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Finding data publishers in Denmark

A Danish biology student needs to know what institutions in her country are sharing biodiversity data via the GBIF network. Here is how she would find out.

  1. Click on the COUNTRIES link in the Data Portal.
  2. Click on the letter D at the top of the Geography Browser page to open the list of country names beginning with D (countries are listed alphabetically by their English names).
  3. Click on "Denmark" to open the Country Overview page.
  4. In the "Actions" box, click on "Download metadata for data publishers in Denmark" to retrieve a list of data publishers from Denmark.
  5. The request summary at the top of the Publisher Web Service Response page shows that records for two data publishers from Denmark have been returned.
  6. In the Metadata for GBIF data publishers section of the Publisher Web Service Response page, data publishers are listed first, and their datasets are listed next. A brief description is given for each publisher, along with a URL for the data publisher's Web site and numeric counts of occurrence records and taxonomic units. Clicking the link given at Data publisher page in GBIF portal will open the Data Publisher Overview Page.
  7. Each dataset that is made available by a data publisher is listed on the Publisher Web Service Response page. A brief description is given for the dataset, along with numeric counts of records and information on access points. Click the link given at Dataset page in GBIF portal to open the Dataset Overview Page.
  8. Associated taxon concepts are listed below the corresponding dataset. The name, rank, and source of the taxon concept are given. Click on the link given at Taxon page in GBIF portal to open the Taxon Overview Page.