%0 Journal Article %J Biodiversity Data Journal %D 2014 %T Linking multiple biodiversity informatics platforms with Darwin Core Archives %A Baker, Ed %A Rycroft, Simon %A Smith, Vincent %K access article distributed under %K baker e et al %K biodiversity %K biodiversity informatics %K cc by %K creative commons attribution license %K Darwin Core %K Darwin Core Archive %K environment %K Scratchpads %K taxonomy %K the terms of the %K this is an open %K virtual research %K virtual research environment %R 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1039 %U http://biodiversitydatajournal.com//articles.php?id=1039 %V 2 %X We describe an implementation of the Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A) standard that allows for the exchange of biodiversity information contained within the Scratchpads virtual research environment with external collaborators. Using this single archive file Scratchpad users can expose taxonomies, specimen records, species descriptions and a range of other data to a variety of third-party aggregators and tools (currently Encyclopedia of Life, eMonocot Portal, CartoDB, and the Common Data Model) for secondary use. This paper describes our technical approach to dynamically building and validating Darwin Core Archives for the 600+ Scratchpad user communities, which can be used to serve the diverse data needs of all of our content partners. %8 01/2014 %9 A