Databasing The Wider Environment

GBIF and TDWG

Biodiversity data

Data resources

Structured XML data

Some TDWG Data Standards

Data navigation

Integration strategies

Central services

Distributed data access

GBIF prototype data portal

GBIF prototype data portal

GBIF prototype data portal

Problems to solve – referring to data from outside network

Problems to solve – referring to taxon concepts

Globally unique identifiers – requirements

Potential model – Life Science Identifiers (LSIDs)

Web-based taxonomy?