The Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity Project has created a set of software tools intended for use by the ecological community. Our software is open-source and available for all interested parties in both binary and source code form. A few groups using KNB software are listed below.

Map of installations on Google Maps

Metacat installations

The following groups and networks have installed Metacat for use in managing their data, and are using Ecological Metadata Language (EML) to represent their metadata:

• Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity (KNB)
• National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)
• Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTER)
• Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans (PISCO)
• Organization of Biological Field Stations (OBFS)
• University of California Natural Reserve System (UC NRS)
• Ecological Society of America (ESA)
• Santa Barbara Coastal LTER
• Kruger National Park (KNP), South Africa
• Long-term Individual based Time Series (LITS) project, UK
• Electronic Tagging Data Repository, Pelagic Fisheries Research Program (PFRP)
• Windsor-Essex Environmental Metadata System (WEEMS), Ontario, Canada
• Taiwan Ecological Research Network (TERN)
• Taiwan Forestry Research Institute (TFRI)
• Borer Seabloom Lab Data Repository, Oregon State University (OSU)
• Japanese Long Term Ecological Research Network (JaLTER)

Please report any new sites that use KNB technology to the KNB helpdesk (knb-help@nceas.ucsb.edu). Thanks.