How did a collection of cassette tapes 📼 become the world's leading database for animal sounds?
Xeno-canto, winner of the Dutch Data Prize 2024, demonstrates how a volunteer-driven platform can advance science through open data.
Founder Bob Planqué shares how the website adhered to today’s FAIR principles two decades ago.
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How volunteering took wings: xeno-canto and the power of open data
At the presentation of the Dutch Data Prize 2024, xeno-canto, a website with recordings of nature sounds, was one of the three winners. Initiator B...