Global Biodiversity Information Facility

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• Global Biodiversity Information Facility
• Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
• Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG)

www.BiodiversityCollectionsIndex.org
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What is BCI For?
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Collection A
Collection B
Collection C
Collection D
Collection E
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BCI Web Services

• Globally Unique Identifiers (LSIDs URI)
• Simple REST
• CSV Downloads
• OAI-PMH for harvesting
• SiteMap for Google et al
• JSON REST

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SilverBiology use of Web Services
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BCILinks Web Service

• Very simple use of the JSON web service
• Allows suppliers who just store codes to generate
  links
• Automatically turns this- E
• Into this- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
  Herbarium (E)

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BCILinks Web Service
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Summary

• BCI is a disambiguation service for community
  specific identifiers for collections.
• BCI does not replace community specific
  identifiers or alter current working practices.
• BCI is available in a proof of concept form for
  you to assess and feed back on today!
• BCI will form an integral part of the future GBIF
  data discovery services.
• Contributions to BCI will be moved forward into
  future data discovery services.

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Thank You

• Founding Organizations
• GBIF, RBGE, TDWG
• Data Suppliers
• New York Botanic Gardens
• Bishop Museum
• Many other contributors

www.BiodiversityCollectionsIndex.org