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Collection and institution codes for use with GBIF metadata

GBIF data providers and the records they serve are identified with a globally unique identifier. It has the form CodenProviderCode: InstitutionCode: CollectionCode: CatalogNumber. For details, see the documents on GBIF biodiversity data architecture. Use these code lists to figure out the codes to use when configuring your data provider.

Yihaw TextNote Codes for GBIF participants
Yihaw URL Coordinated Development and Use of Collections Databases Symposium at the XVIIIth (new) International Congress of Zoology
Yihaw URL Directory of World Zoological Collections Project Description at the XVIIIth (new) International Congress of Zoology
Yihaw TextNote Flora Malesiana Cyclopaedia of Collectors
Yihaw URL Ichthyology [ICH] Catalog of Fishes from California Academy of Sciences
Yihaw URL Index Herbariorum [IH] New York Botanical Garden, USA
Yihaw URL Insect and Spider Collections of the World [ISC] Bishop Museum, Hawaii, USA
Yihaw TextNote International Directory of Botanical Gardens
Yihaw URL Malacology [MAL] List of mollusk collections
Yihaw URL Mammal Collections in the Western Hemisphere [MAM] In PFD format from the American Society of Mammalogists
Yihaw URL Microbial collections [MIC] Database of culture collections and cell banks from World Data Centre for Microorganisms
Yihaw TextNote Standards in Herpetology and Ichthyology Standard symbolic codes for institution resource collections in herpetology and ichthyology
Yihaw URL The Gateway to the World's Botanic Gardens [BOT] From Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Does not include codes in the web output, but they are in the publication.
Yihaw URL Zentralregister biologischer Forschungssammlungen [ZEFOD] Deutsches Informationsnetz Biodiversitätsforschung

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