Best practice guide for compiling, maintaining, disseminating national species checklists Description: This practical guide can help those who need to start the compilation of a checklist for a given geographic area and taxonomic group, and would like to know more about how to make best use of the available resources, including those in the internet such as GBIF. Abstract: The main purpose of this best practice document is to provide guidance for policy and procedures relating to accessing and capturing information for national checklists, and to highlight some key issues which should be considered to promote standardisation, quality and use of these products. GBIF Secretariat Author(s):Hamer, M., Victor, J. & Smith, G.F., Contributor(s): 2012-10 Biodiversity data use, Names and Taxonomy English http://www.gbif.org/orc/?doc_id=4752 application/msword http://www.gbif.org/orc/?doc_id=4752 Digital document Requests related to this metadata record should be addressed to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility Secretariat, gbif@gbif.org, +4535321470 Rights: This document is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License Right holders: Copyright © Hamer, M., Victor, J., Smith, G. & Global Biodiversity Information Facility, 2012