Our Services
Around 50 partner institutions, among them scientific institutions, museums, natural history societies and state offices, pool their expertise in NFDI4Biodiversity to provide users with a wide range of services for working with biodiversity and environmental data. Our goal is to provide researchers and other users with tools and services that enrich and support them in the implementation of their projects – from creating data management plans and searching for data to archiving their own data sets.
Planning
Our planning tools support the handling of biodiversity, ecology and environmental data – structured, comprehensible and transparent.
Harmonizing
Our harmonisation tools empower you to curate your data and use consistent terminologies – therefore ensuring that data can be used collaboratively.
Accessing & Archiving
Our services for Access & Archival support you in storing, archiving, retrieving and/or reusing data.
Discovering & Exploring
Our services for the discovery and exploration of data help you to make sure your data sets are accessible and reusable in the long run.
Processing & Visualizing
Our processing and visualization applications help you analyze or visually prepare your data.
Support & Training
Questions about using our tools and services or interested in an introduction to them? Check out our Support & Training offers.
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Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH Göttingen (GWDG), State Natural Science Collections of Bavaria/SNSB IT Centre, German Federation for Biological DataRequirements
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Planning, Harmonizing, Accessing & Archiving, Discovering & Exploring, Processing & Visualizing, Support & TrainingSupport
HelpdeskThe DWB Virtual Training Environment instances at GWDG provide free remote access to Diversity Workbench (DWB) clients and SQL database software. The access is organized for single users by NFDI authentication with DWB authorization. The instances include test data from research projects and provide access to terminologies and taxonomies. Data exchange with external resources is possible. The parent instance at SNSB and the child instances at GWDG are regularly technically updated (SaaS).
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Provider
German Federation for Biological DataRequirements
None; account is required for personal supportArea of application
PlanningSupport
HelpdeskThe GFBio Data Management Planning Service consists of a self-service tool and optional individual support to generate data management plans (DMPs) for biodiversity-related projects. The tool is structured according to the categories (1) General Project Information, (2) Data Collection, (3) Documentation and Metadata, (4) Ethics and Legal Compliance and (5) Preservation and Sharing. Based on the input, a data management plan will be developed with personal support from our DMP officer.
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German Federation for Biological DataRequirements
NoneArea of application
Planning, Harmonizing, Accessing & Archiving, Discovering & Exploring, Processing & Visualizing, Support & TrainingLink
www.gfbio.orgSupport
HelpdeskThe GFBio Portal is the central point of contact for data and associated services along the data life cycle provided by the German Federation for Biological Data (GFBio e.V.) in Bremen. Researchers will find access to data from ten relevant data centers as well as proven services and advice for data management plans, data analysis, publication and archiving. The GFBio Wiki and various self-learning materials from the GFBio roadshows impart knowledge on all aspects of biological, ecological and environmental data.
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Free University of Berlin, Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum BerlinRequirements
Server with running Python and web server software; primary biodiversity data (observations, specimens) in relational database or Excel/CSV filesArea of application
Harmonizing, Accessing & ArchivingLink
www.biocase.org/provider_softwareSupport
HelpdeskThe BioCASe (Biological Collections Access Service) Provider Software is an XML data binding middleware for publishing data from a relational database to an information network according to the FAIR principles. After installing BioCASe and configuring it for a given database, the published information will be accessible as a BioCASe web service, which means it can be retrieved with BioCASe protocol requests. Even though BioCASe can be used for any conceptual XML data schema, its main field of application is the publication of occurrence data from specimen or observational databases to primary biodiversity information networks such as the BioCASe network and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, using the ABCD data standard.
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Provider
Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH Göttingen (GWDG), State Natural Science Collections of Bavaria/SNSB IT Centre, German Federation for Biological DataRequirements
NoneArea of application
Planning, Harmonizing, Accessing & Archiving, Discovering & Exploring, Processing & Visualizing, Support & TrainingSupport
HelpdeskThe DWB Virtual Training Environment instances at GWDG provide free remote access to Diversity Workbench (DWB) clients and SQL database software. The access is organized for single users by NFDI authentication with DWB authorization. The instances include test data from research projects and provide access to terminologies and taxonomies. Data exchange with external resources is possible. The parent instance at SNSB and the child instances at GWDG are regularly technically updated (SaaS).
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Provider
German Federation for Biological DataRequirements
NoneArea of application
Harmonizing, Accessing & ArchivingLink
https://submissions.gfbio.orgSupport
HelpdeskThe GFBio Data Submission Service enables the submission of (heterogeneous) biological, ecological and environmental datasets for archiving in a federated network of data centers. The datasets are reviewed and curated by subject matter experts from the respective GFBio Data Center. The curated datasets are then archived long-term and published with a persistent identifier (e.g. DOI, Accession numbers). Heterogeneous data can be archived and published in two or more data centers and are then linked to each other via their persistent identifiers.
