Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG): Vocabularies and Ontologies

Description

Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) is an international not-for-profit group that develops standards and protocols for sharing biodiversity data. They have a detailed collection of vocabularies and ontologies for studies of biological organisms.

Type

Vocabulary/Ontology

Stage of Maturity

Existing - the item is available for public use, has been released or widely adopted, and is sponsored or maintained

Notes:

Producer

About TDWG: http://www.tdwg.org/about-tdwg/

Maintainer

TDWG

Users

Users and developers of biological database projects, or projects involved in biodiversity, cataloguing biological organisms.

Support

For contact information: http://www.tdwg.org/about-tdwg/contact-us/

Examples

• GBIF uses TDWG standards and protocols: http://www.gbif.org/.