Global Biodiversity Information Facility

aggregator of scientific data on biodiversity; data portal
Organization international_organization Q1531570
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The Global Biodiversity Information Facility operates in the field of biodiversity informatics and biodiversity . It is a member of Biodiversity Information Standards and DataCite [1][2]. The organization supports access to biodiversity data through its membership and activities in these networks [1][2].

Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Summary

Global Biodiversity Information Facility is an international organization[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[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 instance of is recorded as international organization[8].
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization[9].
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility's instance of is recorded as research infrastructure[10].
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility's instance of is recorded as data library[11].
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility's instance of is recorded as online database[12].
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility's instance of is recorded as biological database[13].
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility's instance of is recorded as taxonomic database[14].
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility's instance of is recorded as global species database[15].
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility is operated by GBIF Secretariat[16].
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility's child organization or unit is recorded as GBIF Norway[17].
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility's child organization or unit is recorded as Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility[18].
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility's child organization or unit is recorded as GBIF Spain[19].
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility's Commons category is recorded as Global Biodiversity Information Facility[20].
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility's language of work or name is recorded as multiple languages[21].
  • 2001 marks the founding of Global Biodiversity Information Facility[22].
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 55.7027065300313, 'lon': 12.559586539109898}[23].
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility's official website is recorded as https://www.gbif.org[24].
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility's main subject is biology[25].
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility's main subject is biodiversity informatics[26].
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility's described by source is recorded as The varying openness of digital open science tools[27].

Body

Founding

2001 marks the founding of Global Biodiversity Information Facility[22].

Identity

Global Biodiversity Information Facility's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'GBIF'}[28].

Operations

Subsidiaries include GBIF Norway[17], a facility[29], in Norway[30], founded in 2005[31], headquartered in Natural History Museum in Oslo[32]; Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility[18], an organization[33], in Finland[34], founded in 2012[35]; and GBIF Spain[19], a research infrastructure[36], in Spain[37]. Global Biodiversity Information Facility is operated by GBIF Secretariat[16].

Industry

Fields of work include biodiversity informatics[3], an academic discipline[38] and biodiversity[4], a scientific concept[39].

Why It Matters

Global Biodiversity Information Facility has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] . Open Access Directory. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [12] . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [4] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . gbif.org. gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [17] . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] . wikidata.org.
  15. [19] . wikidata.org.
  16. [20] . wikidata.org.
  17. [21] . wikidata.org.
  18. [5] . tdwg.org. Retrieved . tdwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [6] . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . gbif.org. gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Open Access Directory. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [40] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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