# \#NodesSupportHour **URL:** https://discourse.gbif.org/tag/nodessupporthour/2.md [Latest](https://discourse.gbif.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.gbif.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discourse.gbif.org/tags.md) --- ## [Nucleotide sequence search on GBIF.org - Technical Support Hour for Nodes](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/nucleotide-sequence-search-on-gbif-org-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/6443)
**Author:** [@estebanmhGBIF](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/estebanmhGBIF)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2026, 8:45am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/nucleotide-sequence-search-on-gbif-org-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/6443 "2026-09-08T08:45:06Z")
Join us on 7 October at 16:00 CEST for our next Technical Support Hour for GBIF Nodes. Cecilie Svenningsen from the GBIF secretariat will present the nucleotide sequence search, the first step toward further eDNA integra… --- ## [Update on the Catalogue of Life eXtended Release (COL XR) - Technical Support Hour for Nodes](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/update-on-the-catalogue-of-life-extended-release-col-xr-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/6406)
**Author:** [@estebanmhGBIF](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/estebanmhGBIF)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2026, 11:35am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/update-on-the-catalogue-of-life-extended-release-col-xr-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/6406 "2026-08-07T11:35:33Z")
Join us on 5 August at 16:00 CEST for our next Technical Support Hour for GBIF Nodes. Diana Hernández and Camila Plata, editors at the Catalogue of Life, will present an update on the Catalogue of Life eXtended Release (… --- ## [Introduction to DNA in biodiversity data - Technical Support Hour for Nodes](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/introduction-to-dna-in-biodiversity-data-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/6309)
**Author:** [@estebanmhGBIF](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/estebanmhGBIF)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2026, 10:42am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/introduction-to-dna-in-biodiversity-data-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/6309 "2026-06-10T10:42:28Z")
Introduction to DNA in biodiversity data Our next Technical Support Hour for Nodes on the 3rd of June 2026 at 4:00 pm CEST will be about DNA. We will be giving a basic introduction to DNA in the context of biodiversity … --- ## [GBIF Rule-based annotations - Technical Support Hour for Nodes](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/gbif-rule-based-annotations-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/6249)
**Author:** [@mgrosjean](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/mgrosjean)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2026, 8:48am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/gbif-rule-based-annotations-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/6249 "2026-04-17T08:48:18Z")
Join us on the 1st of April at 16:00 CEST for our next Technical Support Hour for Nodes where John Waller from the Data Products team will present GBIF Rule-based Annotations. The rule-based annotations tool is an exper… --- ## [Choosing a dataset class - Technical Support Hour for Nodes](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/choosing-a-dataset-class-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/6209)
**Author:** [@mgrosjean](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/mgrosjean)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2026, 1:50pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/choosing-a-dataset-class-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/6209 "2026-04-01T13:50:07Z")
Join us for the first 2026 technical support hour for GBIF nodes on the 4th of February at 4:00 pm CET. We are starting the year with revisiting one of our old blog posts on how to choose a dataset class when sharing dat… --- ## [Publishing marine data to OBIS and GBIF - Technical Support Hour for Nodes](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/publishing-marine-data-to-obis-and-gbif-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/6168)
**Author:** [@cecsve](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/cecsve)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2026, 8:25am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/publishing-marine-data-to-obis-and-gbif-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/6168 "2026-01-19T08:25:43Z")
Join us on December 3rd at 4:00 pm CET for the technical node support hour on publishing marine data to the Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) and GBIF. Elizabeth Lawrence will join us from the OBIS Secretaria… --- ## [Update on the Global Registry of Scientific Collections - Technical Support Hour for Nodes](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/update-on-the-global-registry-of-scientific-collections-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/6100)
**Author:** [@mgrosjean](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/mgrosjean)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2025, 9:56am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/update-on-the-global-registry-of-scientific-collections-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/6100 "2025-10-09T09:56:00Z")
Join us for the next technical support hour for GBIF nodes on the October the 1 at 4:00 pm CEST for an update on the Global Registry of Scientific Collections (GRSciColl). GRSciColl is a registry of physical scientific … --- ## [Darwin Core Data Package - A new publishing format for biodiversity data (technical support hour for GBIF nodes)](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/darwin-core-data-package-a-new-publishing-format-for-biodiversity-data-technical-support-hour-for-gbif-nodes/6050)
