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Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Data Sharing Agreement
Background
The goals and principles of making biodiversity data openly and
universally available have been defined in the Memorandum of
Understanding on GBIF (MoU; see the relevant excerpts in Annex).
The Participants who have signed the MoU have expressed their
willingness to make biodiversity data available through their nodes to
foster scientific research development internationally and to support
the public use of these data.
Data providers often participate in several data sharing arrangements
at different levels (thematic, community, national, global).
GBIF data sharing should take place within a framework of due
attribution.
Therefore, when registering their services with GBIF, the data
providers agree as follows:
1. Data Sharing Agreements
1.1. Biodiversity data accessible via the GBIF
network are openly and universally available to all users within the
framework of the
GBIF Data Use Agreement
and with the terms and
conditions that the data provider has identified in its metadata.
1.2. GBIF does not assert any intellectual property
rights in the data that is made available through its
network.
1.3. The data provider warrants that they have made
the necessary agreements with the original owners of the data that it
can make the data available through GBIF network.
1.4. The data provider makes reasonable efforts to
ensure that the data they serve are accurate.
1.5. Responsibility regarding the restriction of
access to sensitive data resides with the data provider.
1.6. The data provider includes stable and unique
identifier in their data so that the owner of the data is known and
for other necessary purposes.
1.7. GBIF Secretariat may cache a copy and serve full
or partial data further to other users together with the terms and
conditions for use set by the data provider. Queries of such data
through the GBIF Secretariat are reported to the data provider.
1.8. Data providers are endorsed by a GBIF
Participant, if applicable, before their metadata is made available by
the GBIF Secretariat.
1.9. GBIF Secretariat is not responsible for data
content or the use of the data.
1.10. GBIF Secretariat is not liable or responsible,
nor are its employees or contractors, for the data contents; or for any
loss, damage, claim, cost or expense however it may arise, from an
inability to use the GBIF network.
2. Service Levels
GBIF Secretariat
2.1. Services provided by the GBIF Secretariat are
managed in accordance with the GBIF Work Programme.
2.2. GBIF Secretariat’s service provision includes
software components and updates, interfaces, indexing and registry
services, helpdesk, and training to assist the Participants to maintain
Internet portals.
GBIF Participants
2.3. GBIF Participants keep the GBIF Secretariat
informed of their contact and service information.
2.4. GBIF Participants maintain services that enable
new and existing data providers in their domain to be integrated within
GBIF network, and the data owners be identified, as appropriate.
3. Definitions
- GBIF Participant: Signatory of the GBIF-establishing Memorandum
of Understanding (MoU).
- GBIF Secretariat: Legal entity empowered by the GBIF Participants
to enter into contracts, execute the Work Programme, and maintain the
central services for the GBIF network.
- GBIF network: The infrastructure consisting of the central
services of the GBIF Secretariat, Participant nodes and data providers.
Making data available through GBIF network means registering and
advertising the pertinent services via the GBIF central services.
- Node: A data provider designated by a GBIF Participant that
maintains a stable computer gateway that makes data available through
the GBIF network.
- Participant Node: An organisational unit designated by the GBIF
Participant to coordinate activities in its domain. It may also provide
data.
- Biodiversity Data: Primary data on specimens, observations,
names, taxonomic concepts, and sites, and other data on biological
diversity.
- Metadata: Data describing the attributes and combinations of
biodiversity data.
- Data: Biodiversity data and metadata.
- Data sharing: The process of and agreements for making data
freely and universally available on the Internet.
- Data provider: A custodian of data making it technically
available. This may or may not be the data owner. If not they will have
declared to GBIF that they have permission to make the data available.
- User: Anyone who uses the Internet to access
data through the GBIF network.
- Owner of data: The legal entity possessing the right resulting
from the act of creating a digital record. The record may be a product
derived from another, possibly non-digital product, which may affect
the right.
- Sensitive data: Any data that the data provider does not want to
make available, e.g. precise localities of endangered species.
Version 1.0. Approved by GB9 2004-10-05. This page updated 2004-11-08.
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