The following list is a compilation of international standards and projects relevant to the federation of biodata.
BSS Participants are encouraged to study these standards and projects.
GBIF / Darwin Core / IPT - standards-based publishing of biodata
- Global Bio data Information Facility GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/
- Darwin Core: A standard / format for exchanging biodata. http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/
- GBIF Internet Publishing Toolkit IPT. free open source software tool written in Java that is used to publish and share biodiversity datasets through the GBIF network. http://ipt.gbif.org/http://www.gbif.org/ipt
Paper: The GBIF Integrated Publishing Toolkit: Facilitating the Efficient Publishing of Biodiversity Data on the Internet - Darwin Core Tools and Applications. https://code.google.com/p/darwincore/wiki/ToolsAndApplications
- Create your own Darwin Core Archive, Step-by-Step Guide. http://www.gbif.org/resources/2555
- GBIF Darwin Core Archive, How-to Guide. http://www.gbif.org/resources/2552
- Darwin Core Archive Validator. http://tools.gbif.org/dwca-validator/
- Darwin Core Archive Reader (Java). https://github.com/gbif/dwca-reader/
- Getting started using IPT. http://share.biodiversity.aq/training/Getting%20Started%20Using%20the%20IPT.pdf
- Python-dwca-reader. http://python-dwca-reader.readthedocs.org/en/latest/
- Darwin Core Archive Assistant. A tool to assist in the publication of biodiversity data. http://tools.gbif.org/dwca-assistant/
- Ocean Biogeographic Information System OBIS with uses both Darwin Core and IPT. http://www.iobis.org/
- Visualisation of Species-based Repositories. https://github.com/martingraham/vesper
- http://www.canadensys.net/ Canadian system for biodata publication using Darwin Core and IPT. Excellent resource with many useful guidelines.
OGC - standards-based publishing of geospatial data sources
- Open Geospatial Consortium OGC. consortium of 477 companies, government agencies and universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly available interface standards. http://www.opengeospatial.org/
- Web Feature Service WFS. Web Feature Service Interface Standard provides an interface allowing requests for geographical features across the web using platform-independent calls.http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wfs
- Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network GEO BON. Coordinate the gathering and delivery of biodiversity change information at the global scale. https://www.earthobservations.org/geobon_a.shtml
ISO8601 - Standardisation of datetime descriptors
- ISO 8601: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601
EPSG - standard code base for Spatial Reference Systems (SRS)
- EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset. http://www.epsg-registry.org/
This is just a start, see more under BSS Infrastructure: Background material and references
The BSS project has NOT the goal to 'reinvent the wheel' but to re-use existing work to define the best bio data sharing solution for NZ Inc.