**Author:** [@cecsve](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/cecsve)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 11:37am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/darwin-core-data-package-a-new-publishing-format-for-biodiversity-data-technical-support-hour-for-gbif-nodes/6050 "2025-09-15T11:37:00Z")
The next technical support hour for GBIF nodes will be on September 3rd at 4:00 pm CEST. The topic will be an introduction to the ongoing work for developing a new publishing format, the Darwin Core Data Package (DwC-DP… --- ## [MDT- the Metabarcoding Data Toolkit (Technical Support Hour for Nodes)](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/mdt-the-metabarcoding-data-toolkit-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/6013)
**Author:** [@mgrosjean](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/mgrosjean)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 1:38pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/mdt-the-metabarcoding-data-toolkit-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/6013 "2025-08-22T13:38:09Z")
Join us on the 6th of August at 4:00 pm CEST for the next GBIF Technical Support Hour for Nodes where Tobias Frøslev from the Science team gives us an update on the work concerning the Metabarcording Toolkit (MDT). Tobia… --- ## [Introducing the new GBIF.org portal](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/introducing-the-new-gbif-org-portal/6001)
**Author:** [@cecsve](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/cecsve)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 9:26am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/introducing-the-new-gbif-org-portal/6001 "2025-07-14T09:26:38Z")
For the next technical support hour for GBIF nodes on July 2nd at 4:00 pm CEST, Morten from the GBIF Engineering team will introduce you to the new GBIF.org portal (demo site). The focus will be on the search interface,… --- ## [The Humboldt extension to Darwin Core](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/the-humboldt-extension-to-darwin-core/5970)
**Author:** [@cecsve](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/cecsve)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2025, 8:51am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/the-humboldt-extension-to-darwin-core/5970 "2025-07-01T08:51:42Z")
The Humboldt extension to Darwin Core (https://eco.tdwg.org/) provides a means by which to more explicitly capture the sampling context of biodiversity survey data. The ratification of this extension reinvigorated effort… --- ## [Deep Dive: Date-related issues and flags](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/deep-dive-date-related-issues-and-flags/5876)
**Author:** [@cecsve](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/cecsve)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2025, 11:02am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/deep-dive-date-related-issues-and-flags/5876 "2025-06-13T11:02:52Z")
In the following technical support hour for GBIF nodes on May 7th at 4:00 pm CEST, we will introduce the first ‘Deep Dive’ session on handling issues and flags, and we will focus on Date issues for this particular sessio… --- ## [Community Metrics](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/community-metrics/5832)
**Author:** [@AndrewRodrigues](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/AndrewRodrigues)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2025, 11:44am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/community-metrics/5832 "2025-05-02T11:44:28Z")
Join us for the next technical support hour for GBIF nodes on April 2nd at 4 pm CEST, where the topic is Community Metrics . Community Metrics is a new initiative to develop new metrics, indicators and time series data … --- ## [Publishing Camtrap DP with the IPTv3+](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/publishing-camtrap-dp-with-the-iptv3/5758)
**Author:** [@cecsve](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/cecsve)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/publishing-camtrap-dp-with-the-iptv3/5758 "2025-03-13T18:50:25Z")
Join us for the next technical support hour for GBIF nodes on March 5th at 4 pm CET, where the topic is publishing Camtrap DP. Camtrap DP is a relatively new publishing format in GBIF and for this technical support hour… --- ## [Investigating taxonomic issues on GBIF.org](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/investigating-taxonomic-issues-on-gbif-org/5633)
**Author:** [@cecsve](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/cecsve)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2025, 8:32am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/investigating-taxonomic-issues-on-gbif-org/5633 "2025-02-13T08:32:36Z")
The next technical support hour for GBIF nodes will be on February 5th, 2025, at 4 pm CET, and the topic is investigating taxonomic issues on GBIF.org. The taxonomy of the records published to GBIF is matched to GBIF’s … --- ## [End-of-Year Special 2024 (GBIF technical support for nodes)](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/end-of-year-special-2024-gbif-technical-support-for-nodes/5499)
