Repository details

European Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Name of repository
European Ocean Biodiversity Information System
Additional name(s)
  • EurOBIS
Repository URL
https://www.eurobis.org/
Subject(s)
Description
EurOBIS - the European Node of the international Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) - publishes distribution data on marine species, collected within European marine waters or collected by European researchers outside European marine waters.
Contact(s)
  • administrative: info@eurobis.org
Content type(s)
Keyword(s)
Persistent identifier(s) of the repository
Repository size
1.477 datasets
Repository type(s)
  • disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
https://www.eurobis.org/aims
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
Data and/or service provider
  • dataProvider
  • serviceProvider

Dates

Started
2004

Institutions (2)

Institution
Flanders Marine Institute
Additional name(s)
  • Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
  • VLIZ
Institution
Country
Belgium
Type(s) of responsibility
  • technical
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution
LifeWatch
Country
Belgium
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
open

Data licenses (2)

DataLicense
CC
DataLicense
CC0

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload
open

Data upload license (1)

Data upload license name
How to Contribute
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • DOI
Data citation guideline
https://www.eurobis.org/citation
Quality management
yes
Quality measure(s)

Metadata standards (2)

Metadata standard
ISO 19115
Metadata standard
Repository-Developed Metadata Schemas

Remarks

Entry date
2026-02-10
Last update
2026-02-12
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