Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Summary

Global Biodiversity Information Facility is an international organization^[1]. It draws 147 Wikipedia views per month (international_organization category, ranking #66 of 431).^[2]

Key Facts

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility's field of work was biodiversity informatics^[3].
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility's field of work was biodiversity^[4].
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility was a member of Biodiversity Information Standards^[5].
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility was a member of DataCite^[6].
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility is in the country of Denmark^[7].
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility's image is recorded as Global Biodiversity Information Facility.png^[8].
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility's image is recorded as Gbif network members-2017.08.png^[9].
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility's instance of is recorded as international organization^[10].
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization^[11].
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility's instance of is recorded as research infrastructure^[12].
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility's instance of is recorded as data library^[13].
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility's instance of is recorded as online database^[14].
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility's instance of is recorded as biological database^[15].
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility's instance of is recorded as taxonomic database^[16].
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility's instance of is recorded as global species database^[17].
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility's operator is recorded as GBIF Secretariat^[18].
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility's logo image is recorded as Gbif-full-green-logo.svg^[19].
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 138223388^[20].
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nb2011029469^[21].
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility's IdRef ID is recorded as 162380046^[22].
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility's child organization or unit is recorded as GBIF Norway^[23].
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility's child organization or unit is recorded as Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility^[24].
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility's child organization or unit is recorded as GBIF Spain^[25].
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility's Commons category is recorded as Global Biodiversity Information Facility^[26].
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility's language of work or name is recorded as multiple languages^[27].

Body

Founding

+2001-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Global Biodiversity Information Facility^[28].

Identity

Global Biodiversity Information Facility's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'GBIF'}^[29].

Operations

Subsidiaries include GBIF Norway^[23], a facility^[30], in Norway^[31], founded in 2005^[32], headquartered in Natural History Museum in Oslo^[33]; Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility^[24], an organization^[34], in Finland^[35], founded in 2012^[36]; and GBIF Spain^[25], a research infrastructure^[37], in Spain^[38]. Global Biodiversity Information Facility's operator is recorded as GBIF Secretariat^[18].

Industry

Fields of work include biodiversity informatics^[3], an academic discipline^[39] and biodiversity^[4], a scientific concept^[40].

Why It Matters

Global Biodiversity Information Facility draws 147 Wikipedia views per month (international_organization category, ranking #66 of 431).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[41] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[42]