**Author:** [@cecsve](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/cecsve)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2025, 11:11am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/end-of-year-special-2024-gbif-technical-support-for-nodes/5499 "2025-01-16T11:11:13Z")
Join us for an end-of-year special technical support hour for GBIF nodes on December 4th, 2024, at 4 pm CET, where we will cover some of the more curious cases and questions we have received in helpdesk, during the last … --- ## [Switching GBIF’s taxonomic backbone to the Catalogue of Life extended release (x-release) (GBIF technical support hour for nodes)](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/switching-gbif-s-taxonomic-backbone-to-the-catalogue-of-life-extended-release-x-release-gbif-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/5417)
**Author:** [@cecsve](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/cecsve)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2024, 11:08am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/switching-gbif-s-taxonomic-backbone-to-the-catalogue-of-life-extended-release-x-release-gbif-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/5417 "2024-11-13T11:08:38Z")
Join us for the next session of the technical support hour for GBIF nodes on November 6th, 2024, at 4 pm CET (please note we are switching back to standard time), where the topic is “switching GBIF’s taxonomic backbone t… --- ## [GBIF's vocabulary server (GBIF technical support hour for nodes)](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/gbifs-vocabulary-server-gbif-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/4637)
**Author:** [@cecsve](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/cecsve)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2024, 8:03am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/gbifs-vocabulary-server-gbif-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/4637 "2024-11-13T08:03:26Z")
Join us for the next session of the technical support hour for GBIF nodes on October 2nd, 2024, at 4 pm CEST (UTC+2), where the topic is GBIF’s vocabulary server. Please note there will be no support hour in September du… --- ## [How to publish data via the GBIF API (GBIF technical support hour for Nodes)](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/how-to-publish-data-via-the-gbif-api-gbif-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/4575)
**Author:** [@mgrosjean](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/mgrosjean)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 8:51am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/how-to-publish-data-via-the-gbif-api-gbif-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/4575 "2024-08-26T08:51:19Z")
This August session of the Technical Support Hour for Nodes, we will show you how to publish data on GBIF via the registry API. This is particularly relevant for data providers who wish to automate the publishing process… --- ## [API SQL downloads (GBIF technical support hour for nodes)](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/api-sql-downloads-gbif-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/4459)
**Author:** [@cecsve](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/cecsve)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/api-sql-downloads-gbif-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/4459 "2024-07-11T13:21:02Z")
Join us for the next session of the technical support hour for GBIF nodes on July 3rd, 2024, at 4pm CEST (UTC+2), where the topic is API SQL downloads. Would you like to be able to generate custom summary views of GBIF … --- ## [How to detect and solve formatting issues in your DwC-A (GBIF technical support hour for nodes)](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/how-to-detect-and-solve-formatting-issues-in-your-dwc-a-gbif-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/4390)
**Author:** [@cecsve](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/cecsve)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2024, 9:03am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/how-to-detect-and-solve-formatting-issues-in-your-dwc-a-gbif-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/4390 "2024-05-08T09:03:11Z")
May 1st, 2024, we will convene for the next GBIF technical support hour for nodes where the topic is how to detect and solve formatting issues in your DwC-A. The session will occur on May 1st, 2024, at 4pm CEST (UTC+2). … --- ## [A general introduction to GBIFs technical documentation (GBIF techincal support hour for nodes)](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/a-general-introduction-to-gbifs-technical-documentation-gbif-techincal-support-hour-for-nodes/4335)
**Author:** [@cecsve](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/cecsve)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 7:21am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/a-general-introduction-to-gbifs-technical-documentation-gbif-techincal-support-hour-for-nodes/4335 "2024-04-16T07:21:52Z")
The topic for the next Technical Support Hour for nodes is A general introduction to GBIFs technical documentation which will occur on the 3rd of April 2024 at 4pm CEST (UTC+2). Note that we are switching to summer time … --- ## [Health Data Publishing (GBIF technical support hour for Nodes)](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/health-data-publishing-gbif-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/4237)
