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

Other ideas?

dremsen@gbif.org