Join us for the next session of the technical support hour for GBIF nodes on November 6th, 2024, at 4 pm CET (please note we are switching back to standard time), where the topic is “switching GBIF’s taxonomic backbone to the Catalogue of Life extended release (x-release)”.
Catalogue of Life is preparing an extended version of the Catalogue of Life Checklist which integrates additional taxonomic and nomenclatural data sources. This includes recently described species, additional synonyms, as well as other names originating from molecular and sequence registers. In this session, we are joined by Diana Hernández and Camila Plata from COL who will describe the progress and challenges they faced when constructing x-release. They will also show the provenance of the selected taxonomic data sources and their relevance for closing data gaps to better represent endemic species, synonyms, and less-known taxa.
Please feel free to post questions on the discourse forum or write to helpdesk@gbif.org.