Data gaps are a common topic of discussion when talking about GBIF. Taxonomic, geographic and temporal gaps in the global dataset exist, yet we still have problems quantifying those gaps and measuring how well we are doing in filling those gaps. GBIF already provides analytics and country reports both of which provide useful information on data publishing activities but give little signal to what extent these data publishing activities are filling data gaps. With that in mind, we have started to think about how we can provide more nuanced analytics that quantify gaps and identify where priorities for data mobilisation might start.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://data-blog.gbif.org/post/community-metrics/