EFG

ABCDEFG (Access to Biological Collection Databases Extended for Geosciences) is an XML-Schema (Extensible Markup Language) developed for use with palaeontological, mineralogical and geological digitalized collection data.

It extends the ABCD-XML-Schema (Access to Biological Collection Databases) used by GBIF (Glocal Biodiversity Iformation Facility).

The ABCDEFG-XML-Schema is used to apply a mapping to the local data source and it is supported by the BioCASe Provider Software. This Software is easy to install and provides a very handy user interface for databse description and mapping. The BioCASe Provider Software mediates between the local data source and the GeoCASe Portal by sending and receiving XML documents.

ABCDEFG is proposed to the organisation of biodiversity information standards TDWG (Taxonomic Databases Working Group) as a data standard for geoscientific collections.

The BioCASe Provider Software may be obtained from https://biocase.org/products/provider_software/.

For further information on ABCD visit the TDWG Terms Wiki page https://www.tdwg.org/standards/abcd/.

For further information on the ABCD Extension for Geosciences (EFG) see Petersen et al. 2018 (pdf) or download the ABCDEFG-XML-Schema documentation which is also embedded below.

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ABCDEFG Schema Documentation: