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Guidelines for citing specimen
and observation data obtained via the GBIF Data Portal
DRAFT 0.4
1. The citation of data obtained via the GBIF portal should include
reference(s) to both GBIF and the data provider(s) from whom the data
came. The GBIF citation should include the URL of the data
portal.
<GBIF
Data Portal, www.gbif.net>
2. Because the number of records obtained as the result of a query may
vary over time, the date of the query in question must be included in
the citation.
<GBIF
Data Portal, www.gbif.net>. <yyyy-mm-dd>
3. Each of the data providers should be cited, with the number of
records coming from that provider indicated.
<GBIF
Data Portal, www.gbif.net>.
<yyyy-mm-dd>. <Data Provider 1, x
records>; <Data
Provider 2, x records>; ...; <Data
Provider n, x records>.
Special
note:
If the number of records is quite small, the actual specimen
identifiers
may be listed rather than merely number of records, but in the case of
larger
datasets, this may be prohibited by space available in the publication.
4. In case the provider metadata states a requirement of recognition of
the individual resources (= databases, collections), they should be
mentioned after the data provider.
<GBIF
Data Portal, www.gbif.net>.
<yyyy-mm-dd>. <Data Provider 1, Resource
1.1, x
records>; <Data Provider 2, Resource 2.1, x
records>; ...;
<Data Provider n, Resource n, x records>.
EXAMPLE
using data for Puma concolor. Please note that the last data provider here also
includes reference to the individual resource, but the others do not.
GBIF
Data Portal, www.gbif.net. 2005-03-31. Field Museum of Natural History,
10
records; Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, 204 records; Royal
Ontario Museum, 1 record; University of
Washington Burke Museum, 36 records; University of Turku, WWF Peru, 10
records.
EXAMPLE
using all (5 records from 2 providers) data for Amphiachyris amoena.
GBIF
Data Portal, www.gbif.net. 2005-03-31. New York
Botanical Garden, 278126; University
of Kansas Natural History Museum, 119894, 119895,
119896, 313664.
It should be noted that the form that these citations
will take in the future will evolve from the format recommended here,
once GBIF
technologies have settled on type of globally unique identifiers, means
of
electronic recording of query results, etc.
For a white paper that explains some of the challenges that must be
resolved and the options available in this area, see www.gbif.org/DataProviders/Cite
These guidelines are compatible with GBIF Data Sharing
Agreement and GBIF Data Use Agreement http://www.gbif.org/DataProviders/Agreements/
Version 0.4; draft; 2005-04-08 13:32. Send your comments on
this draft to webmaster@gbif.org
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