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= GBIF Integrated Publishing Toolkit (IPT)

The Integrated Publishing Toolkit (IPT) is a free, open source software tool provided by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) and used to publish and share biodiversity datasets through the https://www.gbif.org/[GBIF network]. The IPT can also be configured with a DataCite account in order to assign DOIs to datasets, thus transforming it into a data repository.

[TIP]

Most users should refer to the https://ipt.gbif.org/manual/[user manual] for further information, including https://ipt.gbif.org/manual/en/ipt/2.5/releases[downloads], https://ipt.gbif.org/manual/en/ipt/2.5/getting-started[installation instructions] and details of the https://ipt.gbif.org/manual/en/ipt/2.5/releases[latest release].

If you have a GitHub account, you may select "Watch" → "Custom" → "Releases" above to receive a notification from GitHub when there is a new IPT release. These notifications are also sent to the https://lists.gbif.org/mailman/listinfo/ipt/[mailing list].

In this repository you can find the source code for the IPT software and its https://ipt.gbif.org/manual/[user manual], as well as the https://github.com/gbif/ipt/issues[issue tracker].

== Resources

• https://ipt.gbif.org/manual/[IPT User Manual]
• Information on the https://ipt.gbif.org/manual/en/ipt/2.5/releases[latest release]
• The https://ipt.gbif.org[Demo IPT] is available online, https://ipt.gbif.org/manual/en/ipt/2.5/getting-started[further information about this]
• How to contribute https://ipt.gbif.org/manual/en/ipt/2.5/translations[translations] with https://crowdin.com/project/gbif-ipt[Crowdin]
• https://lists.gbif.org/mailman/listinfo/ipt/[IPT Mailing List] — please subscribe for notifications of future releases.

== Acknowledgements

A large number of dedicated volunteers contribute to the success of this software. With your help, the IPT has become a successful tool in use all around the world.

https://crowdin.com/[Crowdin] is kindly supporting this https://crowdin.com/project/gbif-ipt[open source project] by giving GBIF a free access to its localization management platform. Crowdin makes it possible to manage a large number of concurrent translations.