Plays well with others, or

What I’ve learned as a data provider in an interoperable world.

Chris Freeland

Missouri Botanical GardenBiodiversity Heritage Library

About Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden (MOBOT)

MBG Research

MOBOT Research

Biodiversity data are stored in:

Printed publications since 1750’s

Museum collections…

especially the label >>

Database records

Images

Data sharing

Plant Names

Specimens

Plant Names

Plant NamesSpecimensDescriptions

Plant Names

Plant Names

Citations

Where’s my all-in-one,

comprehensive, data translator?

Featuring theUniversal MultiSchema

XSLT® adapter

Data Sharing

• Standards • Services

Data Sharing

Networks & Standards & Services, of course, but also…

Standards and the Next Big Thing

• EOL & BHL

Interchange vs. internal storage

Dublin Core• Title• Creator• Subject• Description• Contributor

My Data• Title• Author• SubjectHeading• Description• Editor

Interchange vs. internal storage

Dublin Core• Title• Creator• Subject• Description• Contributor

My Data• Title• Author• SubjectHeading• Description• Editor

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Reuse, don’t rebuild

Screenshot of Names Finding

Thank You

http://www.tropicos.orghttp://www.biodiversitylibrary.org

http://www.eol.orghttp://www.ubio.org