GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION FACILITY Internationalisation GBIF Catering for

GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION FACILITY Internationalisation & GBIF Catering for multiple languages, indigenous knowledge and cultural heritage Asian Regional Meeting and Biodiversity Informatics Workshop 16 -19 Nov 2009 David Remsen Senior Programme Officer, ECAT

Objectives 1. Define Internationalisation in the Context of GBIF 2. Review Areas of Focus within GBIF network 3. How you may Contribute and Benefit

Internationalisation/Localisation Internationalisation (i 18 n) § Ensuring that components of the GBIF architecture can be adapted to different languages and regional differences. § …without engineering changes. Localisation (L 10 n) § Adapting internationalised software or infrastructure for a specific region or language by adding locale-specific components

GBIF Goal “There will be no barriers to enable the simple and effective uptake of GBIF infrastructure, tools, and services within a given national or regional setting due to issues of language or encoding. ” Why? Because GBIF is a means, not an end

Software Interfaces

Resource files

Software Internationalisation: IPT

Resource files

Controlled Vocabularies

Controlled Vocabularies Server ISO: Countries ISO: Language Dw. C: Basis of Record Dw. C: Nomenclatural Status Dw. C: Sex (Gender) Dw. C: Taxonomic Status IUCN: Threat Status … http: //vocabularies. gbif. o rg

Transform Vocabulary Terms

Support Native Data File translation

Classifications using local names local groupings

Taxonomic “Backbones”

Transform Vocabulary Terms

Summary v Internationalisation more than software v GBIF committed to addressing v Seek volunteers to help internationalise v Informatics Suite v Vocabularies v Common Names v Templates