1. National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII): General Program Overview June 2005

2. NBII: What is it? A broad, collaborative program to provide access to data and information on our Nation’s biological resources.

3. 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

4. NBII Node Types * Thematic * Infrastructure * Regional

5.  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: