PUB - Publikationen an der Universität Bielefeld

In recent years, experimental data on natural, un-restrained locomo-tion of animals has strongly increased in complexity and quantity. This is due to novel motion-capture techniques, but also to the combination of several meth-ods such as electromyography or force measurements. Since much of this data is of great value for the development, modeling and benchmarking of technical locomotion systems, suitable data management, documentation and visualiza-tion are essential. Here, we usan example of comparative kinematics of climb-ing insects to propose a data format that is equally suitable for scientific analy-sis and sharing through web repositories. Two data models are used: a relational model (SQL) for efficient data management and mining, and the Resource De-scription Framework (RDF), releasing data according to the Linked Data prin-ciples and connecting it to other datasets on the web. Finally, two visualization options are presented, using either a photo-realistic rendering or a plain but ver-satile cylinder-based 3D-model.