RT Journal Article T1 EMODnet Workshop on mechanisms and guidelines to mobilise historical data into biogeographic databases JF Research Ideas and Outcomes JO RIO FD Pensoft Publishers DO 10.3897/rio.2.e9774 VO 2 A1 Faulwetter, Sarah A1 Pafilis, Evangelos A1 Fanini, Lucia A1 Bailly, Nicolas A1 Agosti, Donat A1 Arvanitidis, Christos A1 Boicenco, Laura A1 Capatano, Terry A1 Claus, Simon A1 Dekeyzer, Stefanie A1 Georgiev, Teodor A1 Legaki, Aglaia A1 Mavraki, Dimitra A1 Oulas, Anastasis A1 Papastefanou, Gabriella A1 Penev, Lyubomir A1 Sautter, Guido A1 Schigel, Dmitry A1 Senderov, Viktor A1 Teaca, Adrian A1 Tsompanou, Marilena YR 2016 UL https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.2.e9774 AB The objective of Workpackage 4 of the European Marine Observation and Data network (EMODnet) is to fill spatial and temporal gaps in European marine species occurrence data availability by carrying out data archaeology and rescue activities. To this end, a workshop was organised in the Hellenic Center for Marine Research Crete (HCMR), Heraklion Crete, (8–9 June 2015) to assess possible mechanisms and guideCorrespondinglines to mobilise legacy biodiversity data. Workshop participants were data managers who actually implement data archaeology and rescue activities, as well as external experts in data mobilisation and data publication. In particular, current problems associated with manual extraction of occurrence data from legacy literature were reviewed, tools and mechanisms which could support a semi-automated process of data extraction were explored and the re-publication of the data, including incentives for data curators and scientists were reflected upon.