title: A global perspective on decadal challenges and priorities in biodiversity informatics.
abstract: Biodiversity informatics is a field that is growing rapidly in data infrastructure, tools, and participation by researchers worldwide from diverse disciplines and with diverse, innovative approaches. A recent 'decadal view' of the field laid out a vision that was nonetheless restricted and constrained by its European focus. Our alternative decadal view is global, i.e., it sees the worldwide scope and importance of biodiversity informatics as addressing five major, global goals: (1) mobilize existing knowledge; (2) share this knowledge and the experience of its myriad deployments globally; (3) avoid 'siloing' and reinventing the tools of knowledge deployment; (4) tackle biodiversity informatics challenges at appropriate scales; and (5) seek solutions to difficult challenges that are strategic.
authors.affiliation: Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS, 66045, USA. town@ku.edu.
authors.forename: A Townsend
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.affiliation: Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS, 66045, USA. jsoberon@ku.edu.
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Soberón
authors.affiliation: Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS, 66045, USA. krishtalka@ku.edu.
authors.forename: Leonard
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Krishtalka
mesh_terms: D044822:Biodiversity; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D004463:Ecology / Q000379:methods*; D048088:Informatics; D033181:Information Dissemination; D019451:Information Management