MULTINATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
type: Concept

IOBIS/OBIS-US
in scheme: providers
definition: OBIS-USA, a program of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Core Science Analytics and Synthesis (CSAS), is the US national node of the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS). Meant to serve research and natural resource management needs, OBIS-USA brings together marine biological occurrence data in a standard format, with metadata, web-based discovery and download, and web service access for users and applications.
type: Concept