Aggregator
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Intergovernmental infrastructure for biodiversity data, with global reach.
How it connects
Builds on
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility depends on DataCite. GBIF's IPT mints dataset and derived-dataset DOIs through a DataCite account.
Connects to
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility is a member of DataCite. Direct member of DataCite.
Links
Details
Also known as: GBIF
Description
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility) aggregates biodiversity data at a global scale through a network of participating countries.
Attributes
| url | https://www.gbif.org/ |
|---|---|
| identifiers | ror: 05fjyn938, wikidata: Q1531570 |
| status | active |
| governance | Intergovernmental |
| outputLicence | open |
| codebase | open-source |
| prominence | detail |
| note | Core services (occurrence API, IPT, pipelines) are published open source across several repositories; not tracked here under a single package-level SPDX id. |
| type | Aggregator |
| aggregatorKind | federation |
| objectScope | dataset |
| Tags | function: aggregation, openness: bulk downloadable |
| Geography | global |
Sources
- https://www.gbif.org/what-is-gbif(opens in a new tab) (accessed 2026-09-04)
- https://ipt.gbif.org/manual/en/ipt/latest/doi-workflow(opens in a new tab) (accessed 2026-09-04)
Last reviewed: 2026-09-04
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