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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Abstract

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 but differ from others by data type(s) handled, their geographic scope and the life cycle phase(s) of the data they support. To characterise the various dimensions of the biodiversity informatics landscape, we developed a framework to survey these dimensions for ten organisations (DiSSCo, GBIF, iBOL, Catalogue of Life, iNaturalist, Biodiversity Heritage Library, GeoCASe, LifeWatch, eLTER, ELIXIR), relative to both their current activities and long-term strategic ambitions. The results of the survey are presented in this dataset. Details of the assessment methodology, data model, scope and high-level results are described in an accompanying paper, which is currently under review and will be linked to this dataset on publication.

Authors 11

1. Vincent Smith

   Natural History Museum

   Affiliation as printed

   Natural History Museum: London, GB

2. Wouter Addink Aachen Naturalis Biodiversity Center Leiden

   Naturalis Biodiversity Center

   Affiliation as printed

   Naturalis Biodiversity Center: Leiden, NL

3. Christos Arvanitidis

   LifeWatch ERIC

   Affiliation as printed

   LifeWatch ERIC: Seville, ES

4. Olaf Bánki
   Affiliation as printed

   Catalogue of Life: Amsterdam, NL

5. Mark Frenzel

   Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research

   Affiliation as printed

   Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ: Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, DE

6. Falko Glöckler

   Museum für Naturkunde

   Affiliation as printed

   Museum für Naturkunde: Berlin, DE

7. Donald Hobern

   Global Biodiversity Information Facility

   Affiliation as printed

   Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Copenhagen, DK

8. Martin R. Kalfatovic

   Biodiversity Heritage Library

   Affiliation as printed

   Biodiversity Heritage Library: Washington, DC, US

9. Jerry Lanfear

   ELIXIR

   Affiliation as printed

   ELIXIR: Cambridge, GB

10. Joseph T. Miller

    Global Biodiversity Information Facility

    Affiliation as printed

    Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Copenhagen, DK

11. Ken-ichi Ueda

    California Academy of Sciences

    Affiliation as printed

    California Academy of Sciences: San Francisco, CA, US