Operations and Maintenance Support for Canadensys: Pancanadian Biodiversity Informatics Network and Portal

加拿大2020年生物多样性目标和指标的一个主要目标是提供有关生物多样性和生态系统服务的准确和相关信息，以支持养护和可持续发展。Candensys研究平台是在加拿大共享生物多样性数据的主要信息基础设施，它的持续和发展对于实现这些目标和保持加拿大在生物多样性科学方面的全球领导地位至关重要。通过加拿大创新基金会的一笔大笔赠款于2008年成立的Candensys使每个人都可以获得加拿大的生物多样性信息(数据和元数据)。Candensys是一个由来自20多个加拿大机构的数据提供商组成的网络，他们共同开始了发布加拿大生物多样性记录的任务，迄今已发布了300万条(约5000万条)记录。我们还开发并托管了VASCAN，这是加拿大维管植物名称的权威在线数据库。Candensys是全球生物多样性信息基金(GBIF)的积极合作伙伴，代表加拿大作为准参与者，并为全球生物多样性信息学技能和技术的发展做出了积极贡献。通过早期采用GBIF集成出版工具包、开发Candensys Explorer以及与美国、法国、澳大利亚、哥伦比亚、巴西、乌拉圭和多哥的国际合作，Candensys发挥了全球领导作用。Candensys Explorer是一种用于显示生物多样性发生数据的开源工具，目前正被其他国家(巴西和乌拉圭)使用。为了实现加拿大在生物多样性科学方面的优先事项，我们为加拿大政府寻求资金，以便(1)继续公开提供生物多样性信息，重点是来自公民科学倡议的标本和事件数据；(2)通过与世界各地的合作伙伴合作，开发空间数据门户网站；(3)通过技术工具开发和标准概念化，维持生物多样性信息学的国际声誉；(4)深化生物多样性科学方面的国际伙伴关系。Candensys门户广泛用于科学项目，确保植物名称的一致使用，并已成为全国系统学、分类学和生物多样性科学研究和HQP培训的重要组成部分，在生物多样性科学中得到广泛应用。

A major objective of Canada’s Biodiversity Goals and Targets for 2020 is to make accessible accurate and relevant information about biodiversity and ecosystem services to support conservation and sustainable development. The Canadensys research platform is the principal informatics infrastructure for sharing biodiversity data in Canada and its continuation and growth are essential for meeting these targets and for maintaining Canada’s global leadership in biodiversity science. Established in 2008 through a major grant from the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Canadensys makes Canadian biodiversity information (data and metadata) available to everyone. Canadensys is a network of data providers from over 20 Canadian institutions who together have begun the task of publishing Canada's biodiversity records, with 3 million (of ~ 50 million) records published to date. We have also developed and host VASCAN, the authoritative online database of vascular plant names for Canada. Canadensys is an active partner in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), representing Canada as an Associate Participant, and has actively contributed to the development of skills and technology in biodiversity informatics worldwide. Canadensys has played a global leadership role through its early adoption of, and contributions to, the GBIF Integrated Publishing Toolkit, its development of the Canadensys Explorer, and its international collaborations with the USA, France, Australia, Colombia, Brazil, Uruguay, and Togo. The Canadensys Explorer is an open-source tool for displaying biodiversity occurrence data, now used by other countries (Brazil and Uruguay). To meet Canada's priorities for biodiversity science, we seek funding for Canadensys to (1) continue to make biodiversity information openly available with emphasis on specimens and occurrence data from citizen science initiatives; (2) pursue development of the spatial data portal by collaborating with partners across the world; (3) maintain an international reputation in biodiversity informatics through technological tool development and standards conceptualization; (4) deepen international partnerships in biodiversity science. The Canadensys portal is widely used in scientific programs, ensuring consistent use of plant names and has become an essential component for research and HQP training in systematics, taxonomy, and biodiversity science across the country, with broad applications throughout biodiversity sciences.