29 September 2011: The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) has collaborated with the Encylopedia of Life (EOL) to promote efficient sharing of biodiversity data for science and society.

Under the collaboration, the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) will be able to “harvest” information from content partners using data standards compatible with, and derived from, those used by the GBIF.

The aim of the collaboration is to enable institutions to use a single publication process to make their data accessible through both of these platforms. This is expected to streamline the information publication process, and help the two institutions make their data simultaneously available to a wide spectrum of users. [GBIF News Release]