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      Watervogels – Wintering waterbirds in Flanders, Belgium

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          "Watervogels – Wintering waterbirds in Flanders, Belgium" is a sampling event dataset published by the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). It contains more than 94,000 sampling events (site counts), covering over 710,000 species observations (and zero counts when there is no associated occurrence) and 36 million individual birds for the period 1991–2016. The dataset includes information on 167 different species in nearly 1,100 wetland sites. The aim of these bird counts is to gather information on the size, distribution, and long-term trends of wintering waterbird populations in Flanders. These data are also used to assess the importance of individual sites for waterbirds, using quantitative criteria. Furthermore, the waterbird counts contribute to international monitoring programs, such as the International Waterbird Census (coordinated by Wetlands International) and fulfil some of the objectives of the European Bird Directive, the Ramsar Convention, and the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA). Here the dataset is published as a standardized Darwin Core Archive and includes for each event: a stable event ID, date and location of observation and a short description of the sampling protocol, effort and conditions (in the event core), supplemented with specific information for each occurrence: a stable occurrence ID, the scientific name and higher classification of the observed species, the number of recorded individuals, and a reference to the observer of the record (in the occurrence extension). Issues with the dataset can be reported at https://github.com/inbo/data-publication/issues.

          The following information is not included in this dataset and available upon request: roost site counts, counts from historical (inactive) locations and counts from before 1991.

          We have released this dataset to the public domain under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication ( https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). We would appreciate it if you follow the INBO norms for data use ( https://www.inbo.be/en/norms-data-use) when using the data. If you have any questions regarding this dataset, do not hesitate to contact us via the contact information provided in the metadata or via opendata@inbo.be.

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          The GBIF Integrated Publishing Toolkit: Facilitating the Efficient Publishing of Biodiversity Data on the Internet

          The planet is experiencing an ongoing global biodiversity crisis. Measuring the magnitude and rate of change more effectively requires access to organized, easily discoverable, and digitally-formatted biodiversity data, both legacy and new, from across the globe. Assembling this coherent digital representation of biodiversity requires the integration of data that have historically been analog, dispersed, and heterogeneous. The Integrated Publishing Toolkit (IPT) is a software package developed to support biodiversity dataset publication in a common format. The IPT’s two primary functions are to 1) encode existing species occurrence datasets and checklists, such as records from natural history collections or observations, in the Darwin Core standard to enhance interoperability of data, and 2) publish and archive data and metadata for broad use in a Darwin Core Archive, a set of files following a standard format. Here we discuss the key need for the IPT, how it has developed in response to community input, and how it continues to evolve to streamline and enhance the interoperability, discoverability, and mobilization of new data types beyond basic Darwin Core records. We close with a discussion how IPT has impacted the biodiversity research community, how it enhances data publishing in more traditional journal venues, along with new features implemented in the latest version of the IPT, and future plans for more enhancements.
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            Journal
            Zookeys
            Zookeys
            2
            urn:lsid:arphahub.com:pub:45048D35-BB1D-5CE8-9668-537E44BD4C7E
            urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:91BD42D4-90F1-4B45-9350-EEF175B1727A
            ZooKeys
            Pensoft Publishers
            1313-2989
            1313-2970
            2020
            24 February 2020
            : 915
            : 127-135
            Affiliations
            [1 ] Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), Brussels, Belgium Research Institute for Nature and Forest Brussels Belgium
            [2 ] Belgian Biodiversity Platform, Brussels, Belgium Belgian Biodiversity Platform Brussels Belgium
            Author notes
            Corresponding author: Koen Devos ( koen.devos@ 123456inbo.be )

            Academic editor: Knud Jønsson

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            https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8442-8025
            https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0846-9116
            Article
            38265
            10.3897/zookeys.915.38265
            7052018
            bbc71365-100c-4023-a786-740eaae75c9a
            Koen Devos, Filiep T’jollyn, Peter Desmet, Frederic Piesschaert, Dimitri Brosens

            This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

            History
            : 15 July 2019
            : 17 December 2019
            Categories
            Data Paper
            Animalia
            Aves
            Biodiversity & Conservation
            Cenozoic
            Belgium
            Europe
            Western Europe

            Animal science & Zoology
            birds,monitoring,wetlands,population trends,waterbirds,distribution,open data,occurrence,observation

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