e!DAL-PGP archives, curates and publishes cross-domain, plant-related research data that exceeds existing repositories due to their size or scope. This includes for example:

• image collections from plant phenotyping and microscopy
• unfinished genomes
• genotyping data
• visualizations of morphological plant models
• data from mass spectrometry
• software & documents

PANGAEA archives, curates and publishes multidisciplinary (e.g. geochemical, biological observational and occurrence) data from marine and terrestrial environments. Curation includes user support, definition of data set granularity, quality control, archival format transformation, metadata description and control. Supported data types are tabular data but also binary data, e.g multimedia.

The BGBM has a strong interest in collection and observational data as well as taxon-level data management covering the entire taxonomic workflow, in particular in the field of Botany. The taxonomic expertise and interest is that of the BGBM (see http://www.bgbm.org/en/research). Taxonomic research, through which plants are identified, described, named and classified, is a central element of our daily work.

Data archived:

• Botanical specimen data; Referenced multimedia objects
• Botanical observational data
• Botanical systematics and monographic works
• Experimental raw data (data sets and/or data packages) only if well documented and in formats and structures appropriate for long-term archiving

The DSMZ data center focusses on providing organism-linked information covering the multifarious aspects of bacterial biodiversity.

Data archiving for research projects:

• Data accompanied by the deposit of a biological resource (bacterial or cell culture lines) within the DSMZ collections (Deposit in the DSMZ)
• Data describing microbial diversity (e.g. taxonomic classification, morphology, physiology, cultivation, origin, natural habitat)

The Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change is a foundation under public law. The Biodiversity Data Center as part of the LIB is aimed at hosting, archiving, publishing and distributing data from biodiversity research and zoological collections.

The Biodiversity Data Center handles and curates data on:

• The specimens of the institutes collection, including provenance, distribution, habitat, and taxonomic data.
• Observations, recordings and measurements from field research, monitoring and ecological inventories.
• Morphological measurements, descriptions on specimens, as well as
• Genetic barcode libraries, and
• Genetic and molecular research data associated with specimens or environmental samples.

MfN has a strong interest in collection and observational data, taxonomic data, and trait data. MfN curates the following data regularly:

1. MfN collection related data, such as collection specimen data, DNA (DNA collection - exceeding MfN physical collection), collection metadata, and media representations of MfN collection specimens including additional metadata
2. Research project related data (MfN involvement, leadership or partnership, national or international), such as observational data (e.g. ATBI)