IABIN Network Architecture Washington

IABINNetwork Architecture: 

IABIN Network Architecture Washington, DC, April 4, 2007

Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network (IABIN): 

Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network (IABIN) IABIN (Summit of the Americas on Sustainable Development, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia 1996) Internet-based forum for technical and scientific collaboration for the collection, exchange, and use of biodiversity information relevant to decision-making and education Promote free and universal access to biodiversity information and strengthening of biodiversity information systems, as the develop of the appropriate cyber-infrastructure for different levels 34 national governments, academia, non-governmental and inter-governmental organizations, natural history collections and private sector

IABIN: 

National Focal Points (34 Countries) IABIN Secretariat (January 2005) Consortiums lead by the following institutions: Invasive Species (I3N): NBII (US), Species and Specimens: INBio (Costa Rica) Protected Areas: Fundação O Boticário (Brazil) Pollinators: CoEvolution Institute (US) Ecosysytems: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (Panama) Catalog: NBII (US) IABIN

IABIN Architecture (Basic Idea): 

IABIN Architecture (Basic Idea)

Integration between TNs: 

Integration between TNs

IT Roles: 

IT Roles

Geospatial Data (Geointegrator): 

Internet Panama Endangered Species Panama Land Cover Costa Rica Endangered Species Colombia Panamá Perú Bolivia Geospatial Data (Geointegrator) Geospatial Data (Geointegrator)

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Ecosystems GEOSS Classification Structure (6 Levels) Standard Format Database with National Classification Data Terrestrial Marine Freshwater Relations with other TN’s List of Dominant Species Geospatial Protected Areas WDPA Standard (to be accepted) Relations with other TN’s List of Dominant Species Geospatial Pollinators Specimens: DcW/ABCD Species: Plinian Core Relationship between Pollinators and Plants (to be determined) Relations with other TNs x,y scientific name Invasive Species Specimens: DcW/ABCD Species: Plinian Core Relations with other TNs x,y Scientific name Species and Specimens Specimens: DcW/ABCD Species: Plinian Core Relations with other TNs x,y Scientific name Distribution maps Catalog IABIN Biobot (Search tool) Dublin Core Synchronization of common data providers with other Networks IABIN Data Providers TAPIR (DwC/ABDC/Plinian Core) WFS (WMS)

Other IABIN Activities: 

Other IABIN Activities Training Data providers meetings Grants for data content creation Decision support tools

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Secretariat Iván Valdespino, Director ivaldespino@iabin.net Rita Besana, Content Manager rbesana@iabin.net Boris Ramírez, Thematic Network Coordinator bramirez@iabin.net City of Knowledge, Building 801, Clayton, Republic of Panama Phone: +507 317-1992, 317-1993 Fax: +507 317-1994 http://www.iabin.net