The Global Invasive Species Information Network (GISIN) was formed to provide a platform for sharing invasive species information at a global level, via the Internet and other digital means.
Why should invasive alien species data providers share their data directly through GISIN?
The GISIN encourages invasive alien species (IAS) data providers to share their data directly through GISIN, and then consider sharing with other networks. The main reason for this is that GISIN supports the sharing of types of invasive species data or data models (e.g. SpeciesStatus, Dispersal, Impacts, Management) that other networks such as the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) do not. In addition we wish to work closely with IAS data providers to identify additional data sharing priorities as we expand GISIN to include new data models. GISIN also continues to work closely with representatives of many other data sharing networks, including GBIF, to better leverage our collective knowledge and technologies for data sharing and pursue effective solutions for avoiding duplication.
GISIN3 Data Standards Workshop Summary is now available for download. Held at Elmira College in New York, on 25-30 July 2009, the workshop provided the basis for a prototype system, to be made available online at http://www.gisin.org:
GISIN3 Data Standards Workshop Summary Report - Simpson, Jarnevich, de Munck PDF
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The GISIN web site is administered by the National Institute of Invasive Species Science of the U.S. Geological Survey Fort Collins Science Center; hosted at Colorado State University's Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory; and maintained by, and with financial support from, the U.S. National Biological Information Infrastructure.
http://www.gisin.org
Last updated: January 8, 2010