Biodiversity Information Science and Standards : Conference Abstract
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Corresponding author: Remy Jomier (remy.jomier@mnhn.fr)
Received: 20 Aug 2019 | Published: 11 Oct 2019
© 2019 Remy Jomier, Remy Poncet, Noemie Michez
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Citation: Jomier R, Poncet R, Michez N (2019) How about Habitats and Darwin Core? Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 3: e39271. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.3.39271
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As part of the Biodiversity Information System on Nature and Landscapes (SINP), the French National Museum of Natural History was appointed to develop biodiversity data exchange standards, with the goal of sharing French marine and terrestrial data nationally, meeting domestic and European requirements, e.g., the Infrastructure for spatial information in Europe Directive (INSPIRE Directive,
The SINP standard for habitats was developed by a dedicated working group, representative of biodiversity
The results of the French initiative proved useful to compile and share data nationally, bringing together data providers that otherwise would have been excluded. However, at a global scale, it faces some challenges that still need to be fully addressed, interoperability being the main one. Regardless of the problems that remain to be solved, some lessons can be learnt from this effort. With the ultimate goal of making biodiversity data readily available, these lessons should be kept in mind for future initiatives.
The presentation deals with how this work was undertaken and how the required elements could be integrated into a French national standard to allow for comprehensive habitat data reporting. It will show hypothesis as to what could be added to the Darwin Core to allow for a better understanding of habitats with at least one taxon attached (or not) to them.
standardisation, taxon, occurrence, habitat
Rémy Jomier
Biodiversity_Next 2019
Noëmie Michez/Rémy Poncet : marine concepts for habitats, and general concepts for habitats