Biosphere Data Project

An Overview of the Field. Projects and Tools. Informed Discussion and Collaboration.

This site is a resource for researchers, online resource developers, and others who have a stake in environmental informatics. It's both an introduction to the field and a place to share knowledge and tools. Please let us know what you think about it.

News

XML Developments
The Biosphere Project's XML page describes the standard and lists important recent developments in XML

New Test Bed tools
Please try them out!

New Biodiversity Resource (BIOSIS)
BIOSIS and Zoological Record maintain a gateway to online Biodiversity resources

Top 50 New Links
From the European Environmental Information and Observation NETwork (EIONET)

Biodiversity/Wildlife Reports and Articles from SciCentral.com

Environmental News from Moreover.com

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Basic Environmental Resources

Starting Points in Environmental Informatics
Overview An orientation to resources for organizing online information
Online Resource Development Including web development and open source software
The Standards Process Where technology and politics officially meet
Metadata Controlled vocabularies and indexing codes
Information Organization Using classification and data structures to make information usable
Information Presentation Designing interfaces and presenting data graphically
Geographic Information Systems Georeferenced information is often integral to environmental data work
Social/Institutional Aspects Legal, political, and more...

What is Environmental Informatics?

An emerging field centering around the development of standards and protocols, both technical and institutional, for sharing and integrating environmental data and information. More...

Collaboration and Knowledge Development

News Sharing - Tools to pull in content from many sources

Forum - Make comments, ask questions, or post links to datasets and resources that you want to share

Test Bed - Try new tools

Knowledge Mapping - Connect ideas and resources across disciplines