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Appendix: Solutions

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 This appendix contains the answers and additional information to all of the review quizzes.

About GBIF

What is GBIF?

GBIF is all of these:

  • An intergovernmental network and research infrastructure

  • A collaboration among governments and international organizations

  • A network of participant nodes

  • A secretariat, based in Copenhagen, Denmark

When was GBIF established?

  • 2001

Which of the following is the best description of a GBIF Participant node?

  • A team designated by a Participant country or organization to coordinate a network of people and institutions that produce, manage and use biodiversity data, collectively building an infrastructure for delivering biodiversity information

Which of the following is NOT a typical function of a GBIF Participant node?

  • Maintaining a mirror website of the GBIF.org to ensure real-time backup of the GBIF data index and improve user access from within the country

What is a GBIF Participant?

  • A country, economy or organization that joins GBIF by signing the Memorandum of Understanding and establishing a co-ordinated effort to support open access and use of biodiversity data, to advance scientific research, and to promote technological and sustainable development

What is a GBIF Head of Delegation?

  • The person designated by the participating country/economy/organization to act as its representative to the GBIF Governing Board and take part in the global-level decision making

What is a Biodiversity information facility?

  • The broader structure of people and institutions, coordinated by the node, that collectively forms an infrastructure for delivering biodiversity information to relevant stakeholders

What is a Node manager?

  • The person designated by a participating country/economy/organization to manage the activities of the node to coordinate a biodiversity information facility

Who designates the institution that hosts the GBIF Participant node?

  • The Head of Delegation

GBIF-mediated data

What dataset class makes up the core of data published within GBIF?

  • Occurrence

What is the taxonomic backbone?

The GBIF taxonomic backbone is all of these: * A dataset * A management classification with the goal of covering all names in GBIF * Allows for taxonomic search on GBIF

Which licenses or waivers can be applied to datasets published in GBIF?

  • CC BY

  • CC BY-NC

  • CC0

Images are subject to the same licenses as datasets?

  • False

GBIF data are FAIR?

  • True

Data publishing

What does data publishing mean in the context of GBIF?

  • Making your biodiversity dataset(s) publicly accessible and discoverable in a standardized format

Which of the following are incentives for publishing data?

  • contribute to global knowledge about biodiversity

  • new opportunities for collaboration

  • make data freely accessible

How do you become a publisher in the GBIF network?

  • fill out the Become a publisher form on GBIF.org and wait for endorsement

There are no requirements for publishing your data on GBIF.org

  • False

What is the GBIF data validator?

  • a tool to check my data for issues

Data access

How can you access GBIF data?

You can access GBIF data with all of these methods.

  • GBIF.org search interface

  • GBIF API

  • rGBIF

Which file formats are available for downloads of data?

  • simple

  • Darwin Core Archive

  • species list

What kind of flags does GBIF apply to data to alert you to the quality?

  • altered

  • excluded

  • inferred

Community of practice

Who does most of the translations of GBIF materials, including the GBIF.org website and training materials?

  • Volunteer translators from GBIF’s community of practice

How can I get support with a biodiversity data mobilization project?

All of these choices are possible:

  • Write to info@gbif.org

  • Request a volunteer mentor to provide remote support

  • Undertake the online data mobilization course

What is a biodiversity open data ambassador?

  • Biodiversity professionals who promote the principles and best practices of open data sharing and use

GBIF’s materials are not available in my language. What should I do?

All of these options are possible:

  • Write to info@gbif.org to request the translation

  • Sign up to be a volunteer translator and contribute to the translation myself

  • Share information on how to be a volunteer translator with others to help in the translation effort