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id="_diversifying-the-gbif-data-model" > <div class="article-header"> <header class="text-center"> <h1 dir="auto">Diversifying the GBIF Data Model </h1> <div class="article-header__intro m-b-2" dir="auto"> <p>Explore the current ideas for a unified common model capable of supporting expanded data-publishing capabilities and potential directions for evolving the Darwin Core standard</p> </div> </header> </div> <div class="horizontal-stripe--paddingless white-background"> <figure class="heading-image"> <div class="cover-image"> <img ng-src="//api.gbif.org/v1/image/unsafe/1170x422/http:%2F%2Fimages.ctfassets.net%2Fuo17ejk9rkwj%2F4iKiAY9RXTuXnsIgYM9VA3%2Ff44bc014173777514356d6c5aa46f6b9%2Fwebinar-diversifying-data-hero2.png" alt="datamodel-collage" gallery-image> </div> <figcaption class="container--narrow" dir="auto"> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> <div class="horizontal-stripe white-background" id="_diversifying-the-gbif-data-model-intro-text" > <div class="container--narrow"> <div class="body-text--markdown" dir="auto"> <p><a href="https://dwc.tdwg.org/">Darwin Core</a>鈥攖he most commonly used data standard in the GBIF community鈥攈as provided a simple and effective framework for supporting the growth of species occurrence data available from the GBIF network. But the simplicity of this standard, established and maintained by <a href="https://www.tdwg.org/">Biodiversity Information Standards</a> (TDWG), has significant limitations when it comes to shaping data from diverse sources.</p> <p>At both the <a href="https://vimeo.com/564600741">Global Nodes Meeting</a> and the <a href="https://vimeo.com/693135698">28th meeting of the GBIF Governing Board</a> in 2021, GBIF head of informatics <a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6215-3617"><strong>Tim Robertson</strong></a> and biodiversity-data expert <a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1144-0290"><strong>John Wieczorek</strong></a> detailed initial case studies highlighting these limitations while outlining possible approaches for supporting richer, more complex types of biodiversity data.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="horizontal-stripe light-background p-0" id="_latest-news-and-events-on-the-new-data-model-evolution" > <div class="container--desktop"> <div class="block_features"> <h2 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