Becoming a GBIF Data Provider
This training event is aimed at GBIF Nodes in subsaharan Africa and adjacent regions.
The arrangements for this workshop have now been completed, attendees have been invited and are receiving their final logistical details.
We can no longer accept more participants, except from South Africa.
This workshop will span over four days:
On the first day, there would be a
Steering Committee meeting of the South African Biodiversity Information Facility (SABIF), as the South African Node of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility,
as well as for welcoming GBIF delegates from around the world and other participants in this workshop.
The second day, the various aspects of
GBIF would be covered in
general introductions.
The attendees, in particular the observers will tell about the databases and biodiversity information management in their countries in a round table.
The new GBIF data portal will be demonstrated.
A technical overview of
GBIF data architecture
will be given to bridge towards the remaining days.
The third day will be used for technical training on GBIF registry and data provider tools and techniques.
Implementation of the GBIF network
requires knowing how to use the various software tools. The most
basic requirement is to set up a node and operate a data provider application on a server computer. GBIF's standard for data provision is the DiGIR protocol. This
course covers installation of the DiGIR provider on both
Windows and Linux platforms.
The fourth day will be an optional workshop where trainees' own databases would be used and modified for being suitable for Internet access.
GBIF has invited and will cover the costs one technical person designated by the GBIF Country Node Manager to attend this meeting.
In addition a small number of people from observer countries in the region have been be invited to this event.
See the application form below
on how to apply for funding.
(Page updated 2004-03-10.)
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