Repository details

Canadensys repository

Name of repository
Canadensys repository
Additional name(s)
  • Database of Vascular Plants of Canada
  • VASCAN
Repository URL
https://data.canadensys.net/ipt/
Subject(s)
Description
Biological collections are replete with taxonomic, geographic, temporal, numerical, and historical information. This information is crucial for understanding and properly managing biodiversity and ecosystems, but is often difficult to access. Canadensys, operated from the Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centre, is a Canada-wide effort to unlock the biodiversity information held in biological collections.
Contact
  • canadensys.network@gmail.com
Content type(s)
Keyword(s)
Persistent identifier(s) of the repository
  • FAIRsharing_doi:10.25504/FAIRsharing.v2sjcy
Repository size
112 resource(s) currently available
Repository type(s)
  • disciplinary
  • institutional
Mission statement for designated community
https://www.canadensys.net/about/
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
  • French
Data and/or service provider
  • data provider
  • service provider
Institution name
Canada Foundation for Innovation
Additional name(s)
  • Fondation Canadienne pour L'Innovation
  • CFI
Identifier(s)
  • RRID:SCR_005054
  • RRID:nlx_144042
  • ROR:000az4664
Country
Canada
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
Global Biodiversity Informaton Facility
Additional name(s)
  • Système mondial d'information sur la biodiversité
  • GBIF
Identifier(s)
  • RRID:SCR_005904
  • RRID:nlx_149475
  • ROR:05fjyn938
Country
Denmark
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centre
Additional name(s)
  • Université de Montréal, Centre sur la biodiversité
Contact(s)
  • martin.lefrancois@umontreal.ca
Country
Canada
Type(s) of responsibility
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit

Policies (1)

Policy Name
How to publish data

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Database licenses (1)

Database License
Apache License 2.0

Data access (1)

Type of access to data
open

Data licenses (3)

DataLicense
CC
DataLicense
CC0
DataLicense
other

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload restriction type(s)
  • registration

Data upload license (1)

Data upload license name
7-step-guide to data publication
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • DOI
  • PURL
Name of the repository software
  • other
Versioning
yes
Data citation guideline
https://www.canadensys.net/publish/7-step-guide/#citation
Enhanced Publication
unknown
Quality management
yes

Application programming interfaces (1)

API type
REST

Metadata standards (1)

Metadata standard name
Darwin Core
Metadata standard scheme
DCC

Alerting services (1)

Type of alerting service
RSS

Remarks

Remarks
Canadensys aims to digitize, publish and georeference 3 million specimens (20%) in our initial five years, via a network of distributed databases, compatible with the Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility (CBIF) and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). Collection managers will publish their data as Darwin Core, an internationally-accepted biodiversity information standard. A central web portal will allow access to the network’s specimen data (including images and geospatial information) in combination with other data such as names from the Database of Canadian Vascular Plants (VASCAN) and the Catalogue of Life.
Entry date
2013-10-18
Last update
2024-02-07
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re3data.org: Canadensys repository; editing status 2024-02-07; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. http://doi.org/10.17616/R3TC82 last accessed: 2024-04-25