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Presentation of ABCD

for theECP/GR D&I Network

meetingApril 11, 2005 – ZADI, Bonn

Dag Terje Filip Endresen – The Nordic Gene Bank

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Access to Biological Collection DataAccess to Biological Collection DataABCD SchemaABCD Schema

ABCD is a common data specification for biological collection units, including living and preserved specimens

The design goal of the data specification is to be both comprehensive and general

Development of the ABCD content definition started after the 2000 meeting of the TDWG

ABCD was developed by a CODATA/TDWG Task group

ABCD was developed with major input from BioCASE

GBIF accepted the draft ABCD schema in 2002 as a future collection data standardhttp://www.bgbm.org/TDWG/CODATA/Schema/default.htmZADI is a member of the ABCD task group

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PGR sub-unit of ABCDPGR sub-unit of ABCD

PGR

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