The science of biodiversity has probably accumulated one of the oldest and richest data pools in the world, dating back to ancient times and resulting in more than 500 million pages of published literature, more than 2 billion specimens in natural history collections, and more than 1.8 million species described. 

A much greater volume of digital data will be generated in the coming years as we digitize the world’s biodiversity specimens, species observations, species traits, species names, classifications, and literature. 

We need to link these digital objects to create actionable knowledge from this vast pool of data. This is the main aim for the creation of BKH, the Biodiversity Knowledge Hub.

BKH is a one-stop portal that allows users to access FAIR and interlinked biodiversity data and services in a few clicks. BKH was designed to support a new emerging community of users over time and across the entire biodiversity research cycle providing its services to anybody, anywhere and anytime.

  

 

The following video presents the role of the BKH in the landscape of biodiversity informatics infrastructures and a series of demos of its key services. It also presents the benefits of RIs to be connected to the BKH and the policy for participation and governance of BKH. It's the recording from the expert workshop: ‘Join the Biodiversity Knowledge Hub - the gateway to better linked biological data’.

In the following sections, we present the expected Context of Use of BKH, the aims, and the challenges of its operation while presenting its structure and functionalities.


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