Topic 2: Review GBIF implementation

[timrobertson100]

GBIF and the team behind the EMBL INSDC data have recently built an adapter that brings the EMBL datasets into GBIF.
The adapter is here resulting in these datasets.

These records are then run through the clustering which links 724k records to something (not necessarily a specimen record from a museum, but often BOLD or a taxonomic treatment citing a specimen).

Because GBIF/EMBL have already gone through the process of mapping the EMBL APIs into DwC and through clustering using the catalogue number amongst other fields, it may help form some basis for exploration in this topic. The implementations are certainly not perfect, and any observations or contributions would be very welcome.

You can read a little about the collaboration here