The document discusses the experiences of Chris Freeland, a data provider at the Missouri Botanical Garden, in navigating data sharing and interoperability within biodiversity research. It highlights the evolution of data storage and the importance of standards and services for effective data interchange. Various data sources and platforms, such as the Biodiversity Heritage Library and Encyclopaedia of Life, are referenced as crucial components in this ecosystem.

1. Plays well with others, or What I’ve learned as a data provider in an interoperable world. Chris Freeland Missouri Botanical Garden Biodiversity Heritage Library

2. About Missouri Botanical Garden Missouri Botanical Garden (MOBOT)

3. MBG Research MOBOT Research

4. Biodiversity data are stored in: Printed publications since 1750’s Museum collections… especially the label >> Database records

5. Images

7. Data sharing Plant Names Specimens Plant Names Plant Names Specimens Descriptions Plant Names Plant Names Citations

8. Where’s my all-in-one, comprehensive, data translator? Featuring the Universal MultiSchema XSLT ® adapter

9. Data Sharing Standards Services

10. Data Sharing Networks & Standards & Services, of course, but also…

12. Standards and the Next Big Thing EOL & BHL

13. Interchange vs. internal storage Dublin Core Title Creator Subject Description Contributor My Data Title Author SubjectHeading Description Editor

14. Interchange vs. internal storage Dublin Core Title Creator Subject Description Contributor My Data Title Author SubjectHeading Description Editor = = =

15. Reuse, don’t rebuild

18. Screenshot of Names Finding

20. Thank You http://www.tropicos.org http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org http://www.eol.org http://www.ubio.org