Towards establishing a functional GBIF Participant Node Description: This document is the first of a series about how to establish and maintain a GBIF Participant Node. This one focuses on the concept of a Participant Node as a Biodiversity Information Facility (BIF), as well as on the key features and conditions to facilitate a successful implementation for the Participant Node. The emphasis of the document is on the organisational and sociological aspects to take into consideration prior to the establishment of the Node, rather than on the technical or more practical ones (those will be addressed in other documents as part of this series). Abstract: GBIF Secretariat Author(s):GBIF Secretariat, Contributor(s):Juan Carlos Bello, Nick King 2009-02 Nodes and node management English application/msword http://www.gbif.org/orc/?doc_id=2745 Digital document Requests related to this metadata record should be addressed to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility Secretariat, gbif@gbif.org, +4535321470 Rights: Right holders: GBIF Secretariat