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Provider
German Federation for Biological DataRequirements
NoneArea of application
Planning, Harmonizing, Accessing & Archiving, Discovering & Exploring, Processing & Visualizing, Support & TrainingLink
www.gfbio.orgSupport
HelpdeskThe GFBio Portal is the central point of contact for data and associated services along the data life cycle provided by the German Federation for Biological Data (GFBio e.V.) in Bremen. Researchers will find access to data from ten relevant data centers as well as proven services and advice for data management plans, data analysis, publication and archiving. The GFBio Wiki and various self-learning materials from the GFBio roadshows impart knowledge on all aspects of biological, ecological and environmental data.
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Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and BiodiversityRequirements
User account; running BioCASe provider software instanceArea of application
Accessing & Archiving, Discovering & Exploring, Processing & VisualizingSupport
HelpdeskThe BioCASe Monitor Service (BMS) is a web-based tool for coordinators of distributed data networks that provide information to web portals and data aggregators via the BioCASe Provider Software. It has three main purposes: (1) monitoring the provider’s progress in data provision, (2) facilitating checks of data mappings with a focus on the structure, plausibility and completeness, and (3) verifying compliance of provided data for transformation into other target schemas.
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Provider
Free University of Berlin, Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum BerlinRequirements
Server with running Python and web server software; primary biodiversity data (observations, specimens) in relational database or Excel/CSV filesArea of application
Harmonizing, Accessing & ArchivingLink
www.biocase.org/provider_softwareSupport
HelpdeskThe BioCASe (Biological Collections Access Service) Provider Software is an XML data binding middleware for publishing data from a relational database to an information network according to the FAIR principles. After installing BioCASe and configuring it for a given database, the published information will be accessible as a BioCASe web service, which means it can be retrieved with BioCASe protocol requests. Even though BioCASe can be used for any conceptual XML data schema, its main field of application is the publication of occurrence data from specimen or observational databases to primary biodiversity information networks such as the BioCASe network and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, using the ABCD data standard.
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Provider
Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH Göttingen (GWDG), State Natural Science Collections of Bavaria/SNSB IT Centre, German Federation for Biological DataRequirements
NoneArea of application
Planning, Harmonizing, Accessing & Archiving, Discovering & Exploring, Processing & Visualizing, Support & TrainingSupport
HelpdeskThe DWB Virtual Training Environment instances at GWDG provide free remote access to Diversity Workbench (DWB) clients and SQL database software. The access is organized for single users by NFDI authentication with DWB authorization. The instances include test data from research projects and provide access to terminologies and taxonomies. Data exchange with external resources is possible. The parent instance at SNSB and the child instances at GWDG are regularly technically updated (SaaS).
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Provider
German Federation for Biological DataRequirements
NoneArea of application
Harmonizing, Accessing & ArchivingLink
https://submissions.gfbio.orgSupport
HelpdeskThe GFBio Data Submission Service enables the submission of (heterogeneous) biological, ecological and environmental datasets for archiving in a federated network of data centers. The datasets are reviewed and curated by subject matter experts from the respective GFBio Data Center. The curated datasets are then archived long-term and published with a persistent identifier (e.g. DOI, Accession numbers). Heterogeneous data can be archived and published in two or more data centers and are then linked to each other via their persistent identifiers.
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Provider
German Federation for Biological DataRequirements
NoneArea of application
Planning, Harmonizing, Accessing & Archiving, Discovering & Exploring, Processing & Visualizing, Support & TrainingLink
www.gfbio.orgSupport
HelpdeskThe GFBio Portal is the central point of contact for data and associated services along the data life cycle provided by the German Federation for Biological Data (GFBio e.V.) in Bremen. Researchers will find access to data from ten relevant data centers as well as proven services and advice for data management plans, data analysis, publication and archiving. The GFBio Wiki and various self-learning materials from the GFBio roadshows impart knowledge on all aspects of biological, ecological and environmental data.
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BIBI/University of BielefeldRequirements
LS login; BIIGLE accountArea of application
Discovering & Exploring, Processing & VisualizingLink
www.biigle.deSupport
Helpdesk
BIIGLE is a web-based software for image and video annotation that enables collaborative research on large datasets. It offers tools for manual and computer-assisted annotation, quality control and the collaboration on custom taxonomies to describe objects. BIIGLE is freely available and can be installed in cloud environments, a local network or on mobile platforms during research expeditions. The public instance on biigle.de is free for non-commercial use. -
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Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and BiodiversityRequirements
User account; running BioCASe provider software instanceArea of application
Accessing & Archiving, Discovering & Exploring, Processing & VisualizingSupport
HelpdeskThe BioCASe Monitor Service (BMS) is a web-based tool for coordinators of distributed data networks that provide information to web portals and data aggregators via the BioCASe Provider Software. It has three main purposes: (1) monitoring the provider’s progress in data provision, (2) facilitating checks of data mappings with a focus on the structure, plausibility and completeness, and (3) verifying compliance of provided data for transformation into other target schemas.
