Plazi 2016 publications mining statistics

2016 has been the first full year when Plazi had a fully automated data mining process implemented and running. This includes the export of the illustrations to the Biodiversity Literature Repository (BLR) and bibliographic...[more]

"Copyright and the Use of Images as Biodiversity Data" published

There is considerable uncertainty within the taxonomic community as to how to re-use images that were included in taxonomic publications, especially in regard to whether copyright applies. This article deals with the principles...[more]

100,000 digital objects uploaded to BLR

Today at 17:29 we reached a milestone by uploading the 100.000th digital object to the Biodiversity Literature Repository (BLR). This object, an illustration of the male genitalia for Stactobiella biramosa is one of currently...[more]

WeScientistsShapeScience: Alternative Publications

Following are my thoughts from the first day of the workshop "Alternative Publications" at the very attended WeScientistsShapeScience workshop in Bern.

Publications exist as the prime means to communicate...[more]

Plazi TreatmentBank down

Due to a technical issue during the upgrade of the operating system, TreatmentBank is down. We work as hard as possible to restore the services.  We hope to bring it up during Friday. 

We are sorry for any...[more]

2017 needs to bring better access to taxonomic data

2016 showed progress in providing access to taxonomic data in near realm time. But much more is needed.

The current way of publishing, cataloguing and providing access to taxonomic data, to say it mildly, is an almost complete...[more]

June 28-30, 2017. Symposium on the Mobilization of Structured Biodiversity Data. Leipzig, Germany

The main objectives of this symposium are threefold: discussing strategies towards openaccess for species distribution and population abundance structured data; discussing tools,approaches and limitations to achieve this goal;...[more]

August 15-18, 2017. 3rd BioSyst.EU meeting, Gothenburg, Sweden

On August 17 at the 3rd BioSyst.EU meeting , Plazi will organize for the Swiss Systematics Society the symposium "The future of scientific communication in biodiversity science.

Abstract: Sciences are undergoing a huge...[more]

September 20, 2017. Linked Data Switzerland Workshop, Bern, Switzerland

This workshop brings together the different actors of Linked Data in Switzerland, from data owners to technicians. The general goal is to help synergies, with a specific focus this year to propose solutions for some identified...[more]