The First U.S. IOOS Biological Data Training Workshop, 8-9 February 2018

The US Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) and the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) organized a training workshop to develop a community of practice around the management and analysis of biological ocean observing data. Outcomes from the workshop include a collection of software and scripts available on a GitHub repository to aid in the curation of biological data and an expanded network of IOOS, Canadian and OBIS collaborators that are all motivated to expand the global repository of marine biodiversity information. The training materials are also available on the OceanTeacher website.