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Provider
Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH Göttingen (GWDG), State Natural Science Collections of Bavaria/SNSB IT Centre, German Federation for Biological DataRequirements
NoneArea of application
Planning, Harmonizing, Accessing & Archiving, Discovering & Exploring, Processing & Visualizing, Support & TrainingSupport
HelpdeskThe DWB Virtual Training Environment instances at GWDG provide free remote access to Diversity Workbench (DWB) clients and SQL database software. The access is organized for single users by NFDI authentication with DWB authorization. The instances include test data from research projects and provide access to terminologies and taxonomies. Data exchange with external resources is possible. The parent instance at SNSB and the child instances at GWDG are regularly technically updated (SaaS).
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Provider
German Federation for Biological DataRequirements
NoneArea of application
Planning, Harmonizing, Accessing & Archiving, Discovering & Exploring, Processing & Visualizing, Support & TrainingLink
www.gfbio.orgSupport
HelpdeskThe GFBio Portal is the central point of contact for data and associated services along the data life cycle provided by the German Federation for Biological Data (GFBio e.V.) in Bremen. Researchers will find access to data from ten relevant data centers as well as proven services and advice for data management plans, data analysis, publication and archiving. The GFBio Wiki and various self-learning materials from the GFBio roadshows impart knowledge on all aspects of biological, ecological and environmental data.
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Provider
German Federation for Biological DataRequirements
NoneArea of application
Discovering & ExploringSupport
HelpdeskGFBio Data Search allows you to search for datasets archived and published in the GFBio data centers. Data from a total of seven collection data centers and three domain-specific repositories can be searched for biological, ecological and environmental data. Data submitted, archived and published via the GFBio Data Submission Service can also be found via the Data Search.
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Provider
Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and BiodiversityRequirements
User account; running BioCASe provider software instanceArea of application
Accessing & Archiving, Discovering & Exploring, Processing & VisualizingSupport
HelpdeskThe BioCASe Monitor Service (BMS) is a web-based tool for coordinators of distributed data networks that provide information to web portals and data aggregators via the BioCASe Provider Software. It has three main purposes: (1) monitoring the provider’s progress in data provision, (2) facilitating checks of data mappings with a focus on the structure, plausibility and completeness, and (3) verifying compliance of provided data for transformation into other target schemas.
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Provider
Free University of Berlin, Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum BerlinRequirements
NoneArea of application
Accessing & ArchivingLink
https://transformation.gfbio.orgSupport
HelpdeskWeb-based service that transforms biodiversity-related data between different community formats such as ABCD (Access to Biological Collections Data), CDM Light (Common Data Model) and PANGAEA PanSimple. The currently supported transformations are:
- ABCD > PANGAEA PanSimple
- ABCD > HTML Landing Page
- ABCD (archive) > DarwinCore Archive
- CDM Light > PANGAEA PanSimple
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Provider
Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH Göttingen (GWDG), State Natural Science Collections of Bavaria/SNSB IT Centre, German Federation for Biological DataRequirements
NoneArea of application
Planning, Harmonizing, Accessing & Archiving, Discovering & Exploring, Processing & Visualizing, Support & TrainingSupport
HelpdeskThe DWB Virtual Training Environment instances at GWDG provide free remote access to Diversity Workbench (DWB) clients and SQL database software. The access is organized for single users by NFDI authentication with DWB authorization. The instances include test data from research projects and provide access to terminologies and taxonomies. Data exchange with external resources is possible. The parent instance at SNSB and the child instances at GWDG are regularly technically updated (SaaS).
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Provider
German Federation for Biological DataRequirements
NoneArea of application
Planning, Harmonizing, Accessing & Archiving, Discovering & Exploring, Processing & Visualizing, Support & TrainingLink
www.gfbio.orgSupport
HelpdeskThe GFBio Portal is the central point of contact for data and associated services along the data life cycle provided by the German Federation for Biological Data (GFBio e.V.) in Bremen. Researchers will find access to data from ten relevant data centers as well as proven services and advice for data management plans, data analysis, publication and archiving. The GFBio Wiki and various self-learning materials from the GFBio roadshows impart knowledge on all aspects of biological, ecological and environmental data.
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Our Helpdesk is our point of contact for all questions about research data management, the use of tools and services, as well as for enquiries about training and collaboration with NFDI4Biodiversity.
The helpdesk team will forward your request to the respective experts of the NFDI4Biodiversity and German Federation for Biological Data (GFBio) network.
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Our partner institutions offer (partly regularly, partly on request) training on the use of their tools and services for working with biodiversity, ecology and environmental data.
Services Report 2023
For an overview of the Services 2021-2023 work, we recommend you read the "NFDI4Biodiversity Service Portfolio Report":
NFDI4Biodiversity Service Portfolio Report 2023 (Meister, Maria; Feser, Manuel; Steilen, Lena; König-Ries, Birgitta; Seeger, Bernhard; Ebert, Barbara & Glöckner, Frank Oliver), 2023. Zenodo, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8327366.