**Author:** [@mgrosjean](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/mgrosjean)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2024, 7:31pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/health-data-publishing-gbif-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/4237 "2024-03-22T19:31:14Z")
This January, we celebrate one year of Technical Support Hour for Nodes! In the first session of 2024, Paloma Shimabukuro will give you an overview of what is currently available for publishing health data on GBIF. Palom… --- ## [GBIF's data quality workflow (GBIF technical support hour for nodes)](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/gbifs-data-quality-workflow-gbif-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/4286)
**Author:** [@cecsve](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/cecsve)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2024, 1:22pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/gbifs-data-quality-workflow-gbif-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/4286 "2024-03-15T13:22:12Z")
The theme for the March 2024 session of the Technical Support Hour for Node is GBIF’s data quality workflow which will occur on the 6th of March 2024 at 4pm CET (UTC+1). We will go through how published data is processed… --- ## [Technical support hour for nodes - vote for your favourite topic!](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/technical-support-hour-for-nodes-vote-for-your-favourite-topic/4290)
**Author:** [@cecsve](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/cecsve)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2024, 9:49am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/technical-support-hour-for-nodes-vote-for-your-favourite-topic/4290 "2024-03-11T09:49:18Z")
We have some ideas for the coming support hours. Let us know what you would like to learn about and discuss. Please also suggest topics in the comments below or write to helpdesk@gbif.org! poll Thank you - please keep i… --- ## [The new features of IPT Version 3.0 (GBIF technical support hour for Nodes)](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/the-new-features-of-ipt-version-3-0-gbif-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/4202)
**Author:** [@Kumiko](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/Kumiko)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 7:47am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/the-new-features-of-ipt-version-3-0-gbif-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/4202 "2024-02-29T07:47:15Z")
In the December session, we will explain the new features of Integrated Publishing Toolkit Version 3.0 (IPT3). For some background information, you can read our release information here. Mikhail Podolskiy from the Inform… --- ## [DNA Data Publishing (GBIF technical support hour for Nodes)](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/dna-data-publishing-gbif-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/4251)
**Author:** [@mgrosjean](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/mgrosjean)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2024, 9:42am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/dna-data-publishing-gbif-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/4251 "2024-02-14T09:42:27Z")
The theme for February session of the Technical Support Hour for Node, is DNA data publishing. For this session, we welcome Tobias Guldberg Frøslev (@tfroeslev) from the Participation and Engagement team. Tobias will pre… --- ## [How GBIF identifies related occurrence records (GBIF technical support hour for Nodes)](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/how-gbif-identifies-related-occurrence-records-gbif-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/4177)
**Author:** [@mgrosjean](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/mgrosjean)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2023, 2:22pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/how-gbif-identifies-related-occurrence-records-gbif-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/4177 "2023-11-13T14:22:12Z")
In this November session, we will explain how we identify related occurrence records on GBIF (which is sometimes referred to as the GBIF “data clustering” feature). For some background information, you can read our blogp… --- ## [OccurrenceID stability (GBIF technical support hour for Nodes)](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/occurrenceid-stability-gbif-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/4158)
**Author:** [@mgrosjean](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/mgrosjean)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2023, 2:16pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/occurrenceid-stability-gbif-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/4158 "2023-10-21T14:16:21Z")
In the October issue of the support hour, the Data Products team will explain what the current routine is to improve the stability of occurrence URLs (IDs). We will go over what our system checks and what can be done whe… --- ## [GBIF Literature tracking (GBIF technical support hour for Nodes)](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/gbif-literature-tracking-gbif-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/4101)
**Author:** [@Annie](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/Annie)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/gbif-literature-tracking-gbif-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/4101 "2023-09-13T14:44:04Z")
The GBIF technical support hour for Nodes is back! For this session, we have a guest, Daniel Noesgaard from the Communication team, who will explain how GBIF tracks literature citations of GBIF data. How the citations a… [Next page](https://discourse.gbif.org/tag/nodessupporthour/2.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=NodesSupportHour)