Fitness-for-use
Suitability, effectiveness or usefulness of GBIF mediated data in delivering accurate, authenticate, replicable, as well as scientifically valid analysis and forecasting for user defined conservation and natural resources management purposes.
Functional (Participant) Node
A GBIF Participant Node is considered as functional when it effectively helps the Participant to establish, coordinate, and maintain an active biodiversity information network or facility, using for that purpose the general framework, principles and infrastructure of GBIF. Among other roles, a functional Participant Node: a) helps the GBIF Participant to assess and address its own biodiversity information needs, b) actively engages data holders and users within the Participant’s domain, c) assists the data holders to share and publish biodiversity data, d) helps build biodiversity informatics capacity at the Participant level, e) promotes and facilitates the development of applications to serve end-user needs, f) shares its capacity and experience with other Participant Nodes, particularly those in early stages of development, g) helps to implement and deploy the GBIF informatics infrastructure, and h) actively contributes to achieve GBIF’s mission, targets, and goals.
