Decolonalising geographical names in collections data

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@sking and @sharif.islam – just to let you know that I have tried to articulate the huge potential of collaborations between biological and humanities researchers, over on the section on ‘Extending, Enriching and Integrating Data’.

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Extending, enriching and integrating data

I would like to make a contribution to the consultation relating to use-cases beyond trained practitioners of taxonomics and systematics, including collection managers. There is a global shared heritage value to knowledge of the natural world, and a wider group of users (as both contributors and consulters) of biological data in GBIF and DiSSCo means greater support for the work and infrastructures of natural history. As a preamble, it is important to note that even though I am not a biologist,…