Thanks @waddink. I think the mockups can be seen in two ways:
- A chance to show what GBIF or another aggregator could do to make useful information about collections more accessible and integrated - all of it (and more should equally be accessible and useful via APIs and other interfaces)
- Raising the vision expectation among collection managers and the wider community about what aggregators can and should deliver - and helping to build the case for us all to make this happen (which is also the goal of this consultation)
You are correct that we need an exciting vision of how services such as ELViS can be fully integrated into the framework of a catalogue. I’ve just added my own views here under the TDWG CD Presentation. With a model like the one discussed there, I believe we could readily start plugging many standard and bespoke services into models like this mock-up.