BIOBOT SEARCH Search the NBII Network's broad variety of high quality biological resources. Search species profiles, maps & data, images, organizations, references & publications, journal articles, tools & software, and many additional web resources.
BIOCOMPLEXITY THESAURUS The Biocomplexity Thesaurus displays terminologies and term relationships in the fields of biology, ecology, environmental sciences, and sustainability.
CONFERENCES Chronological and topical displays of local, regional, national, and international conferences of interest to the NBII community.
EXPERTISE Searchable online directories of biological, ecological, and taxonomic experts.
METADATA The NBII has been involved in metadata standards, creation, quality control, and hosting since the early 1990s. Standards such as: Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Biological Data Profile, Dublin Core, Darwin Core, and Open GIS are all used within the Program.
GEOSPATIAL FRAMEWORK The NBII Program has developed a Geospatial Interoperability Framework (GIF) strategy based on International Standards Organization (ISO) standards and Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) specifications, integrated with the core NBII Framework standards and protocols such as Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI) protocol, with data content and metadata standards.
NBII PARTNERS Partnerships are at the heart of NBII's products and services. Find out more about the more than 200 partner agencies and organizations that help to bring NBII to your desktop.
NBII PUBLICATIONS LIBRARY The NBII produces a wide variety of publications, including white papers, proceedings, fact sheets on products and services, and a quarterly newsletter.
The NBII Program is administered by the Biological Informatics Office of the U.S. Geological Survey
