Names data
Names data refers to structured data providing information about taxonomic names and their relationships.
National Node (NBIF)
An NBIF, or National Biodiversity Information Facility is defined as the institution mandated by a country to be the national focal point/liaison on all things GBIF, and the national network coordinating institute, representing a de facto ‘mini-GBIF Secretariat’ in its role and functions, such as provision of training. Ideally such institutes should have a nationally mandated role of facilitating mobilisation of biodiversity data and information for the country.
Node
see Participant Node.
Nodes Committee
The GBIF committee, which comprises the managers of all Participant Nodes.
Node Portal Toolkit
The Nodes Portal Toolkit (NPT) is a suite of tools to deploy biodiversity data portals at the Participant level. The NPT is aimed at supporting in particular the work of the Participant Nodes to fully participate in the GBIF distributed network.
NPT
see Nodes Portal Toolkit
