Liberating material citations as a 1st step to better data Oct 23, 2021 This is part of a series of posts explaining the data extracted and liberated by Plazi more
MaterialCitation accepted as a new TDWG Darwin Core standard Oct 18, 2021 Plazi-submitted term “materialCitation” has been acceped as a TDWG Darwin Core standard more
BHL and Plazi partnership Jun 14, 2021 BHL and Plazi will collaborate to create a workflow from existing literature to liberate digital accessible data to its reuse in GBIF... more
The digital age and the tragedy of not knowing what we know about biodiversity May 11, 2021 One of the big challenges in biology - how many species are on planet Earth, where do they live and what do they do - is increasingly relevant... more
materialCitation as a new class submitted to TDWG Darwin Core standard Apr 12, 2021 Plazi submitted a new term “materialCitation” for dicussion for an eventual inclusion in the TDWG Darwin Core standard... more
A new GBIF Plazi data issue feedback loop Feb 12, 2021 The launch of the new feedback button in GBIF reflects the commitment by GBIF and Plazi to care about the data... more
ClickUp supporting Plazi with task management system Aug 31, 2020 Managing collaborations involving multiple locations, time zones and complementing operations is challenging... more
Time for an interim review of Plazi’s Covid-19 related activities Jul 17, 2020 Three months ago we started with Pensoft an effort (see also press release) to contribute to a better understanding of the SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) aka corona virus that led to the global... more
The taxonomic treatments from Linnaeus’ Systema Naturae, 1758, 10th edition, liberated Jun 29, 2020 A milestone in the development of modern biology was the introduction of the standardization resulting from comparative and... more