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EOL Content Summit, Barro Colorado Island, Panama
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
David RemsenSenior Programme OfficerGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
January 2012
GBIF and its parts
GBIF is composed of countries
GBIF Governing Board
GBIF Organisation
GBIF Participant Countries
Why is this important?
• Capacitate contributing countries• Support creation of national
biodiversity information facilities• Serve as a means to mobilise and
discover biodiversity data – not an ends– Not just a single portal application
GBIF Data Scope
PRIMARY BIODIVERSITY DATA
PRIMARY BIODIVERSITY DATA
SPECIES INFORMATION
SPECIES INFORMATION
Distribution
Species Descriptions!!
Classification
Synonymy
Bibliography
Specimens
Common Names
Images
Annotated Species Checklists
General Descriptions
Morphology
Behavior
Conservation
DiagnosicReproduction
GBIF Infrastructure Components
GBIF ISA FEDERATED NETWORK
A “network of networks”
Heterogenous biodiversity databases
Standard Formats/Protocols set the scope of the network
Standard Formats/Protocols set the scope of the network
Darwin Core Archives
A text-based solution to publishing biodiversity
data
Core Data file
Each row=1 taxon
Taxon
• CSV or TAB• Easily exported from DB• Easy to import into Excel
• Classification• Synonymy• Checklist parts
Extending Darwin Core
Taxon
TaxonDescriptions
Distribution
one-to-many
one-to-many
• Extensions defined via simple schema
• Darwin Core or other terms• Linked to controlled vocabularies• One taxa – many extension
records
• Simple to Export• Simple to Manage• Supports sharing of EOL content
Archive is stand-alone data file
No complicated protocols requiredData is shared with URLs
Standards-based Data Publishing
Data publishing tools User Guides, References, Best Practices
Integrated Publishing Toolkit
Easy to customise/internationalise
http://tools.gbif.org/resource-browser/
Knowledge Organisation System
Common discovery system
http://gbrds.gbif.org
http://gbrds.gbif.org/registry/service.json?type=DWC-ARCHIVE-CHECKLIST
Access to resources
Common discovery system
http://gbrds.gbif.org
GLOBAL DATA INDEX
DATA PORTAL
DISCOVERY
ACCESS
317,199,241 data records9,290 datasets
6,112,683 “names”
Nodes Portal Toolkit
http://npt-demo.gbif.org/
EOL discussion points
How can EOL and GBIF simplify the process of mobilisation and discovery
of biodiversity data/content?
Leverage and contribute to a common biodiversity data mobilisation network
Dataset Registry
Adoption of DwC-A for some EOL resources
Particularly those within common scope of EOL and GBIF
Develop Shared Vocabularies
Internationalise them
Darwin Core Archive-related documentation
IPT and other publishing tools
One tool: multiple data types
GBIF support ofPlinian CoreAudubon Core
See: Customizing the IPT