Repository details

Atlas of Living Australia

Name of repository
Atlas of Living Australia
Additional name(s)
  • ALA
Repository URL
https://www.ala.org.au/
Subject(s)
Description
The Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) combines and provides scientifically collected data from a wide range of sources such as museums, herbaria, community groups, government departments, individuals and universities. Data records consist of images, literature, molecular DNA data, identification keys, species interaction data, species profile data, nomenclature, source data, conservation indicators, and spatial data.
Contact(s)
Keyword(s)
Persistent identifier(s) of the repository
Repository size
132.898.315 occurrence records; 4.488 datasets
Repository type(s)
  • institutional
  • disciplinary
  • other
Mission statement for designated community
https://www.ala.org.au/about-ala/
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
Data and/or service provider
  • dataProvider
  • serviceProvider

Institutions (2)

Institution
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Additional name(s)
  • CSIRO
Institution
Country
Australia
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • technical
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Additional name(s)
  • GBIF
Institution
Country
International
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit

Policies (1)

Policy Name
Terms of Use

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Data access (1)

Type of access to data
restricted
Data access restriction type(s)
  • registration

Data licenses (2)

DataLicense
CC
DataLicense
Copyrights

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload restriction type(s)
  • registration

Data upload license (1)

Data upload license name
Sharing a dataset with the ALA
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • none
Name of the repository software
  • other
Data citation guideline
https://support.ala.org.au/support/solutions/articles/6000261662-citing-the-ala
Enhanced Publication
unknown
Quality management
yes

Application programming interfaces (1)

Type
REST
Url
https://docs.ala.org.au/openapi/index.html?urls.primaryName=alerts

Metadata standards (1)

Metadata standard
Darwin Core

Remarks

Remarks
Atlas of Living Australia is covered by Clarivate Data Citation Index
Entry date
2014-08-25
Last update
2024-02-07
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re3data.org: Atlas of Living Australia; editing status 2024-02-07; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. http://doi.org/10.17616/R3VG9S last accessed: 2025-04-29