Advancing the Catalogue of the World's Natural History Collections

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Español: Adelantando el Catálogo de Colecciones de Historia Natural del Mundo
Français: Faire avancer le Catalogue des Collections d’Histoire Naturelle du Monde
简体中文: 建立《全球自然历史馆藏名录》

Latest summary update: Collections Catalogue - Daily Summaries
All summaries combined: Integrated summary from 17 to 30 April 2020

Start Here
This is the home page for the virtual consultation “Advancing the Catalogue of the World’s Natural History Collections”. GBIF is leading this as part of the European Commission-funded SYNTHESYS+ project.

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Throughout the period of the consultation (17-29 April), we will provide regular updates on the status of the discussions - these are accessible here.

About the consultation

• The consultation process - understand how the consultation will be run
• View the first and second preparatory webinars
• The coordination team
• Open discussion of the process - add your thoughts here

Information resources

• Ideas Paper - also available in Spanish, French and Simplified Chinese
• Contributed presentations and other materials - review these before the consultation to understand some of the significant components that already exist
  • Global Registry of Scientific Collections - Introduction
  • Index Herbariorum - Perspectives of a Long-standing Collection Catalogue
  • TDWG Collection Descriptions Data Standard Task Group
  • CETAF and DiSSCo Collections Registry
  • GBIF Services and Support for the Collections Catalogue
  • Atlas of Living Australia Collectory
  • 10 Recommendations from DiSSCo
  • The Specifications of Earth Science Collections (CETAF)
• Daily summary updates - published here throughout the consultation
• Integrated summary - all daily summaries combined

Discussion topics
Contribute to the following discussions. Hover over each topic to preview the questions for discussion.

Category	Topic	Notes
Use	1.1. Directory to support the collections community	Open
Use	1.2. Locating specimens and genetic materials	Open
Use	1.3. First step towards databasing collections	Open
Use	1.4. Assessing the scale and value of collections	Open
Use	1.5. Increased value for data on specimens, taxonomic publications, etc.	Open
Use	1.6. Reducing duplication of effort	Open
Use	1.7. Foundation for new and enriched services	Open
Use	1.8. Improvements to citation and visibility for collections	Open
Use	1.9. Support for national and regional needs and applications	Open
Information	2.1. Scope for the catalogue and definition of “collection”	Open
Information	2.2. Identifiers for collections	Open
Information	2.3. Hierarchical collection structures and subcollections	Open
Information	2.4. Description of a collection	Open
Information	2.5. Wider data linkages	Open
Information	2.6. Information services relating to collections	Open
Technology	3.1. Pathways and tools for publishing collection records	Open
Technology	3.2. Community catalogue	Open
Technology	3.3. Integrated catalogue	Open
Technology	3.4. Collection management systems	Open
Technology	3.5. Interfaces, APIs and client modules	Open
Governance	4.1. Ownership of information for each collection	Open
Governance	4.2. Communities of practice	Open
Governance	4.3. Technical infrastructures	Open
Governance	4.4. Governance arrangements	Open
Governance	4.5. Incentives for contributors	Open
Governance	4.6. Funding and sustainability	Open
Language	Adelantando el Catálogo de Colecciones de Historia Natural del Mundo	Open
Language	Progressant le Catalogue des Collections d’Histoire Naturelle du Monde	Open
Language	建立《全球自然历史馆藏名录》	Open
Process	Comments on this virtual consultation process	Open