100 GBIF datasets, improved

@francois in you career, you have direct experience with exactly what @datafixer outlines so clearly. Note his statement “many compilers do not have the necessary knowledge or skills to produce tidy, complete, consistent and Darwin Core-compliant datasets.”

  1. What other skills would you add to this list?
  2. This experience is happening at the level of the data publisher. What are your thoughts about where best to address these skillset / knowledge issues? (e.g. at the level of the CMS? undergraduate education? via publishers? in graduate school? workshops?)
  3. In your post to the Workforce and capacity development thread, you note the need for communities of practice. It would be great to understand and learn from you – where (at what levels) these inclusive communities need to be put in place, and what groups could lead the way.