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B-HIT - A Tool for Harvesting and Indexing Biodiversity Data

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  • Patricia Kelbert
  • Gabriele Droege
  • Katharine Barker
  • Kyle Braak
  • E Margaret Cawsey
  • Jonathan Coddington
  • Tim Robertson
  • Jamie Whitacre
  • Anton Güntsch

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With the rapidly growing number of data publishers, the process of harvesting and indexing information to offer advanced search and discovery becomes a critical bottleneck in globally distributed primary biodiversity data infrastructures. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) implemented a Harvesting and Indexing Toolkit (HIT), which largely automates data harvesting activities for hundreds of collection and observational data providers. The team of the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem has extended this well-established system with a range of additional functions, including improved processing of multiple taxon identifications, the ability to represent associations between specimen and observation units, new data quality control and new reporting capabilities. The open source software B-HIT can be freely installed and used for setting up thematic networks serving the demands of particular user groups.

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  • Patricia Kelbert & Gabriele Droege & Katharine Barker & Kyle Braak & E Margaret Cawsey & Jonathan Coddington & Tim Robertson & Jamie Whitacre & Anton Güntsch, 2015. "B-HIT - A Tool for Harvesting and Indexing Biodiversity Data," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(11), pages 1-9, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0142240
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142240
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