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| Title | Distributed Dynamic Diversity Databases for Life |
| Grant Agreement Number | 238988 |
| Funding Programmes | FP7 |
| Dates | 01/05/2009 - 30/07/2012 |
| Project URL | http://www.4d4life.eu |
| Scientific Domain |
Biological and Medical Sciences |
| Type Of Project | CP-CSA-INFRA-PP |
| Abstract | A coherent classification and species checklist of the world’s plants, animals, fungi and microbes is fundamental for accessing information about biodiversity. The Catalogue of Life provides the world with a unique service: a dynamically updated global index of validated scientific names, synonyms and common names integrated within a single taxonomic hierarchy. The Catalogue of Life was initiated as a European Scientific Infrastructure under FP5 and has a distributed knowledge architecture. Its federated e-compendium of the world’s organisms grows rapidly (now covering well over one million species), and has established a formidable user base, including major global biodiversity portals as well as national biodiversity resources and individual users worldwide. Joint Research Activities in this 4D4Life Project will establish the Catalogue of Life as a state of the art e-science facility based on an enhanced service-based distributed architecture. This will make it available for integration into analytical and synthetic distributed networks such as those developing in conservation, climate change, invasive species, molecular biodiversity and regulatory domains. User-driven enhancements in the presentation of distribution data and bio-data will be made. In its Networking Activities 4D4Life will strengthen the development of Global Species Databases that provide the core of the service, and extend the geographical reach of the programme beyond Europe by realizing a Multi-Hub Network integrating data from China, New Zealand, Australia, N. America and Brazil. Service Activities, the largest part of 4D4Life, will create new electronic taxonomy services, including synonymy server, taxon name-change, and download services, plus new educational and popular services, for instance for hand-held devices. |
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Coordinator
(Organisation name and Country) |
THE UNIVERSITY OF READING, United Kingdom |
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Partners
(Organisation name and Country) |
CARDIFF UNIVERSITY, United Kingdom INSTITUT ROYAL DES SCIENCES NATURELLES DE BELGIQUE, Belgium MUSEUM FUR NATURKUNDE - LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUR EVOLUTIONS- UND BIODIVERSITATSFORSCHUNG AN DER HUMBOLDT-UNIVERSITAT ZU BERLIN, Germany UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM, Netherlands KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET, Denmark MUSEUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE, France ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH, United Kingdom NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, GALWAY, Ireland MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY - POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, Poland CAB INTERNATIONAL, United Kingdom VLAAMS INSTITUUT VOOR DE ZEE VZW, Belgium UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA, Italy UNIVERSITAT WIEN, Austria COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION, Australia Species 2000, United Kingdom SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, United States DEUTSCHES KREBSFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM, Germany CENTRO DE REFERENCIA EM INFORMACAO AMBIENTAL, Brazil CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, Spain HELMHOLTZ ZENTRUM FUR OZEANFORSCHUNG KIEL, Germany NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, United Kingdom ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW, United Kingdom INTERNATIONAL TRUST FOR ZOOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE, United Kingdom STICHTING NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER, Netherlands WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY, Netherlands Botanic Gardens Conservation International, United Kingdom NARODNI MUZEUM-NATIONAL MUSEUM NM, Czech Republic Land Oberösterreich, Austria National Museum Wales, United Kingdom TSJ BVBA, Belgium GENERALDIREKTION DER STAATLICHE NATURWISSENSCHAFTLICHEN SAMMLUNGEN BAYERNS, Germany INSTITUTE OF BOTANY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, China LANDCARE RESEARCH NEW ZEALAND LTD, New Zealand THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, United Kingdom |
