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GBIF @gbif.org · 21d

🚨Have your say on the new conceptual model and Data Package Guide for #DarwinCore

The @tdwg.org Darwin Core Maintenance Group has opened a 90-day public review and comment period for the new conceptual model and Data Package Guide.

🗓️ 17 September – 16 December 2025
🔗 www.tdwg.org/news/20...

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Open science lab for biodiversity @oscibio.inbo.be · Sep 2

📦 We just released a new version (0.4.0) of our R package movepub.

🌟 This release improves the conversion of animal tracking data to Darwin Core and EML, making it easier to publish this type of data to @gbif.org and @obis.org.

👉 oscibio.inbo.be/blog/movepub...

#rstats #biologging

movepub 0.4.0

We released a new version of our R package movepub.

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Open science lab for biodiversity @oscibio.inbo.be · Jun 11

📦 We just released a new version (0.4.0) of our R package camtrapdp.

🌟 This release includes lots of new functionality, such as merging and writing Camera Trap Data Packages, updating taxa or rounding coordinates, and conversion to EML.

👉 oscibio.inbo.be/blog/camtrap...

#rstats #cameratrapping

camtrapdp 0.4.0

We released a new version of our R package camtrapdp.

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Open Knowledge Foundation @okfn.bsky.social · Apr 7

🌟 The #FrictionlessSummit documentation is live. Review how the community meeting went to discuss #TheTechWeWant vision and the next steps for #FrictionlessData.

✍️ Blog by Community Manager @sarapetti.bsky.social : buff.ly/aQieIwO
▶️ Video recording: buff.ly/8iZ2kNv

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Benjamin Cretois @bencretois.bsky.social · Apr 8

We're working on a common standard for Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) data! 📡🎙️ Hopefully this will boost data sharing, FAIR access & large-scale studies. 🧪 Read about our proposed standard & join our May webinar via @wildlabs.bsky.social

More: wildlabs.net/discussion/s...

Safe and Sound: a standard for bioacoustic data | WILDLABS

BackgroundThanks to the Boring Fund, we are developing a common standard for Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) data.Why it’s important: PAM is rapidly growing, but a core bottleneck is the lack of acc...

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Fabiola Iannarilli @fa-bio-la.bsky.social · Mar 31

Great work by @elhamebrahimi.bsky.social at #ecm9 on creating reports starting from the #cameratrap DP standard. First of many outcomes coming out of #Big_Picture, a @biodiversaplus.bsky.social consortium focused on improving the camera trap pipeline 📷🦊🐺🫎📷

Tim R Hofmeester 🦡🦦 @timhofmeester.bsky.social · Mar 31

@elhamebrahimi.bsky.social presenting really important and cool work on a new R package to automate reporting of camera trap data at #ecm9 Work that is done as part of our Biodiversa+ project #Big_Picture

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Open Knowledge Foundation @okfn.bsky.social · Mar 28

💫 Happening now: @peterdesmet.com shows a concrete application of #DataPackage in the Camtrap DP project buff.ly/5EmL55P to observe animals in wildlife in a non-intrusive way.

👉🏾 You can still join the #FrictionlessSummit: buff.ly/6JSOeeQ

#TheTechWeWant
#OpenData

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GBIF @gbif.org · Mar 26

🎥 Better than the original: New SQL-based service enables download of occurrence data cube

GBIF has enabled an easy-to-use service for creating and downloading species occurrence cubes based on GBIF-mediated data.

Collaborators: @b-cubed.eu led by @inbo.be

gbif.link/data-cubes

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GBIF @gbif.org · Mar 26

We're looking for the input of IAS data collectors, users or curators to take part in a survey to help shape the future of IAS data standards and accessibility.

This survey is hosted by the GBIF and @tdwg.org task groups on IAS ⭐

🔗www.surveymonkey.com...

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B-Cubed Project @b-cubed.eu · Mar 25

📦 B-Cubed developed a collection of R packages to calculate biodiversity indicators from occurrence cubes

Access the b3verse 🌐 docs.b-cubed.eu/guides/b3ver...

#BCubed2025

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B-Cubed Project @b-cubed.eu · Mar 25

👐 Тhe #BCubed2025 meeting just kicked off in Leipzig🇩🇪

💻 We start with a demo of our upcoming @gbif.org service to create species occurrence cubes

More details on that very soon🔜

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Open Knowledge Foundation @okfn.bsky.social · Mar 21

🙌🏾 Next week we'll be discussing the future of #FrictionlessData from the perspective of #TheTechWeWant initiative – @okfn.bsky.social's ambitious effort to reimagine how technology is built and used.

👉🏾 Check the programme and register now: buff.ly/BqZQgyF

#DataPackage
#OpenData

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European Tracking Network @aquatictracking.bsky.social · Mar 11

TRAVEL GRANTS FOR EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS AVAILABLE!! 👀👀

Members of ETN who are early in their career can now apply for travel grants of 500 Euros to attend ICFT 2025 (Traverse City, Michigan, USA) 🐟

When: until 15 April
Decision: by 30 April

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#trackingnotslacking

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Damiano Oldoni @damianooldoni.bsky.social · Mar 10

Curious about making static dashboards in R? 📶
Check the Feb edition of the INBO coding club.
🔍 Slides: bit.ly/3XALIcM
📽️ Video: bit.ly/3DjXem6
Missed our previous adventuRes? Catch up on all our sessions: bit.ly/3X4pWNA
We @oscibio.inbo.be and @inbo.be ❤️ #OpenScience, #RStats

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GBIF @gbif.org · Mar 5

We're looking for the input of IAS data collectors, users or curators to take part in a survey to help shape the future of IAS data standards and accessibility.

This survey is hosted by the GBIF and @tdwg.org task groups on IAS ⭐

🔗www.surveymonkey.com...

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Cecilia Nilsson @cnilsson.science · Mar 5

Weather radars continuously register the movements of billions of animals in the air! We have now published datasets covering large parts of Europe, providing an overview of the aerial habitat in a way no other method can.

Data is available on Alofdata.eu , see our blogpost:
go.nature.com/3F0wQ0L

European data on animals aloft now publicly available

Weather radars detect more than weather, they also continuously register the movements of billions of animals (birds, bats, insects) in the air. Those data are now publicly available for large parts o...

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B-Cubed Project @b-cubed.eu · Feb 28

🎉 Tomorrow, B-Cubed is celebrating 2️⃣ years of advancing biodiversity data integration! 🎂

From launching various data packages to hosting hackathons and shaping policy discussions at events, progress toward accessible and actionable data is clear

Visit b-cubed.eu and stay tuned for more updates! 🙌

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B-Cubed Project @b-cubed.eu · Jan 17

🗓️ Only two days left before #GuardiasOnestopKickoff meeting in Ispra, Italy! 🤩

🔗 This joint event will create a collaborative space for future work in the area of #InvasiveSpecies across terrestrial and marine environments. 🗺️

OneSTOP @onestop-project.eu · Jan 17

💥 Excitement builds as we gear up for the #GuardiasOnestopKickoff meeting on 20-23 Jan at the #JRC in Ispra, Italy! 🤌

🚀 Together with @guardias.bsky.social, we aim for lasting collaboration to tackle #InvasiveSpecies across land & sea. 🗺️

👣 Follow us for updates on #GuardiasOnestopProjects 👈

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Open science lab for biodiversity @oscibio.inbo.be · Jan 16

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Open science lab for biodiversity @oscibio.inbo.be · Jan 16

We create #opensource code, but what is its impact?

Luckily, Raphaël Nussbaumer wrote a blog post describing how he used our software to build a data standard for #geolocator data: oscibio.inbo.be/blog/geoloca... Couldn't be more proud! 🥹

How I built Geolocator DP using open source code

New standard and software for geolocator data was inspired by tools developed by the Open science lab of biodiversity.

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INBO (Research Institute for Nature and Forest) @inbo.be · Jan 13

Onze @peterdesmet.bsky.social schreef mee aan artikel in @natureecoevo.bsky.social dat pleit voor standaardisatie en archivering van biologging-data. Met @oscibio.bsky.social is het @inbo.bsky.social hier pioneer in: onze data voor vogels en vissen zijn publiek beschikbaar. rdcu.be/d5ptG

Establishing bio-logging data collections as dynamic archives of animal life on Earth

Nature Ecology & Evolution - Animal-borne electronic tags, or bio-loggers, are increasingly used for research and wildlife conservation. This Perspective discusses the importance of...

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · Jan 6

New Perspective:

Establishing bio-logging data collections as dynamic archives of animal life on Earth rdcu.be/d5ril

Davidson et al discuss the importance of standardization, long-term archiving and sharing of bio-logging data, and outline a roadmap to achieve these goals.

Fig 2 from Davidson et al. outlining proposed set of standards for bio-logging data.

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Damiano Oldoni @damianooldoni.bsky.social · Dec 18

Let's go to @fosdem.bsky.social 2025 🎉 Our proposed abstract about the INBO coding club has been accepted: bit.ly/3ZzsDYI
👏 @fosdemresearch.bsky.social for organizing a specific room about Open Research💪
We at INBO and @oscibio.bsky.social 💓 #OpenSource #RStats

FOSDEM 2025 - Serving a Sustainable Coding Community: The INBO Coding Club Story

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Open science lab for biodiversity @oscibio.inbo.be · Dec 11

We just published a new dataset to @gbif.org: doi.org/10.15468/gn8... 📸🦌✨

It contains camera trap observations of roedeer 🦌, Chinese muntjac 🦌, dogs 🐕, foxes 🦊 and many other species and is the first dataset of @inbo.bsky.social in the Camtrap DP format.

A cropped version of an image taken by a camera trap, featuring a Chinese muntjak (Muntiacus reevesi) looking into the camera.

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