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Experience of collaborative management of the World Auchenorrhyncha Database in TaxonWorks
TaxonWorks turned a personal taxonomic database into a collaborative, well-connected resource feeding Catalogue of Life, GBIF and iNaturalist.
Dmitry Dmitriev ↗
Metadata matters: perceptions on the implementation of Darwin Core in the biocollections cyberinfrastructure
Standardisation through Darwin Core can mask nuance, and practitioners report complex data, missing guidelines and limited capacity as the main implementation barriers.
Bradley Wade Bishop ↗
Resilience of Research Infrastructures through knowledge and engagement
Communication, engagement and continuous user training make an infrastructure relevant enough that a community will want it to survive.
Jose, Mareike Petersen ↗
Biodiversity data at your fingertips: open-access freshwater biodiversity information systems for South Africa and Africa
Co-designed, open and interoperable freshwater information systems like FBIS turn fragmented records into decision-ready information, and multi-tenancy helps keep them sustainable.
Helen Dallas ↗
Everything is coded: How to prevent a game of telephone in a system full of interfaces
Shared understanding of what data means must be established at the start of a pipeline; standard formats alone won't stop meaning drifting between people.
Franziska Schuster, Jasper ↗
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 ↗
Operationalising biodiversity DT ecosystems through assessment-driven service mapping and reusable tools and workflow integration
A simple, purpose-first assessment that maps a team's needs and capabilities to an inventory of existing tools helps digital twin projects reuse rather than rebuild.
Syrine Ben Aziza ↗
SYM29B panel discussion: publishing lot records and agile development
Lot-level records are worth publishing because they answer 'do you have this taxon?', but the definition of a lot differs between collections.
Caitlin Thorn, Myriam van Walsum, Nora Lentge-Maaß ↗