Global Registry of Scientific Collections (GRSciColl)

This is a landing page that describes what GRSciColl is and why it is important in the context of paleo data. You can dive deeper via the links to related resources aggregated here.

GRSciColl is a worldwide catalogue of scientific collections maintained by GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility. International network and data infrastructure providing open access to biodiversity data, including fossils., supported by a community comprised of national editors and representatives from registered institutions who keep the information up to date. Any user can suggest updates, additions or mergers of records, prompting editors to review the proposed changes. “Collection descriptors” make it possible to add tabular data to collection metadataInformation describing data, e.g., who collected it, where, when, how. records, and data following Latimer CoreData standard for describing collections, and is designed to support the representation and discovery of groups of items. will be searchable. Can include descriptors about collections outside the scope of GBIF occurrence recordsEvidence of a taxon at a place and time. (e.g. minerals). Learn more about collection descriptors at https://data-blog.gbif.org/post/grscicoll-collection-descriptors.

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