Here is a list of definition of the term "Biodiversity Informatics" found in the literature (compiled by Jim Edwards , EOL)
1. Whiting (1992)--merging of GIS, GPS, database management, environmental economics, museum catalogues
2. OECD Working Group (1999)--application of informatics to recorded and yet-to-be-discovered information specifically about biodiversity, and the linking of this information with genomic, geospatial and other biological and non-biological datasets
3. Berendsohn (2001)
• The application of IT tools and technology to biodiversity information, particularly at the organismic level.
• It thus deals with information capture, storage, provision, retrieval, and analysis, focused on individual organisms, populations, and taxa, and their interaction.
• It covers the information generated by the fields of systematics (including molecular systematics), evolutionary biology, population biology, behavioural sciences, and synecological fields ranging from population biology to parisitism and phytosociology.
4. Soberon and Peterson (2004)--application of information technologies to the management, algorithmic exploration, analysis and interpretation of primary data regarding life, particularly at the species level of organization
5. Heidorn (2007)--the study of data problems where information acquisition, analysis, sharing, and collaboration are required to answer broad questions about biodiversity
6. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania--the sharing of information in any format pertaining to the taxonomy,ecology, and gecology, and genetics of organisms and biological communities
Jim Edwards
The future of biodiversity informatics:
GBIF, the Encyclopedia of Life and beyond
Executive Director, EOL
I must say I really like "application of IT tools and technology to biodiversity information", simple and to the point
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