Biodiversity information platforms: From standards to interoperability

ZooKeys

Volumn 150, Issue , 2011, Pages 71-87

  Berendsohn, W G ^a   Guntsch A ^a   Hoffmann, N ^a   Kohlbecker, A ^a   Luther, K ^a   Muller A ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biodiversity informatics; Biowikifarm; CDM; Common data model; EDIT; Scratchpads; Standards; Taxonomy; TDWG

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE;

EID: 84856466681     PISSN: 13132989     EISSN: 13132970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.150.2166     Document Type: Review

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