A Digital Repository for the Herbarium Collection of Brasília Botanical Garden

Presentation at Open Repositories 2014, Helsinki, Finland, June 9-13, 2014

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The Brazilian flora, due the continental characteristics of the country, has revealed the interest of many researchers since the Brazilian discovery. It presents distinct biomes that feature various endemic specimens. Thus, the units of conservation and botanical gardens have shown an important role in the search, dissemination and cataloging new species, preservation of endangered species, among others benefits. In this context, the Brasilia Botanical Garden becomes a reference in regard to the Cerrado Biome, mainly by actions on the sense of the biome preservation, research and education of the community, in addition to maintaining a herbarium with a significant collection. The Botanical Garden of Brasília and the Brazilian Institute for Information in Science and Technology has been developing a project to implement a repository for the purpose of the preservation and dissemination of information concerning the herbarium collection. With that offering a system with many facilities in organization, archiving, retrieving, searching, among others. The main objective is to construct a information base the flora of the Cerrado (Savanna Central Brazil) but also generate a specific case use of a repository of open data.