Difference between revisions of "GBIF"
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- [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)] | - [http://digir.net/prov/prov_manual.html DiGIR (Distributed Generic Information Retrieval)] | ||
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- BioCASe - [http://www.bgbm.org/tdwg/codata/schema/ ABCD] Access to Biological Collection Data | - 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] | - DiGIR and TAPIR - [http://wiki.tdwg.org/twiki/bin/view/DarwinCore/WebHome DarwinCore] | ||
Revision as of 08:44, 13 September 2011
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
GBIF is a very powerful network and platform for specimen and observation data. Via the GBIF portal one can search for more than 302 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.
- How to join the GBIF Network
Wrappers/Provider Software
Three wrapper types are most often used:
- BioCASe (Biological Collection Access Service)
- DiGIR (Distributed Generic Information Retrieval)
- TAPIR (TWDG Access Protocol for Information Retrieval)
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.
- BioCASe - ABCD Access to Biological Collection Data
- DiGIR and TAPIR - DarwinCore
