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From biodiversity data to knowledge in the age of AI: where do ontologies and standards fit?
AI can generate data and candidate knowledge, but only standards, ontologies, provenance and governance let data become trusted evidence and therefore knowledge, which is why TDWG matters more than ever.
Ramona Walls ↗
Governance as a Foundation for Resilient Biodiversity Data Infrastructures: Lessons from DiSSCo
Inclusive, funder-connected governance designed into a research infrastructure from day one is a core ingredient of its resilience.
Eva Alonso ↗
Reconsidering the original vision for a global biodiversity information facility
GBIF achieved its 1999 vision only partially and through a network of collaborating infrastructures; the community must decide whether that is enough and articulate the next vision.
Joe Miller ↗
Canada’s need for synthesis for Adaptation and Resilience to Climate Change
Genomic data can only support climate adaptation synthesis if metadata are captured with standards from the start and linked to discoverable infrastructures like GBIF.
James Macklin ↗
From Buzzwords to Blueprints: What It Really Takes to Operationalise Biodiversity Digital Twins
Use buzzwords to get funded, then break them down into concrete blueprints: metadata, catalogues, governance and stewardship in the middle layer.
Sharif Islam ↗
From Legacy Database to Cloud: Challenges in Migrating Legacy Collection Data to a FAIR Collection Management System
A dedicated data manager who acts as liaison and uses iterative prototypes can make a small institute's move to a shared CMS workable despite fragmented legacy practices.
Marije Timmermans ↗
Old habits and new visions: Exploring the RECODE data model, future integration and data enhancement
Normalising decades of flat CMS data into relational entities and workflow-driven processes gives NHM a foundation for integrations and AI, but it needs institutional governance.
Steen Dupont ↗
On-Device AI for Data Cleaning, Standardisation, and Exploration in Collections Management
Local LLM hardware can clean and enrich millions of legacy collection records at predictable cost, but validation of the outputs is the unsolved problem.
Jack Hollister, Unidentified co-presenter ↗
TDWG Treasurer's Report: financial policies and investment proposals
TDWG is financially stable but not growing its membership; the treasurer proposes codified policies, an endowment and investments to fund outreach and sustainability.
Chandra Earl ↗