National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII): General Program Overview June 2005
NBII: What is it? A broad, collaborative program to provide access to data and information on our Nation’s biological resources.
Contributors and Users from Diverse Sources Federal, State and local Government Agencies Academic Institutions Private sector organizations (non-profit, commercial) Other interested groups GOVERNMENTS UNIVERSITIES MUSEUMS PRIVATE
NBII Node Types * Thematic * Infrastructure * Regional
Data Collection process Micro-level vs. Macro-level research “Virtual” collaboration UI Challenges for diverse audiences “generalized” vs. “one-off” tools Technology transfer/expertise Information Integration/scale/search Data quality Requires multiple disciplines Global scope Sustainability of tools, applications, databases Bioinformatics Challenges: