The GBIF registry

Overview

Teaching: 30 min
Exercises: 30 min

Questions

• What is the GBIF Registry?

• How can I use the GBIF API, Pygbif, and Rgbif?

Objectives

• Get used to the GBIF Registry

• Understand what it can deliver?

• Explore GBIF API, Pygbif, Rgbif

Presentation

This presentation will introduce you to GBIF Registry( a core component of GBIF architecture ).

Exercise 1 : Find your organisation in the Registry

Within your browser:

• List the publishing organizations from Croatia
• Get all details of your organization, (or another one if you are not in the list)
• Gets a list of datasets published by this organization

Solution 1

• Croatian organisations
• organisation details
• organisation datasets

Exercise 2 : use Python or R programming

With Pygbif or Rgbif packages:

• List the publishing organizations from Croatia
• Get all details of your organization, (or another one if you are not in the list)
• Gets a list of datasets published by this organization

Solution 2

Key Points

• GBIF Registry

• Pygbif & Rgbif

• Webservices API