DiSSCo demos are back! It has been a while, and the team has gone through some changes, but that didn’t mean that development has halted. In fact, DiSSCo has hit an impressive milestone of over 5 million DOI’s minted. In additional to filling our production environment, we have some new and existing features to present.Continue reading “DiSSCo Demo VI 10-09-2025”
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Five million digital specimens and images in DiSSCo: millions more to come
Authors: Sharif Islam, Wouter Addink, Soulaine Theocharides, and Sam Leeflang. We are proud to announce a major milestone: over five million digital specimens and digital media objects are now available in DiSSCo. You can see them right now on our DiSSCover platform! These resources are now live and can be referenced through their DOIs (DigitalContinue reading “Five million digital specimens and images in DiSSCo: millions more to come”
Getting Started with Digital Specimen DOIs: Unlocking the Power of Persistent, Citable Data
In biodiversity and environmental sciences, access to trusted, persistent, and citable data is key to accelerating research and discovery. That’s where Digital Specimen DOIs come in—a foundational tool for connecting your research to verifiable specimen data. Darwin Core supports them through a new term called “digitalSpecimenID” and Pensoft supports them in their ARPHA journal system.Continue reading “Getting Started with Digital Specimen DOIs: Unlocking the Power of Persistent, Citable Data”
DiSSCo Demo V 23-10-2024
As the DiSSCo Transition Project (DTP) is in full swing, the DiSSCo Development team will be giving regular (bi-monthly) updates on the progress. This progress will mainly focus on Task 3.1 – Further develop the piloted Digital Specimen Architecture (DSarch) into a Minimum Valuable Product (MVP). However, as the development team is also involved inContinue reading “DiSSCo Demo V 23-10-2024”
DiSSCo Demo IV 28-08-2024
As the DiSSCo Transition Project (DTP) is in full swing, the DiSSCo Development team will be giving regularly (bi-monthly) updates on the progress. This progress will mainly focus on Task 3.1 – Further develop the piloted Digital Specimen Architecture (DSarch) into a Minimum Valuable Product (MVP). However, as the development team is also involved inContinue reading “DiSSCo Demo IV 28-08-2024”
openDS Public Review
openDS Public Review has been extended! We are announcing an extension of the openDS public review until September 10th 2024. Due to holidays and other commitments, such as TDWG 2024, several members of our community have indicated that an extension will be welcome. We have decided to extend the review period to give some additionalContinue reading “openDS Public Review”
Report from Davos World Biodiversity Forum 2024
The 3rd World Biodiversity Forum in Davos, Switzerland, brought together about 800 participants. The event covered diverse topics and discussions on the future of biodiversity, emphasising marine conservation, freshwater biodiversity, and climate change impacts. Discussions focused on data sharing, interdisciplinary approaches, and nature-based solutions to bridge global biodiversity monitoring gaps through trans-disciplinary practices and dataContinue reading “Report from Davos World Biodiversity Forum 2024”
DiSSCo Demo III 19-06-2024
As the DiSSCo Transition Project (DTP) is in full swing, the DiSSCo Development team will be giving regularly (bi-monthly) updates on the progress. This progress will mainly focus on Task 3.1 – Further develop the piloted Digital Specimen Architecture (DSarch) into a Minimum Valuable Product (MVP). However, as the development team is also involved onContinue reading “DiSSCo Demo III 19-06-2024”
DiSSCo Demo 24-04-2024
As the DiSSCo Transition Project (DTP) is in full swing, the DiSSCo Development team will be giving regularly updates on the progress. This progress will mainly focus on Task 3.1 – Further develop the piloted Digital Specimen Architecture (DSarch) into a minimum valuable product. However, as the development team is also involved on other tasksContinue reading “DiSSCo Demo 24-04-2024”
DiSSCo Demo 21-02-2024
As the DiSSCo Transition Project (DTP) is in full swing, the DiSSCo Development team will be giving regularly updates on the progress. This progress will mainly focus on Task 3.1 – Further develop the piloted Digital Specimen Architecture (DSarch) into a minimum valuable product. However, as the development team is also involved on other tasksContinue reading “DiSSCo Demo 21-02-2024”
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