History and development of ABCDEFG: a data standard for geosciences

Mitteilungen aus dem Museum fur Naturkunde in Berlin: Fossil record

Döring, Markus^3¹  Kiessling, Wolfgang^2²  Glöckler, Falko^1³  Petersen, Mareike^1⁴ 

[1] Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Straße 6–8, 14195 Berlin, Germany^4;GBIF Secretariat, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark^3;GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Loewenichstr. 28, 91054 Erlangen, Germany^2;Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstr. 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany^1

DOI  :  10.5194/fr-21-47-2018

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Copernicus Publications

【 摘 要 】

Museums and their collections have specially customized databases in order to optimally gather and record their contents and associated metadata associated with their specimens. To share, exchange, and publish data, an appropriate data standard is essential. ABCD (Access to Biological Collection Data) is a standard for biological collection units, including living and preserved specimen, together with field observation data. Its extension, EFG (Extension for Geoscience), enables sharing and publishing data related to paleontological, mineralogical, and petrological objects. The standard is very granular and allows detailed descriptions, including information about the collection event itself, the holding institution, stratigraphy, chemical analysis, and host rock. The standard extension was developed in 2006 and has been used since then by different initiatives and applied for the publication of collection-related data in domain-specific and interdisciplinary portals.

【 授权许可】

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