The Antarctic Biodiversity Information Facility (ANTabIF) serves as a comprehensive access point for Antarctic biodiversity data, funded by the Belgian Science Policy Office until the end of 2011. It integrates multiple data types and metadata through a range of open-source technologies and protocols, emphasizing collaborative efforts with entities like the Global Biodiversity Information Facility and the Australian Antarctic Division. Ongoing developments aim to refine its architecture, improve data policies, and enhance user engagement through social networks.

1. ANTABIF www.biodiversity.aq Antarctic Biodiversity Information Facility

2. ANTABIF www.biodiversity.aq single access to ALL Antarctic biodiversity data Funding: Belgian science Policy office until end 2011 International Year of Biodiversity Global Biodiversity Information Network Australian Antarctic Division Princess Elisabeth Station

3. ANTABIF PIC: Polar Information Commons APECS: Association of Early Career Scientists GBIF: Global Biodiversity Information Facility AAD AMBIO EG-BAMM: Expert Group on Birds and Marine Mammals Networking

4. ANTABIF SCAR-MarBIN: marine biodiversity EBA database: terrestrial biodiversity GCMD (metadata): all disciplines Additional data: GIS layers, Code,... Data and Metadata

5. ANTABIF Search engine: Full text (SOLR-Lucene)Database: PostGresql GIS: Geoserver, PostGIS, OpenLayers Web services: RESTish (all resources)Protocoles: DIF, DwCore, DwC archive, Tapir…etcGBIF tools : HIT, IPT…etcHosting: BBPF Metadata systems: IMIS and GCMD (mirrored) Search engine: Full text (SOLR-Lucene)Database: PostGresql GIS: Geoserver, PostGIS, OpenLayers Web services: RESTish (all resources)Protocoles: DIF, DwCore, DwC archive, Tapir…etcGBIF tools : HIT, IPT…etcHosting: BBPF Metadata systems: IMIS and GCMD (mirrored) Technology: 100% Open Source

6. ANTABIF Webpresence: www.biodiversity.aq share.biodiversity.aq scratchpads.biodiversity.aq metadata portal (GCMD) social networks Building NOW on bulletproof technology and standards Building NOW on bulletproof technology and standards Preliminary results

14. Remaining questions Architecture: still some fine tuning to do MoU with AAD Taxonomy: scratchpads? RAMS? specific needs...? Microbes?? Data Policy: GBIF/PIC/IPY/SCARMarBIN???