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„ To share st andard t echnological and scient ific t erms of geodat a
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On going act ions
„Link wit h ECOTERM communit y
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„Improvement of Framework cont ent
…Refinement of int erlinking Habit at t o Species:
development of an algorit hm in Jena Int erlink
t o EUNIS Species web sit e
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Thank you…
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demart [email protected] i.cnr.it
Albert [email protected] i.cnr.it