Participant Node, Node
A GBIF Participant Node is a unit, agency or institution designated by a GBIF Participant to coordinate the development and activities of a biodiversity information network or facility at the Participant’s level (e.g. national, regional, or thematic). The main role of a Participant Node is to promote, coordinate, and facilitate the mobilisation and use of biodiversity data among all the relevant stakeholders within the Participant’s domain, primarily to help address the Participant’s information needs and priorities. Participant Nodes serve as communication gateways among GBIF Participants and the Secretariat. They are also the conduit by which GBIF Participants contribute to and benefit from the central services, infrastructure, and capacity provided by GBIF as a globally decentralised network of networks.
This definition of a Participant Node expands and complements the one provided in the current GBIF Memorandum of Understanding (GBIF MoU 2007-2011). See also NBIFs, ReBIFs and ThemeBIFs, all of which are 'Participant nodes'.
PESI
Pan-European Species Directories Infrastructure - http://www.eu-nomen.eu/pesi/
Primary Biodiversity Data
Primary Biodiversity Data is defined as: Digital text or multimedia data record detailing facts about the instance of occurrence of an organism, i.e. on the what, where, when, how and by whom of the occurrence and the recording.
