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=GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)=
 
=GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)=
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[http://www.gbif.org GBIF] is a very powerful network and platform for specimen and observation data. Via the GBIF portal one can search for more than 322 million records worldwide. All required software packages are available for free. Please read the GBIF sites for more information. GBIF's most relevant tool in this context is the '''wrapper software'''. It enables the transformation of different database structures into standard formats. The DNA Bank Network and the DNA Module makes use of these wrapper technology to reference underlying specimen/voucher and DNA samples.
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[http://www.gbif.org GBIF] is the largest paltform for specimen and observation data. Via the GBIF portal one can search for more than 1.6 billion records worldwide. All required software packages are available for free. Please read the GBIF sites for more information. GBIF's most relevant tool in this context is the '''wrapper software'''. It enables the transformation of different database structures into standard formats. GGBN uses the same technology
  
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- [http://www.gbif.org/governance/how-to-join/ How to join the GBIF Network]
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- [https://www.gbif.org/become-member How to join the GBIF Network]
  
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- [http://www.gbif.org/informatics/infrastructure/ Informatics infrastructure]
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- [https://www.gbif.org/publishing-data Quick start on publishing data]
  
 
=Wrappers/Provider Software=
 
=Wrappers/Provider Software=
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Three wrapper types are most often used:
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You can choose between two softwares:
  
 
- [http://www.biocase.org/products/provider_software/index.shtml BioCASE (Biological Collection Access Service)]
 
- [http://www.biocase.org/products/provider_software/index.shtml BioCASE (Biological Collection Access Service)]
  
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- [http://digir.net/prov/prov_manual.html DiGIR (Distributed Generic Information Retrieval)]
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- [http://ipt.gbif.org/ IPT (Integrated Publishing Toolkit]
  
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- [http://wiki.tdwg.org/TAPIR/ TAPIR (TWDG Access Protocol for Information Retrieval)]
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Both can be used to provide data to GGBN and GBIF.
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All provider softwares have pros and cons and use standard transfer schemes to exchange amongst others specimen and observation data stored in online accessible databases.
 
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- BioCASe - [http://www.bgbm.org/tdwg/codata/schema/ ABCD] Access to Biological Collection Data
 
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- DiGIR and TAPIR - [http://wiki.tdwg.org/twiki/bin/view/DarwinCore/WebHome DarwinCore]
 

Latest revision as of 15:15, 28 January 2021

GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)

GBIF is the largest paltform for specimen and observation data. Via the GBIF portal one can search for more than 1.6 billion records worldwide. All required software packages are available for free. Please read the GBIF sites for more information. GBIF's most relevant tool in this context is the wrapper software. It enables the transformation of different database structures into standard formats. GGBN uses the same technology

- How to join the GBIF Network

- Quick start on publishing data

Wrappers/Provider Software

You can choose between two softwares:

- BioCASE (Biological Collection Access Service)

- IPT (Integrated Publishing Toolkit

Both can be used to provide data to GGBN and GBIF.

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