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Announcing the ITIS Web Service!




ITIS

Wish you could leverage the authority of the Integrated Taxonomic Information System within your own biological information application? Wish no more...the ITIS Web Service is now available!

To obtain the WSDL and a description of the service, please visit the dedicated (External) ITIS Web Service site .




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BIOCOMPLEXITY THESAURUS
The Biocomplexity Thesaurus displays terminologies and term relationships in the fields of biology, ecology, environmental sciences, and sustainability.



 

CONFERENCES
Chronological and topical displays of local, regional, national, and international conferences of interest to the NBII community.



 

EXPERTISE
Searchable online directories of biological, ecological, and taxonomic experts.



 

NATURAL RESOURCES MONITORING PARTNERSHIP (NRMP)
Data and information to assess status and detect change in natural resources and natural processes.


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METADATA
The NBII has been involved in metadata standards, creation, quality control, and hosting since the early 1990s. Standards such as: Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Biological Data Profile, Dublin Core, Darwin Core, and Open GIS are all used within the Program.



 

GEOSPATIAL FRAMEWORK
The NBII Program has developed a Geospatial Interoperability Framework (GIF) strategy based on International Standards Organization (ISO) standards and Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) specifications, integrated with the core NBII Framework standards and protocols such as Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI) protocol, with data content and metadata standards.



 

NBII PARTNERS
Partnerships are at the heart of NBII's products and services. Find out more about the more than 200 partner agencies and organizations that help to bring NBII to your desktop.



 

NBII PUBLICATIONS LIBRARY
The NBII produces a wide variety of publications, including white papers, proceedings, fact sheets on products and services, and a quarterly newsletter.



The NBII Program is administered by the Biological Informatics Office of the U.S. Geological Survey
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