Tim Robertson

TL;DR: A comprehensive mid-term assessment of progress toward 20 biodiversity-related “Aichi Targets” to be achieved within a decade is provided using 55 indicator data sets and pinpoints the problems and areas that will need the most attention in the next few years.

TL;DR: This paper describes the evolution and development of Darwin Core, a data standard for publishing and integrating biodiversity information, focusing on the categories of terms that define the standard, differences between simple and relational DarwinCore, how the standard has been implemented and the community processes that are essential for maintenance and growth of the standard.

TL;DR: The key need for the IPT is discussed, how it has developed in response to community input, and how it continues to evolve to streamline and enhance the interoperability, discoverability, and mobilization of new data types beyond basic Darwin Core records are discussed.

TL;DR: The concept of semantic tagging and its potential for semantic enhancements to taxonomic papers is outlined and illustrated by four exemplar papers published in the present issue of ZooKeys, the first taxonomic journal to provide a complete XML-based editorial, publication and dissemination workflow implemented as a routine and cost-efficient practice.

TL;DR: The new data standard presented here build upon existing standards commonly used within the community extending them with the capability to exchange data on tissue, environmental and DNA sample as well as sequences.