Project:BB|1274

Title
BeBIF: Belgian Biodiversity Information Facility
Acronym
 
URL
http://www.be.gbif.net/
StartDate
2002-06-01
EndDate
2008-03-01
Amount
 

Abstract

The Belgian Node of GBIF

The official start of BeBIF, a network project associated to the BEN services was on June 1st 2002. This project is subsidised by the Belgian Science Policy Office (BelSPO). BeBIF is the Belgian part of a world-wide effort named GBIF (for Global Biodiversity Information Facility). It is an endeavour to build the prototype of a Belgian bioinformatics infrastructure to integrate within a unified environment several Belgian Biodiversity resources.

Keywords

Be-BIF, BeBIF, Belgium, bioinformatics, conservation, databases, GBIF, informatics, Global Biodiversity Information Facility, collections, digitization

Classifications

Information Systems {Research discipline}
Computer Software {Research discipline}
Data Format {Research discipline}
Other Information, Computing and Communication Sciences {Research discipline}
Species {Integration level}
National {Cooperation status}
European (EU) {Cooperation status}
International (non-EU) {Cooperation status}
Origins, Maintenance and Change of Biodiversity {Research orientation}
Systematics, Inventorying and Classification {Research orientation}
Monitoring of Biodiversity {Research orientation}
Conservation, Restoration and Sustainable use of Biodiversity {Research orientation}
Terrestrial {Geographical scope}
Europe {Geographical scope}
Africa {Geographical scope}
Access to and Transfer of Technology {Research purpose}
Exchange of Information {Research purpose}
Technical and Scientific Cooperation {Research purpose}
Identification and Monitoring {Research purpose}

People

Name Role Start End
Duflost, Johan member 2002-08-01 2007-10-01
Heughebaert, André member 2005-06-01
Cigar, Julien member 2004-11-01
Mergen, Patricia member 2002-06-01 2005-01-01
Nuytinck, Jorinde member 2005-01-01 2005-12-01
Youdjou, Nabil member 2006-05-01
Colet, Marc promotor 2002-06-01
Roisin, Yves promotor 2006-09-01
Herzog, Robert promotor 2002-06-01 2006-09-01
Desmet, Peter member 2006-01-01 2008-07-01

Orgunits

Name Role Start End
Bioinformatique leader 2002-06-01

Collaborations

Name Role Start End
Belgian Biodiversity Platform partner

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