A Research on the Sharing Platform of Wild Bird Data in Yunnan Province Based on Blockchain and Interstellar File System

Sensors (Basel). 2022 Sep 14;22(18):6961. doi: 10.3390/s22186961.

Abstract

Sharing scientific data is an effective means to rationally exploit scientific data and is vital to promote the development of the industrial chain and improve the level of science and technology. In recent years, the popularity of the open data platform has increased, but problems remain, including imperfect system architecture, unsound privacy and security, and non-standardized interaction data. To address these problems, the blockchain's decentralization, smart contracts, distributed storage, and other features can be used as the core technology for open data systems. This paper addresses the problems of opening, allocation-right confirmation, sharing, and rational use of wild-bird data from Yunnan Province, China. A data storage model is proposed based on the blockchain and interstellar file system and is applied to wild-bird data to overcome the mutual distrust between ornithology institutions in the collaborative processing and data storage of bird data. The model provides secure storage and secure access control of bird data in the cloud, thereby ensuring the decentralized and secure storage of wild-bird data for multiple research institutions.

Keywords: bird big data; blockchain; data sharing; interplanetary file system.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Birds
  • Blockchain*
  • China
  • Computer Security
  • Privacy

Grants and funding

This research was funded by the Regional Science and Technology Information Center project for South and Southeast Asia (Grant No.2018IA018), Yunnan Agricultural Basic Research Joint Special Project (Grant No. 202101BD070001-058), Research on Key Common Technologies of Digital Industry Innovation Platform (Grant No.110822150), Building an integrated cloud computing-based management platform (Grant No.194309).