Category Topics

Data Use

Matters related to use of GBIF-mediated data, including, e.g., filtering, downloading, sharing experiences with using data, data citations, etc.
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Data Publishing

Matters related to publishing data in GBIF, e.g., Darwin Core, IPT, dataset metadata, endorsement, identifiers, etc.
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Global Registry of Scientific Collections

This category is to discuss the Global Registry of Scientific Collections (GRSciColl).
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Taxonomy

For all matters related to taxonomy, e.g., name matches, backbone gaps, synonyms, taxonomic feedback.
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API developers

For matters related to GBIF APIs, R/python libraries, rate limits, broken endpoints, etc..
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Jobs, grants and funding

Opportunities and questions around jobs, grants and funding in and around the GBIF network
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Data blog

For comments and discussions relating to posts on the GBIF data blog.
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Miscellaneous

For topics that don’t fit any other category.
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Alliance for Biodiversity Knowledge

In March 2017, the Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung hosted a workshop on Exploring Synergies and Sustainability for Biodiversity Information Systems. Attendees representing global data infrastructures, national data centres and major research institutions agreed that the global community needed to develop a shared mechanism for planning, delivering and sustaining a linked and open global biodiversity data infrastructure.
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Digital/Extended Specimen

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This is the home page for the virtual consultation: Converging Digital Specimens and Extended Specimens - Towards a global specification for data integration. GBIF, under the umbrella of the alliance for biodiversity knowledge, is leading the consultation as part of the European Commission-funded SYNTHESYS+ project.
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