| Category | Topics | 
|---|---|
| Global Registry of Scientific CollectionsThis category is to discuss the Global Registry of Scientific Collections (GRSciColl). | 21 | 
| Data PublishingFor matters related to data publishing in GBIF. | 126 | 
| Data UseThis category is for matters related to use of GBIF-mediated data. | 139 | 
| data-blogThis category is for posts generated by data-blog.gbif.org. | 57 | 
| 3 | |
| TranslatorsThis category enables Secretariat staff and GBIF volunteer translators to discuss community-led translation activities. | 26 | 
| 6 | |
| Alliance for Biodiversity KnowledgeIn 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. | 7 | 
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| GB27This category contains threads for further discussions of the presentations given by the GBIF Secretariat staff and others on day 2 of the Governing Board meeting 27 | 9 | 
| 46 | |
| Digital/Extended SpecimenStart Here 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. | 31 | 
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