies in various application domains. The development of ever better models requires that scientists and practitioners are provided with (i ) both the data and the processing capacities they need on demand and (ii ) innovative mechanisms supporting the effective sharing of such products at scale. This paper describes the Ecological Niche Modelling service developed by the EUBrazilOpenBio project. This service is offered by relying on a underlying Hybrid Data Infrastructure (HDI) that (i ) aggregates data, services and processing capacities from existing infrastructures and information systems and (ii ) offers the aggregated resources in a seamless way. The paper presents the overall architecture of the service and details how its constituents have been developed by leveraging HDI offering on-demand data and processing facilities.