Linking multiple biodiversity informatics platforms with Darwin Core Archives

By

Baker, Ed
Rycroft, Simon
Smith, Vincent

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014-01-08

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

2

Pages

1--15

Subjects

Biodiversity , biodiversity informatics , Darwin Core , Darwin Core Archive , Scratchpads , taxonomy , Virtual Research Environment

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1039
eLocator: e1039

 

Abstract

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. Using this single archive file Scratchpad users can expose taxonomies, specimen records, species descriptions and a range of other data to a variety of third-party aggregators and tools (currently Encyclopedia of Life, eMonocot Portal, CartoDB, and the Common Data Model) for secondary use. This paper describes our technical approach to dynamically building and validating Darwin Core Archives for the 600+ Scratchpad user communities, which can be used to serve the diverse data needs of all of our content partners.