Add resources: Open Tree of Life, GBIF, OBIS #512
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Adds two comprehensive biodiversity resource entries to the kg-registry: 1. **EOL TraitBank** - A searchable open digital repository for organism traits and attributes - 11 million+ trait records from 50+ data sources - 1.7 million taxa across the entire tree of life - Multiple access methods: web portal, Neo4j Cypher, REST APIs, bulk downloads - Darwin Core semantic web standards 2. **Open Tree of Life** - A comprehensive phylogenetic tree synthesizing evolutionary estimates with taxonomic data - 2.4 million tips representing species and infraspecific taxa - 1,216 published phylogenetic papers with 87,000 tip taxa - Interactive web browser and RESTful APIs - Community-curated Phylesystem repository with 4,500+ studies - CC0 public domain license Both resources are validated against the kg-registry schema. 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <[email protected]>
Adds a comprehensive resource entry for GBIF, the world's largest biodiversity data portal and international data infrastructure. **GBIF Details:** - 3.1 billion+ species occurrence records from 81,000+ datasets - 2,500+ publishing institutions contributing data - All domains of life: plants, animals, fungi, protists, bacteria, archaea - 50% of records from citizen science (primarily iNaturalist) - Darwin Core standardized data format **Products included:** - Interactive GBIF.org portal for discovery and downloads - RESTful APIs (Registry, Species, Occurrence, Maps) - Darwin Core Archive and Simple CSV download formats - Integrated Publishing Toolkit (IPT) for data publication - Comprehensive technical documentation **Standards & Quality:** - Darwin Core standard for biodiversity data - 82%+ of records under CC0 or CC-BY open licenses - 30+ data quality flags and validation checks - Support for occurrence, checklist, and sampling-event datasets **Impact:** - Used by 10,000+ peer-reviewed scientific papers - Supports IUCN Red List threat assessments - Integral to IPCC and IPBES international reports - ~34 research papers per week published using GBIF data 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <[email protected]>
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Adds a comprehensive resource entry for OBIS, the global marine biodiversity data system and largest repository of ocean biodiversity information. **OBIS Details:** - 161 million+ marine biodiversity records - 160,000+ marine species covered globally - 27 million DNA sequences (eDNA metabarcoding data) - 600+ institutions contributing data from 56+ countries - Depth range: surface waters to 10,900 meters (hadal zone) - 27 regional, national, and thematic OBIS nodes **Data Standards & Formats:** - Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A) standardized format - GeoParquet cloud-native format on AWS S3 - CSV exports for spreadsheet analysis - Ecological Metadata Language (EML) for metadata - World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) as authoritative taxonomy **Products included:** - Interactive OBIS web mapper for searching and visualization - RESTful API for programmatic data access - robis R package for R-based analysis - Darwin Core Archive bulk downloads - GeoParquet cloud format on AWS - OBIS-SEAMAP specialized marine megavertebrate database (1,526 datasets, 700+ species) - Comprehensive OBIS manual with documentation **Quality Control:** - Three-step validation: initial, automated, and manual review - Taxonomic validation against WoRMS (514,088 marine species names tracked) - Data quality flags for accuracy and reliability - Community feedback integration for continuous improvement **Governance & Support:** - UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) governance - Hosted by Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Belgium - International IODE programme participation - CC0, CC BY, CC BY-NC license options **Use Cases:** - Marine conservation planning and species protection - Climate change impact assessment on marine species - Fisheries management and sustainable harvest - Ecosystem monitoring and coastal zone management - Biogeographic research and species distribution analysis
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Close #483, #484, #485