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extracts plant trait data from open data sources like apsnet and ars-grin
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Millenium Seed Bank not (yet) open #40

Open jhpoelen opened 6 years ago

jhpoelen commented 6 years ago

In reviewing potential usage of Millenium Seed Bank, I noticed the following page http://brahmsonline.kew.org/msbp/Legal . The page (see text below) seems to indicate that the database is not open and special agreements are needed to put in place to use the data.

retrieved from http://brahmsonline.kew.org/msbp/Legal on 6 Dec 2017

The data contained in the MSBP Data Warehouse is available to registered members of the MSBP Data Warehouse User Group. It is our intention to make seed collection information resources freely available for the seed conservation and research community.

You may make copies, including electronic copies, of the data held within this database provided that it is for your own personal use or for use within your organisation. If you use the data in published works then please use the attribution: "Data sourced via Millennium Seed Bank Partnership Data Warehouse http://brahmsonline.kew.org/msbp".

Following a search, summary details can be downloaded directly from this website for up to 1000 records. If you wish to download a larger dataset or make use of the data in other ways then please contact the MSBP Data Warehouse administrator.

While every effort has been taken to ensure that the information held in the database is reliable, RBG Kew is not responsible for any errors or omissions in the data or any damages arising from the use of the data.

jhpoelen commented 6 years ago

MSBP Data Warehouse administrators confirmed by email that the MSB is not yet openly available.