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Aug 31, 20222 min read
Your name here: ChecklistBank seeks editor and offers new tools for taxonomy
Catalogue of Life and GBIF release ChecklistBank infrastructure, announce search for new editor to assemble a semi-automated part of the COL
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Olaf Bánki and Joe Miller
Aug 31, 20222 min read
Your name here: ChecklistBank seeks editor and offers new tools for taxonomy
Catalogue of Life and GBIF release ChecklistBank infrastructure, announce search for new editor to assemble a semi-automated part of the COL
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Joe Miller, GBIF Executive Secretary
May 2, 20223 min read
Future-facing steps for the alliance
Members of biodiversity informatics communities must work together to respond with much more than deliberate speed.
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Joe Miller, GBIF Executive Secretary
May 20, 20213 min read
Digital Extended Specimens: A second community consultation
Digital Extended Specimens: A second community consultation towards a global data integration specification
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Joe Miller, GBIF Executive Secretary
Dec 21, 20202 min read
Converging Digital and Extended Specimens: Towards a global specification for data integration
Two emerging concepts are now aligning toward a shared vision that connects all information related to a specimen, creating "digital twins"
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kcopas
Feb 24, 20202 min read
Advancing the catalogue of the world's natural history collections
This international low-carbon consultation aims to develop a common international vision for a catalogue of the world's natural history coll
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Donald Hobern
Nov 20, 20193 min read
Why a virtual workshop?
It's our intention to use the alliance to learn how to collect ideas in a more distributed, asynchronous and yet inclusive way.
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Donald Hobern
Oct 23, 20192 min read
Detailing shared, pragmatic approaches toward a grand vision
Attendees at last summer’s GBIC2 workshop sought to define the vision for integrating biodiversity informatics at a global scale.
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kcopas
Mar 13, 20193 min read
Some perspectives on international collaboration from the Global South
An alliance for biodiversity knowledge needs to be broad-based and inclusive involving all geographical areas and all communities. The...
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Donald Hobern
Mar 12, 20193 min read
Plans for consultation processes within the alliance for biodiversity knowledge
The goal of the alliance for biodiversity knowledge is to be as inclusive as possible and open to inputs from all interested...
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Donald Hobern
Mar 11, 20191 min read
What is the name and acronym for the alliance for biodiversity knowledge?
The attendees at the GBIC2 workshop agreed that an alliance is needed to facilitate international collaboration and to harness the...
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