This document provides information about SCAR-MarBIN and ANTABIF, which are web platforms that provide open access to marine biodiversity data. SCAR-MarBIN was funded by various organizations and aims to build a network of biodiversity data, adopt standards, and make data accessible to science, conservation and management. It contains over 1 million records from 138 datasets covering over 5,200 taxa. ANTABIF is being developed to create a new portal for Antarctic biodiversity data. Both aim to ensure the long-term continuation of sharing biodiversity data networks.

1. SCAR-MarBIN
and ANTABIF
webPlatforms to valorize your data
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2. SCAR-MarBIN
Marine Biodiversity Information Network
• Funding: Belgian science Policy office
• Belgian Biodiversity Platform
• International Polar Year 2007/08
• Census of Antarctic Marine Life
• Ocean Biogeographic Information System
• Global Biodiversity Information Network
• Encyclopedia of Life

3. Philosophy
• Build a network
• Offer free and open access to data and technology
• Expose all the (biodiversity) data and metadata
• Remain community-driven
• Adopt strong standardization
• Work for science, conservation, management
Riddle, M. Australian Antarctic Division

4. What sort of data?
• Primary Biodiversity data
• Taxonomy and Systematics
• Occurence/abundance data
• Genetic data
• DwC

5. Tangible results
all taxa • The first RAMS
• Board of 60 editors
all species • Feeds WoRMS, CoL and EoL
• 16,224 taxa
• 9,253 species
•
valid species
8,211 valid species
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6. Tangible results
1,031,732 records
138 datasets
over 5,200 taxa
Downloadable
WebGIS
Webservices OGC
+RESTish

7. Useful??
• Polar Macroscope Synthesis team
• Injection into conservation processes
• New insights in biogeography
• New insights in ecological processes
• AFG & cybertaxonomy
• Barcoding
• ARCOD & Bipolarity
Griffiths HJ, British Antarctic Survey

8. AntaBIF
• Antarctic Biodiversity Information Facility
• Build a new portal: www.biodiversity.aq
• Funding: BELSPO (two years)
• Include terrestrial and limnetic data
• register of Antarctic species
• ensure the long term continuation of the
network(s)
• Close collaboration with AAD/EBA

9. Meet your audience
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• Hits: 4,602,575
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• Bandwidth: 63,214 MB 7%
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• Data flow: 27,603,467 records 21%
• Origin of connections: 140+ countries
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Belgium Germany Poland Brazil
Russian Federation Italy Spain Canada
USA Educational France Singapore Australia
Argentina Bahamas Japan Israel
Ukraine New Zealand Denmark Netherlands
China

10. Jump In!
info@scarmarbin.be