Animal Data Exchange Working Group

Objectives

  1. Provide a forum for members of ICAR to collaborate, exchange information and learn from each other on all aspects of exchanging data between animal recording devices and recording databases.
  2. Maintain, update, promote and extend universal guidelines and standards for the exchange of data between animal recording devices and recording databases worldwide.
  3. Conduct and report the results of periodic international surveys on practices for
    exchanging data between recording devices and databases.
  4. Develop, and promote systems and standards for: data exchange, data certification and data validation, which will form the basis of a service that ICAR will provide to members of ICAR on a user-pays basis.
  5. Facilitate and co-ordinate international collaboration in all aspects of animal data exchange, with relevant groups including; ISO, UN-CEFACT, and Smart Dairy Farming.

Composition

Chairman

  • Robert Fourdraine , Dairy Record Management Systems (DRMS)

Co-Chairman

  • Jasper van der Noord, UNIFORM-Agri, The Netherlands

Members

  • George Clyde, Lactanet
  • Andrew Cooke, Rezare Systems Ltd.
  • James Donovan, Datamars
  • Mark Doornink, VES-Artex
  • Johannes Frandsen, SEGES
  • Frido Hamoen, Lely
  • Fredrik Karlsson, DeLaval
  • Dennis Le, Datagene
  • Michael Lynch, ICBF (Irish Cattle Breeding Federation)
  • Maarten Moleman, Nedap Livestock Management
  • Cathy Myers, Amelicor
  • Matteo Ratti, Lead Data Labs, C/O SCR Europe srl
  • David Saunier, France Conseil Elevage
  • Sven Schierenbeck, VIT
  • Martin Schnare, GEA Farm Technologies GmbH
  • Jasper Van Der Noord, Uniform Agri

Observer

  • Alexey Shelepaev, Mtech Digital Solutions Oy

ICAR team support

  • René van der Linde