Research Infrastructure Contact Zones: a framework and dataset to characterise the activities of major biodiversity informatics initiatives [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2022 The landscape of biodiversity data infrastructures and organisations is complex and fragmented. Many occupy specialised niches representing narrow segments of the multidimensional biodiversity informatics space, while others operate across a broad front,
Vincent Smith +16 more
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Towards a Post-Graduate Level Curriculum for Biodiversity Informatics. Perspectives from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Community [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2021 Biodiversity informatics is a new and evolving field, requiring efforts to develop capacity and a curriculum for this field of science. The main objective was to summarise the level of activity and the efforts towards developing biodiversity informatics ...
Fatima Parker-Allie +16 more
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Data Leakage and Loss in Biodiversity Informatics [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2018 The field of biodiversity informatics is in a massive, “grow-out” phase of creating and enabling large-scale biodiversity data resources. Because perhaps 90% of existing biodiversity data nonetheless remains unavailable for science and policy ...
A. Townsend Peterson +4 more
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The Biodiversity Informatics Potential Index [PDF]
BMC Bioinformatics, 2011 Background Biodiversity informatics is a relatively new discipline extending computer science in the context of biodiversity data, and its development to date has not been uniform throughout the world.
Ariño Arturo H +2 more
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Linking multiple biodiversity informatics platforms with Darwin Core Archives [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2014 We describe an implementation of the Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A) standard that allows for the exchange of biodiversity information contained within the Scratchpads virtual research environment with external collaborators.
Ed Baker, Simon Rycroft, Vincent Smith
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A conceptual approach to developing biodiversity informatics as a field of science in South Africa
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 In South Africa, as in other parts of the world, Biodiversity Informatics (BDI) has been identified as a young field of science that lies at the nexus of several disciplines, including informatics, biology and mathematics/statistics. Being such a new and
Fatima Parker-Allie +3 more
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India Biodiversity Portal: An integrated, interactive and participatory biodiversity informatics platform [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2016 Thomas Vattakaven +6 more
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BioWikiNet: Multilingual wikipedia taxonomic networks aligned with the GBIF backbone taxonomy [PDF]
Scientific DataBioWikiNet is a multilingual dataset describing biodiversity representation across 11 Wikipedia language editions selected for their global reach and relevance to biodiversity-rich regions.
Shinya Uryu
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Plants, People, PlanetSocietal Impact Statement The digitization of RBetno (JBRJ) represents a step forward for biodiversity conservation in Brazil. Aligned with the Kunming‐Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (Target 2, 2020–2030), this project documents the use of plants,
Viviane S. Fonseca‐Kruel +6 more
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Connecting data and expertise: a new alliance for biodiversity knowledge [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2019 There has been major progress over the last two decades in digitising historical knowledge of biodiversity and in making biodiversity data freely and openly accessible. Interlocking efforts bring together international partnerships and networks, national,
Donald Hobern +15 more
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